Classics and Religious Studies at Iowa

08/21/2026

Students Investigate: UI Archives help solve an ancient mystery Posted byElizabeth RiordanJuly 30, 2026July 30, 2026Posted inCollection Connection, Students Investigate, University ArchivesTags:clay tablet, Department of Classics, Noah Jedlicka, President Macbride, student workers This series featur...

07/31/2026

It's moving day!! Well, moving days...

We'll be back at it again Monday 💪🏼😩

07/17/2026

How far are we moving? Not far at all!

In the next few weeks, our new department is moving out of both our current spaces and into suites in Jessup Hall and Phillips Hall 🖤💛

07/16/2026

A shining example of the intersections between our two programs 💛🖤

Way to go, Grace!

07/12/2026

We're excited to be beginning this new chapter as Classics and Religious Studies at Iowa and to be celebrating 💯 years of Religious Studies at Iowa! 🖤💛

07/10/2026

Dr. Justin Vorhis has been hard at work building up our Ancient Greek program. Read more about his methods at the link below!

Today on the blog, Justin Vorhis shares strategies he's developed for building and maintaining a strong undergraduate program in Ancient Greek at the University of Iowa.

https://classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/justin-vorhis/blog-building-strong-undergraduate-greek-program

Image of an Ancient Greek inscription containing account of the supervisors for the construction of the statue of Athena Parthenos in the Parthenon by the sculptor Phidias (EM 6765), 440/439 BC. New Acropolis Museum, Athens. Photo by Tilemahos Efthimiadis, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

06/04/2026

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

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...

04/24/2026

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