February 21, 2026 9:00 am Digital Paedagogos: A Symposium in Memory of Carl Conrad Helma Dik, University of Chicago; Patrick Burns, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University; Jonathan Robie, Biblica, Inc Umrath Lounge or virtually via Zoom | https://wustl.zoom.us/j/99339236481
February 12, 2026 5:30 pm Composing a Classic: Ancestral Timecraft in Pindar's Fourth Nemean Ode Rev. Bryan Y. Norton, S.J. Ph.D., WashU Classics Seigle 208
February 10, 2026 4:30 pm Translating the Violence of the Iliad Dr. Emily Wilson Cook Hall Auditorium | St. Louis University
February 07, 2026 1:30 pm Book discussion: Pompeii by Robert Harris Classical Club of St. Louis the Newman Auditorium on the campus of John Burroughs School | 755 South Price Road, STL, 63124
January 26, 2026 7:00 pm Early Christian Texts Discussion: The Fate of the Apostles in the Gospel of Judas Lance Jenott, Senior Lecturer WashU Classics Zoom
January 25, 2026 9:15 am Women and Equality in the New Testament Lance Jenott, Senior Lecturer WashU Classics Ladue Chapel, Leutwiler Room | 9450 Clayton Rd.
January 23, 2026 4:00 pm Customer Relations: Working with Clients in Greek Epigram Kate Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Classics Hurst Lounge | Duncker Hall 2nd floor
January 18, 2026 9:15 am Women and Equality in the New Testament Lance Jenott, Senior Lecturer WashU Classics Ladue Chapel, Leutwiler Room | 9450 Clayton Rd.
January 11, 2026 9:15 am Women and Equality in the New Testament Lance Jenott, Senior Lecturer WashU Classics Ladue Chapel, Leutwiler Room | 9450 Clayton Rd.
January 09, 2026 9:00 pm AIA/SCS Reception: University of Illinois, University of Missouri, Washington University in St. Louis Hilton San Francisco Union Square | Franciscan C
January 04, 2026 9:15 am Women and Equality in the New Testament Lance Jenott, Senior Lecturer WashU Classics Ladue Chapel, Leutwiler Room | 9450 Clayton Rd.
December 04, 2025 5:30 pm Resistance at the Crossroads: Heracles in German Postwar Literature André Fischer, WashU Seigle 301
December 02, 2025 4:00 pm St. Louis Reads Dante with Professor Timothy Moore Ginko Room, Olin Library
November 20, 2025 5:30 pm Entitled to write: Identity and Poetic Authority in the Titles of Early Roman Epic Emilia Barbiero, New York University Seigle 301
November 18, 2025 5:00 pm Kathryn Wilson Presents at the A&S Teaching Innovation Showcase Join us in supporting our faculty member, Kathryn Wilson, as she presents at this year’s A&S Teaching Innovation Showcase! Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall
November 14, 2025 2:00 pm What is Meter Good for? Views from Phonology and Cognition Chiara Bozzone (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München) Seigle 206 | Zoom Watch Party
November 07, 2025 4:00 pm Isaac Ogloblin Ramirez - Beyond the Legend: site formation processes at Antikythera shipwreck Friday Archaeology invites you to an engaging talk with Isaac Ogloblin Ramirez, exploring the Antikythera shipwreck! Isaac Ogloblin Ramirez is an underwater and coastal archaeologist. He is a Postdoctoral researcher at ICArEHB. Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour (ICArEHB) FCHS, University of Algarve and at the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, Haifa University. Snacks and drinks will be provided. All are welcome to attend! McMillan Hall, G052
November 01, 2025 1:30 pm Thesaurus Linguae Latinae: A Latinist’s Paradise Classical Club of St. Louis Tim Moore, Washington University in St. Louis the Newman Auditorium on the campus of John Burroughs School | 755 South Price Road, STL, 63124
October 25, 2025 10:00 am Meet WashU Classics: Graduate Info Hour Online via Zoom | https://wustl.zoom.us/j/96459498403?pwd=6dzqmjjEgXEYAq1qkVLAKqQ8GSKbbJ.1
October 13, 2025 3:00 pm Fall 2025 Major-Minor Fair Each fall, the College holds a Major-Minor Fair, where students can talk to faculty members and get more information on many majors and minors at one time and in one place. WashU Athletic Complex
October 12, 2025 2:00 pm George E. Mylonas Lecture in Greek Archaeology : Pilgrimage, Prayers, and Picnics at a Greek Mountaintop Shrine: Art and Mysteries at the Birthplace of Zeus Mary Voyatzis, University of Arizona St. Louis Art Museum Auditorium
October 05, 2025 4:00 pm The Artemis Azariadis Memorial Lecture in Greek Studies: American Ideas of Freedom in the Greek Enlightenment and the Greek Revolution Professor Paschalis Kitromilidis, Athens Academy of Arts and Sciences Third Floor, Millennium Student Center, University of Missouri-St. Louis
September 26, 2025 4:00 pm Chryseis, Philoctetes, and the Making of the Homeric Iliad Gregorgy Nagy, Harvard University Seigle 301 or Zoom
August 19, 2025 10:00 am Biggs Department of Classics Welcome Open House Umrath Hall (Bridge) Conference Room 224
June 11, 2025 7:00 pm Adult Summer Reading Keynote Presentation: The Odyssey University City Public Library Auditorium
May 11, 2025 11:30 am WashU Classics Undergraduate Graduation Party Lopata House Multipurpose Room | northwest side of campus, lower level
April 26, 2025 1:30 pm Hundred-Gated Thebes: Ancient Egypt as told by the Greeks and Romans Greg Viessman, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville John Burroughs School | Newman Auditorium
April 15, 2025 4:30 pm A Wonder to Behold: Jesus’ Miracles and Late Ancient Receptions of the Story of the Woman Taken in Adultery Jennifer Knust, Professor of Religious Studies, Duke University Umrath Lounge
April 10, 2025 4:00 pm Classical Slave Names and Container Theory: An African American History Emily Greenwood, James M. Rothenberg Professor of the Classics and of Comparative Literature, Harvard University Steinberg Auditorium
April 09, 2025 4:00 pm Language Use and the Language of Use: Fictions of Normativity in Apollodorus Emily Greenwood, James M. Rothenberg Professor of the Classics and of Comparative Literature, Harvard University Seigle 301
April 07, 2025 4:00 pm ‘Suffering is not seldom the reward for service …’: Anna Julia Cooper and the Black Feminist Prometheus Emily Greenwood, James M. Rothenberg Professor of the Classics and of Comparative Literature, Harvard University Umrath Lounge
April 07 to April 10, 2025 2025 Biggs Family Residency in Classics Emily Greenwood, James M. Rothenberg Professor of the Classics and of Comparative Literature, Harvard University Check each event for location.
April 04, 2025 1:30 pm Ancient Philosophy Workshop with David Kaufman Associate Professor of Philosophy and Classics Ridgley 107 and Umrath Conference Room 224
April 03, 2025 2:30 pm Structure and System of Greek Lyric Meter Angelo Mercado (Grinnell College) Wilson 104
March 28, 2025 1:30 pm Ancient Philosophy Workshop with Sosseh Assaturian Sosseh Assaturian, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Washington DUC 240 and Umrath Conference Room 224