Classics Department at The University of Iowa

In her interview with Iowa Now, Dr. Celsiana Warwick discusses the continued importance of Homer's Odyssey 🏹🖤💛

Why 'The Odyssey' still matters, 3,000 years later Celsiana Warwick, assistant professor in the University of Iowa Department of Classics, explains why the ancient poem "The Odyssey" still feels strikingly modern — and what students and readers can learn from it today. Her forthcoming book, Gendered Voices in the Iliad, will be published by Oxford...

Join us this coming Tuesday for our Classics Honors Colloquium, where our honors-in-the-major students will be presenting their original research!

https://classics.uiowa.edu/event/37438/0

🖤 💛 THANK YOU 💛 🖤

Your generous support of our program and our students during One Day for Iowa is deeply appreciated.

Come back soon for an exciting event announcement! Can you guess what it is? I'll give you a hint: 📖🎤🕑🌞➡️🌜

Dr. Debra Trusty reflects on her many experiences leading our students on educational trips to Greece through her courses Ancient Perspectives, Modern Eyes and City of Athens: Bronze Age to Roman World 🔱🏛🏹

"Study abroad trips provide an opportunity for students to vividly experience and engage with the topics and materials we discuss in the classroom. I've been able to witness beautiful moments when the students' passion for the ancient world comes alive. I've seen students cry in front of the caryatid statues in the Acropolis Museum in Athens, share a group hug as the sun sets behind the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion, and beam with pride after translating a word from an ancient Greek inscription in the Epigraphic Museum. Most importantly, however, is that I've seen students become more confident, more engaged, and more connected with themselves, their communities, and the world around them. After one of my study abroad trips, many students have gone on their own solo international trips, participated in an archaeological excavation, enrolled in graduate school across the country, and done more than they ever thought was possible. The first experience abroad creates a positive snowball effect on students' lives. They become more familiar and comfortable with the ancient world, but also with their own abilities, passions, and goals for the future."

Help us continue to offer these opportunities to our students by making a donation today using this link: https://1dayforiowa.org/classics26

The Carin M.C. Green Memorial Scholarship was established to provide funding for undergraduate majors who are traveling abroad to study or participate in archeological excavations.

Last year's Carin M.C. Green Memorial Scholarship winner, Lily Hart, reflects on her trip to an archaeological site in Portugal ⛏️💚♥️

"Thanks to this scholarship, I spent the summer at the Santa Susana Archaeological Project in Portugal, where we continued excavating a Roman villa. I learned a ton about archaeology, including methods and history unique to the area. I remember Trench A especially fondly, where we found seemingly innumerable tesserae. Field trips to nearby sites, survey expeditions, and incredible Alentejan food and culture were other amazing aspects of the trip, and I've carried what I learned forward."

There is no better way to learn about the world than to experience it first-hand. Your contributions today help us provide that crucial educational opportunity to our students!

Donate today to the Carin M.C. Green Memorial Fund support our students as they seek real-world, hands-on opportunities abroad: https://1dayforiowa.org/classics26

Good morning, Hawkeyes 🖤💛

Today is One Day for Iowa, UI's annual giving day! Here in the Department of Classics, we're raising money for a few different funds.

Our main focus here on Facebook will be the Carin M.C. Green Memorial Scholarship Fund, which was established to help our students study abroad and participate in archaeological excavations ⛏️🏺

We are also raising money for the Bible and Archaeology Gift Fund, which supports Dr. Robert Cargill's Bible & Archaeology website, where he uploads shares news and stories that inform and entertain, promoting the study of the Bible, archaeology, and ancient civilizations, while celebrating their many diverse cultures and histories.

Lastly, we have two important funds that support Classics in our ability to invite guest researchers to speak on campus, fund research-related travel, send our graduate students to present research at conferences, and much more: the Classics General Fund and the Peter Green Fund, which was established to honor the memory of the late Peter Green, a longtime professor of Classics at Iowa, who passed away a little over a year ago.

Donate now using this link: https://1dayforiowa.org/classics26

Join us this Thursday at 5pm in the Senate Chamber to hear from one of the world's preeminent translators of Homer, Dr. Emily Wilson! Her triumphant catalog of translations includes "re-translations" of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. ⛵️🗡️🏹

Congrats. Dr. Cargill, on a successful event!

'“This is what I love doing,” Cargill said. “I love telling people about Iowa City and the University of Iowa, and if it involves archaeology or biblical studies, I’m all in.”'

UI, Iowa City Downtown District host first event in First Round Series Roughly 40 people attended the first event of the Iowa City Downtown District’s First Round Series Wednesday at Prairie Lights Cafe in collaboration with the University of Iowa Office of Innovation. Attendees heard from Robert Cargill, UI associate professor of biblical studies, who discussed the ...

Congratulations to Dr. Jordan Jones! We were lucky to have you as a student, and even luckier to have you continue on in your work for the university and for Bible & Archaeology 🖤💛🖤💛

Uh yeah, you could say yesterday was pretty epic... We read the entire Odyssey front to back!

Thank you to everyone who came and listened and special thanks to all of our volunteer readers! Shoutout to Eta Sigma Phi- University of Iowa for helping to set everything up, working the check in table, and tearing everything down at the end of the night! The passion you all have for Classics and the excitement you all showed to get out into the community was amazing to see.

Here's to bringing Classics back to the city center!

See the photos: The University of Iowa's Classics department held Homerathon on April 24, a 12-hour continuous reading of Homer's "Odyssey," in downtown Iowa City.