Greek and Roman History and Literature
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Elgin Marbles |
Faculty in the Department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta are engaged in teaching and research on many aspects of the ancient world, including comparative linguistics; Greek poetry, philosophy, and history; Roman history; and Latin literature. Knowledge of Greek and Latin is fundamental to advanced study in any topic in Classics for which we have written sources, whether literary, numismatic, or epigraphical. The MA and PhD in Classical Languages are designed for students who wish to attain a high degree of competence in Greek and Latin and explore all aspects of Greek and Roman culture.
Research Infrastructure
The University of Alberta library system is the second largest in Canada. In addition to a large collection of the standard Greek and Roman authors, its holdings in Classics are notably strong in several important areas, including patristic texts, epigraphy, numismatics, religion, the archaeology of Roman Italy, Italian topography, and Roman Africa. The Department also houses the W.G. Hardy Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Classical Antiquities.
Faculty members’ areas of graduate teaching and supervision:
John Harris (Ph.D. Illinois)
Greek language, literature, and philosophy
Adam Kemezis (Ph.D. Michigan)
Roman literature and history, ancient historiography, Greek literature of the Roman Empire
Michael Lynn-George (Ph.D. Cambridge)
Greek language and literature, Homeric epic
Kelly MacFarlane (Ph.D. Alberta)
Greek and Latin literature, Greek music, Persian Wars
Christopher Mackay (Ph.D. Harvard)
Greek and Latin literature, Roman history and historiography, witchcraft
Rebecca Nagel (Ph.D. Harvard)
Latin literature, the Classical tradition in England
Frances Pownall (Ph.D. Toronto)
Greek history and historiography, Greek language and literature
Selina Stewart (Ph.D. Cornell)
Greek and ancient Near Eastern literature, historical linguistics, queer theory
Complementary courses and supervision are offered by:
Ehud Ben Zvi (Ph.D. Emory)
Hebrew Bible, intellectual history of and constructions of the past in ancient Israel
Willi Braun (Ph.D. Toronto)
History of early Christian thought, social formation of early Christian associations
Philip Corkum (Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles)
Ancient philosophy
Helena Fracchia (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley)
Greek, Pre-Roman and Roman art and archaeology
Margriet Haagsma (Doctoraal examen Groningen)
Greek archaeology, archaeology of domestic space, social and economic history of Hellenistic Greece
Steven Hijmans (Ph.D. Groningen)
Roman art and archaeology, Roman religion
John Kitchen (Ph.D. Toronto)
Christianity in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Jeremy Rossiter (Ph.D. Alberta)
Archaeology of the Roman provinces
Aloka Parasher-Sen (Ph.D. London)
Ancient and early Medieval Indian history to 1200 CE