Meet a Colleague: Matthew Loar
Matthew Loar serves as director of fellowships and student research.
Classics
Rebecca Benefiel to Deliver Endowed Professorship Lecture
Benefiel’s talk “Uncovering the mysteries of Pompeii” will be held on Nov. 10.
Classically Liberal Arts
Kayla Monaghan ’24 is collaborating on a Summer Research Scholars (SRS) project to enhance resources available through Leyburn Library.
W&L’s Classics Department Presents Guest Speaker Lauren Curtis
Lauren Curtis, associate professor of classical studies at Bard College, will give a lecture at W&L on Feb. 11 at 4 p.m.
W&L’s Benefiel’s Work Highlighted in Haaretz
Professor Rebecca Benefiel discusses the role of graffiti in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii.
In Case You Missed It
W&L Students Recognized for Annual Translation Exam Results
This year, 14 W&L students won honors in the Classical Association of the Middle West and South Latin translation exam.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor to Deliver Hoyt Lecture in Classics
Nandini Pandey’s lecture is titled "Diversity, Desire, and the Exotic in Ancient Rome (with some thoughts on Atlanta)."
W&L Hosts Public Lecture with U.Va. Professor Anthony Corbeill
The title of his talk, which is free and open to the public, is “Grammatical Gender and Roman Conceptions of Poetry, Gods, and the More-Than-Human.”
A Literal Treasure Chest
Charles Philip Blackledge ’38 gifted an important and fascinating collection of Roman coins to Washington and Lee Special Collections.
W&L’s Benefiel Discusses Ancient Graffiti Project on Virginia’s Public Radio
Benefiel explains how she has spent more than a decade studying what the people of Pompei and Herculaneum wrote on their walls.
A Classical Career
While digging at the Athenian Agora Excavation in Greece this summer, Allison Schuster '19 indulged her passion for archaeology and classics.
W&L Presents Andrei Codrescu on “The Future is a Vampire”
His talk is sponsored by the Glasgow Endowment Committee and the Provost Lecture Fund.
Digital Humanities Lecture to Address Ancient Graffiti
More than 500 ancient graffiti are now available online through the project website.
Princeton University Professor Harriet Flower to Deliver Hoyt Lecture in Classics
Flower’s talk is titled “The Dancing Lares and the Serpent in the Garden: Roman Local and Household Religion.”
Office Hours: Classics Professor Rebecca Benefiel
The associate professor of classics won a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the digitization of Pompeian epigraphy, along with Sara Sprenkle, associate professor of computer science.
Ethics in Leadership: Zachary Taylor ’17 and Austin Piatt ’17
Zachary Taylor '17 and Austin Piatt '17 believe leadership, collaboration and responsibility are the keys to a successful conference.
Dedicated to Dickey
Ward Briggs ’67 has memorialized his longtime friend, writer James Dickey, with a large donation of Dickey materials to Washington and Lee Special Collections.
