Department of Classical Studies
Classical Studies Senior Research Colloquium
The honors students of the Class of 2021 present their research. Ranging from insulting graffiti to ancient education, these projects represent the breadth and excellent of Classical Studies and Ancient History students' work on the ancient world.
THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL: Dialogic Insults on the Walls of Pompeii
The Barbarian Doctrine: Reframing Eastern Alienation and the Religion of the Alien God
Individual Agency and Economic Decision-Making in the Fourth-Century Great Oasis of Roman Egypt
Representations of Memnon throughout Antiquity and in Contemporary Classical Studies: An Examination of the Epic Hero’s Ethiopian Ethnicity
Martial and the Art of Deflection: Martial's Use of Mythological References as a Tactic to Divert the Unwanted Gaze
Learning My ABCs: A Between-Culture Comparison of Ancient and Modern Educational Reform
Relationships of Power in the Sixth Century CE Syrian Religious Milieu
Searching for Carthage in Plautus' Poenulus: An Exploration of Punic Culture in Roman Literature
THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL: DIALOGIC INSULTS ON THE WALLS OF POMPEII
What if the Ancient Chinese translated the Iliad? An Experiment of Middle Vernacular Sinitic
An Analysis of Transportation Burden Sharing in Roman Egypt as Evidenced through Papyri