Below are descriptions of courses offered in the department for the current academic year (instructors indicated in brackets).

GRADUATE COURSES FOR 2026-2027

FALL TERM (D2) 2026

GREE 4P11/5V03: Plato’s Apology (Adam Rappold)

Reading the Apology by Plato and related critical scholarship.

LATI 4P01/5V25: Ovid, Metamorphoses (Fanny Dolansky)

Readings from the Metamorphoses by Ovid and related critical scholarship.

CLAS 4P20/5V20: Archaeology of Technology (Angus Smith)

Ancient technologies from an archaeological perspective, focusing on the prehistoric cultures of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean. Cross-cultural comparisons from a variety of Indigenous cultures.

CLAS 5V57: Slaves and Slavery in the Greek World (Allison Glazebrook)

Theoretical approaches to, practices of and attitudes toward slavery, and the experiences of enslaved people and enslavers.

WINTER TERM (D3) 2027

LATI 4P12/5V01: Cicero, Verrines (Fanny Dolansky)

Readings in Cicero’s oration Against Verres 2.4 (on art theft) and survey of the critical scholarship.

CLAS 5V30: Topography and Monuments of Rome (Carrie Murray)

Development of Rome, including infrastructure and major monuments, using literary and archaeological sources; the methodological challenges of integrating material and literary sources.

CLAS 4P67/5V55: Empire and Environment (Katharine von Stackelberg)

Ethnography and environmental impact of Roman Empire. Focus on Indigenous responses to Roman presence, cartographic representations of power, and natural resources.