Ancient Studies Department, UMBC

ANCS Study/Travel tour - Italy!

Travel with ANCS during Spring Break 2020!

The UMBC Ancient Studies Department will conduct its annual study tour in Rome and Italy March 13-22, 2020. The price of $3,000.00 (based on a group of 25) includes all air and land travel, twin- share accommodation for 8 nights, 8 buffet breakfasts, 2 lunches, 3 dinners, and entrance to all archaeological sites and museums on the itinerary. Single rooms are available at an additional cost of $450.00. ANCS majors and minors, UMBC students, faculty, staff, alumni, and members of the community are welcome on the tour. The trip can be taken as a 3-credit course in the Winter 2020 term (ANCS 301; winter semester tuition applies). Scholarships are available to Ancient Studies majors taking the course for credit. Places are limited, so reserve yours today! An initial deposit of $700.00 is due October 24, 2019. Applications must be made through the IES Portal at UMBC (https://goabroad.umbc.edu). The ANCS Department will pay all fees associated with this application.

The tour begins with four nights in Rome and visits to the Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, the Vatican (and Sistine Chapel), the Ara Pacis, and several other important sites. Then we travel by coach to Sorrento on the famed Amalfi Coast, stopping on the way at Tiberius’s villa at Sperlonga and at Paestum to view the remarkably intact temples of Hera and Athena before touring the small but excellent museum there. From Sorrento, we will visit two cities buried under and preserved by the ash of Mt. Vesuvius, Pompeii and Herculaneum. On the way back to Rome, we will tour the extraordinary National Archaeological Museum of Naples and the Greek settlement and home to the Sibyl, Cuma. Our final day in Rome will include visits to the Forum and Palatine, Trajan’s Column and Market, the Colosseum.

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The Ancient Studies Department would like to share this obituary of one of our founding faculty members. Dr. Walter Sherwin was kind and generous, a superb teacher, and a good friend to so many of us. We miss him.

Remembering Dr. Walter K. Sherwin Dear Members of the UMBC Community, With great sadness I share with you that Dr. Walter K. Sherwin, a founding faculty member and a leader in the UMBC community, passed away on Tuesday,...

Welcome back, Ancient Studies! Spring 2018 is here. We hope you had a restful (and/or productive) break! Lots going on this spring, so stay tuned!

The Ancient Studies Department warmly invites you to join us on Monday, November 20th at 5:15 PM in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building, room 441. Dr. Bob Cape, an expert in the intersections between the Ancient Mediterranean world and modern science fiction, will give a talk: Writing the History of the Future: Science Fiction's Use of Classical Antiquity. We hope you'll join us.

This is Ancient Studies Week 2017!! And today is our Homerathon!! Dr. Kutner has once again done a magnificent job in organizing this event. We have 64 readers and together we'll marathon our way through the Iliad. We begin outside the UC between 10:00 and 4:00, and then move up to the Forum outside of PAHB between 4:00 and 6:00. We hope you'll stop by!

Our Ancient Studies page has been quiet for a while, but the new term begins in a few days and we have lots of wonderful things coming up. Let's begin with our 2018 spring break study tour. We're going back to Greece! Drs. Lane and Jones-Lewis are leading this wonderful trip, and we hope you'll join them! See details in the link below.

Study Travel Program - Ancient Studies - UMBC VISIT GREECE WITH THE UMBC ANCIENT STUDIES DEPARTMENT IN MARCH 2018 Sunset from Cape Sounion in Attica The UMBC Ancient Studies Department will conduct its 52nd annual study tour in Greece, March 16-25, 2018. The cost of $3,000 includes all air and land travel, twin-share accommodation for eight nig...

Congratulations to our ANCS graduates 2017!!

Hello, everyone!! We are extending the deadline for signing up for our annual study travel tour! We are heading to Spain in 2017, and we'd love for you to join us. The total cost of the trip, $3400, includes all flights, four-star hotels, all breakfasts, and three, elegant group banquets. We'll be visiting some amazing sites, including old Roman towns at Tarraco and Mérida, and we have several wonderful days in beautiful Barcelona. We will continue to accept initial deposits until the November 15th! The initial deposit to guarantee a spot is $350. Even if you know you cannot make it, please spread the word as widely as you can. Alumnae/i, family, friends of ANCS, current and future students are all welcome!

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We are getting closer to our 50th anniversary reunion celebration! We're still looking for many of our alumni/alumnae to join us! We can also now announce that Drs. Koehler, Freyman, and Sherwin will all be in attendance, and they are looking forward to connecting with many of you! Please contact Domonique Pitts, ANCS's administrator, if you are planning to attend. We hope to see you there! (DATE: October 15, 2016 - 2:00-5:30 PM AOK Library 7th Floor)

ANCS 50th Year Reunion - Ancient Studies - UMBC UMBC Ancient Studies 50th year reunion celebrationSaturday October 15, 2016, 2:00 – 5:30 pm 7th Floor A.O. Kuhn Library UMBC Campus Please make checks payable to UMBC Foundation. Detach and mail this form with check to Dept. of Ancient Studies, UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD, 21250 ATTN: R...