Vassar Greek and Roman Studies

Professor Dozier is offering a 3-session online course for the 92nd Street Y in June (17, 24, and July 1) on White nationalism and Greco-Roman antiquity. Expect an in-depth introduction to why the far right is fascinated with ancient history, how they know more about the past than you might expect, and how traditions of classicism outside the mainstream can help challenge their narratives.
https://roundtable.org/live-courses/history/how-white-nationalists-use-ancient-greece-and-rome-to-justify-hate

Happy end of classes! Here students in Prof. Rice's Elementary Greek course share their final projects, in which they worked in groups to prepare creative ways to study grammar ahead of their final exam. They planned card games and escape rooms to review participles, prepositions, and verb forms!

Professor Dozier wrote in Salon about what references to ancient Rome accomplish for politicians seeking to make their violent politics seem glorious

Why the right is so obsessed with Rome From America to Britain, conservatives' focus on the Roman Empire is part of an effort to make violence virtuous

Join us for a lecture by Professor Rosa Andújar of Barnard College on Tuesday, April 14th at 5:30 PM.

Curtis Dozier will be moderating a "Classics and Social Justice" conversation on Feb 21 about the challenge that white nationalist classicism poses to us as teachers. Info in the flyer below; link to register here: (https://gonzaga.zoom.us/.../register/6D-N642WSsm47ZDO5YA2Ng)

Prof Curtis Dozier was interviewed on "Let's Talk About Myths, Baby" about his new book, "The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate." Both out today!

Conversations: White Ain't Right, How White Supremacy Uses Classics to Defend Bigotry with Curtis Dozier Podcast Episode · Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean · 01/06/2026 · 1h 26m

Finals start this week! Here are students in Elementary Greek practicing their conjugations. Good luck to all!

Your 2025/26 GRST Faculty

Many, many congratulations to Dr. Curtis Dozier upon his promotion to Associate Professor with tenure. Please join us in congratulating Professor Dozier!

Lotta great events here at the end of semester. Pizza and Profs event on Rome's birthday complete with cake, Prof. Dozier's annual tour of Latin on campus (shown: reading the Latin in the chapel's Rose Window), reception at the end of Prof. Rice's Late Antiquity seminar, and, of course, the annual thesis lunch for our three graduating seniors. Congratulations!