Welcome to the DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICAL STUDIES at the University of Pennsylvania. For over two centuries Penn has offered a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs representing all aspects of the broad field of Classical Studies, from languages and literature to history, archaeology and cultural studies. The Department encourages interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to teaching and research and maintains productive ties with a variety of programs, including Religious Studies, English, Comparative Literature, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Linguistics, Italian Studies, History of Art, and the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Next in Our Colloqium Series
November 19
Paolo Di Leo, University of Pennsylvania
"St. Augustine's De Genesi contra Manichaeos:
The Temporalization of the Soul"
Cohen Hall 402
4:30 PM
Upcoming Events
March 18–20, 2010: Prospective Graduate Students' Weekend (AAMW, ANCH, CLST)
March 22–26, 2010: Erich Gruen, Hyde Visiting Scholar in Ancient History
April 23, 2010: Latin Corridor 6 — Plautus, Rudens
June 25–27, 2010: Penn/Leiden Colloquium on Ancient Values, VI: Aesthetic Value in Classical Antiquity
March 14–25 2011: T. P. Wiseman, Distinguished Intenational Visiting Scholar