The latest news, updates, and events from the department of Classics and Religious Studies at UN-L, around the state of Nebraska, and the wider world.
At the Department of Classics & Religious Studies, we recruit high-achieving students who are excited about intensive, active research, education abroad opportunities and subjects that never go out of style. Studying the “Classics” means learning many disciplines, including history, investigation of the Latin and Greek languages, the development of literary genres, themes and traditions, and the e
04/16/2026
Congratulations to Max Perry Mueller, whose book "Wakara’s America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West" is a finalist for the 2026 Plutarch Award from Biographers International Organization!
Details: go.unl.edu/bysp
Nebraska College of Arts and Sciences
Hachette Book Group
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
04/15/2026
Our own Robert Gorman is part of the April 24 Nebraska School of Computing Senior Design Showcase - a team has built an online platform for annotating ancient Greek and Latin texts, and we're sponsoring it!
➡️ 2:45 pm, Kiewit Hall, room A251
go.unl.edu/om3s
Nebraska College of Arts and Sciences
04/06/2026
What's new? Musician Joe Goodkin will be here April 21, plus accomplishments by Slava Komarovski, Jared Benton, Max Mueller, and Steve Burnett!
Details: go.unl.edu/frk7
Nebraska College of Arts and Sciences University of Nebraska-Lincoln
What's New, April 2026 | Department of Classics and Religious Studies | Nebraska Musician Joe Goodkin will be on campus April 21 to visit classes, have lunch with students, and perform "The Blues of Achilles."Slava Komarovski’s latest book proposal, Mediation in the Buddhist World, has been accepted by Routledge, with a full manuscript submission date in 2027. Congratulations,...
02/26/2026
01/20/2026
Meet Student Ambassador Natasja Swanson!
🎓 History, Classics and Religious Studies
💼 "Anticolonials: A World History" research project, UNL Honors Program, President of UNL History Club
📚 Favorite Course: Freshman Honors Seminar on the History of Anticolonialism
https://cas.unl.edu/natasja-swanson/
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Classics & Religious Studies Department
UNL Student Involvement
11/06/2025
Connecting Latin and science:
Dr. Palmer's Latin 301: Latin Prose class visited University of Nebraska State Museum - Morrill Hall to learn about the roots of species names, participate in a scavenger hunt, and read from Pliny the Elder's Natural History.
Read more: go.unl.edu/izps
Nebraska College of Arts and Sciences University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Morrill Hall field trip connects Latin and science | Department of Classics and Religious Studies | Nebraska After reading reading the letters of Pliny the Younger in the original Latin and learning Latin words for animals, students from Dr. Morgan Palmer's Latin 301, "Latin Prose," class toured Morrill Hall. They discussed connections between the names of species on exhibit and their Latin and ancient Gre...
11/05/2025
On Nov. 13 Max Perry Mueller will discuss his new book "Wakara’s America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West" with Gabriel Bruguier at Francie & Finch Bookshop.
go.unl.edu/ubhz
Nebraska College of Arts and Sciences
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
10/22/2025
Check out 10/11 News coverage of Prof. Benton’s CLAS 245 "War in the Classical World" class reenacting the Battle of Sphacteria!
go.unl.edu/cuf6
Nebraska College of Arts and Sciences
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
10/07/2025
Scenes from the Battle of Sphacteria…UNL edition ⚔️
Prof. Benton’s Classics 245: War in the Classical World brought history to life—on the lawn of Love Library! at its best.
Nebraska College of Arts and Sciences
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
12/05/2024
Students from Dr. Palmer's LATN 101: Elementary Latin I class visited Morrill Hall to learn about the Latin and ancient Greek roots of species names.
Nebraska College of Arts and Sciences