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UCSB Classics @UCSBClassics

For current graduate and undergraduate students, alumni, parents, and friends of Classics at the UC Santa Barbara.

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We're also proud to announce that our PhD Candidate Tejas S. Aralere ('23) has accepted a Tenure-Track position as Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of New Hampshire! @UNHclassics. Congratulations Tejas!!! Someone get him a parka!
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We're proud to announce that our PhD Candidate Christopher Erdman has won the Arthur Ross Rome Prize (@AmAcademyRome) to work on his project “Voting Culture and Political Theater in Late Republican Lawmaking.” Congratulations Chris!! aarome.org/news/features/ann…

Announcing the 2023–24 Rome Prize Winners and Italian Fellows

The American Academy in Rome announced today the winners of the 2023–24 Rome Prize and Italian Fellowships. These highly competitive fellowships support advanced independent work and research in the...

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Do you have students interested in applying to classics grad school? Tell them to join Prof. Rose MacLean and Prof. Dorota Dutsch on zoom for "How to Apply to Classics PhD Programs." Oct. 14 1 PM (Pacific) Register here! classics.ucsb.edu/event/how-…

How to Apply to PhD Programs in Classics (2022-10-14)

Professors Dorota Dutsch (Chair of Classics at UCSB) and Rose MacLean (Graduate Advisor) will go over some important “do’s and don’ts,” regardless of where you are considering applying, and will...

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@CSMFHT we love you, but we'd love you more if you would retweet our workshop on applying to classics grad school. Think of all your new followers!!
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Come join us for a significant paper presentation by our very own Allene Seet! “Terracotta Figurines and Identity Construction at Naukratis in the Archaic Period” May 6, 2022 at 12 Noon in HSSB 4065
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It's hybrid so join by zoom too! ucsb.zoom.us/j/86528275430?p…
We're excited that our very own @helenlmorales's book "Antigone Rising" was featured in @guardian's Book of the Day! amp.theguardian.com/books/20… #ClassicsTwitter @GuardianBooks @hfaucsb @BoldTypeBooks

Antigone Rising by Helen Morales review – the Greek myths get subversive

From Beyoncé to Greta Thunberg, sex strikes to civil rights, its time to repurpose classical mythology as a force for liberation

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For all you bakers out there!
MHSClassics@MHS_Classics
11 Apr 2020
This recently found copy of the Res Gestae is difficult to read because it is so old, and not because it is made of shortbread.
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Replying to @ORBIS_Stanford
@ORBIS_Stanford and #ClassicsTwitter is there a game-ified version of the ORBIS ancient map kind of like Oregon Trail that students can play around with? I feel like it's the game that everyone wants that can't afford Assassin's Creed Odyssey...
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Alternatively do you have any tips you can share on activities you did with your class with ORBIS or using @googleearth? currently considering a scavenger hunt activity to get intro greek myth students to explore ancient sites using streetview
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12 Mar 2020
Online teaching advocates are unanimous in cautioning that these options for salvaging the semester are not to be confused with the long-term creation of high-quality online courses. chroni.cl/2xrz72r

Going Online in a Hurry: What to Do and Where to Start

Six steps for quickly (and realistically) moving your teaching online, with the goal of maintaining as much continuity as possible.

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These are some excellent tips to keep in mind as we all transition to online learning! thank you!!!!
John Hawks
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11 Mar 2020
I have been teaching online, by video, podcast, and with virtual laboratories for 10 years. I know that many colleagues are unexpectedly facing a transition to online teaching at the midpoint of their courses. Some pointers and resources that may help:
Hands working on a MacBook computer. Photo by Fabian Irsara on Unsplash

ALT Hands working on a MacBook computer. Photo by Fabian Irsara on Unsplash

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Happy exelauno day! Listen to your #fitbit and get those steps in people! #classicstwitter #xenophon
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26 Feb 2020
"An #epidemic in that year provided a break from other problems." Pestilentia eo anno aliarum rerum otium praebuit. #Livy
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We’re celebrating Dr. Deepti Menon who successfully and masterfully defended her dissertation “Travel through the foreign imaginary” in which she analyzed questions of foreign and Roman identity through Plautine comedy. Congrats @Deemenon! #bhabhaian #plautus @UCSBCompLit
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#classicstwitter hey folks you should read this dissertation!!!
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