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New course: Reading in a Digital Age (DH 150) explores how to use AI for multilingual research and new questions. Offered by Digital Humanities (Classical Studies).

Grants: The Department of Classical Studies is working on two new funded projects, each of which began in 2026.

Professor and Chair Gregory Crane, his long time collaborator (and former Tufts researcher) David A. Smith of Northeastern, and Associate Professor Riccardo Strobino are developing Beyond Translation: Opening up the Human Record, a project funded by Schmidt Sciences’ Humanities Artificial Intelligence Virtual Institute.
At the same time, a grant from the Scholarly Editions and Translations program at the National Endowment for the Humanities (RQ-306857-26) is allowing Crane and Strobino to begin work on a Born-Digital edition of Aristotle’s Poetics in Greek, Arabic and Latin.

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BA in Ancient World Studies BA in Classical Studies BA in Greek & Latin BA in Greek BA in Latin Fifth-Year Master’s Degree Program: BA/MA in Classics Minor in Ancient World Archaeology Minor in Ancient World Studies Minor in Digital Humanities Minor in Greek Minor in Latin MA in Classics MA in Classics with Teaching Licensure MA in Digital Tools for Premodern Studies

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The Ancient Greeks Feared the Beach

Associate Professor Marie-Claire Beaulieu describes how the beach wasn’t always a vacation destination - for the ancient Greeks, it was a scary place

The Original Sirens in Mythology Weren’t the Seductresses We Know Today

"It’s a hypnotic voice, it lures people, makes them forget everything, in a lot of cases makes them fall asleep,” says Marie-Claire Beaulieu

First Look: A Renovated Eaton Hall

The historic building will soon open its doors to reveal a dramatic transformation

Looking at Ancient Roman Plagues through an Environmental Lens

Environmental archaeologist Brandon McDonald builds a better understanding of antiquity by looking at the interplay of climate, environment, and disease

The Ocean Gives Up Its Secrets

In a Tell Me More podcast episode, faculty and alumni plumb the depths to better know our watery planet, from sea-level rise to shipwrecks to giant squid

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