USC Dornsife News

Max Novak’s fascination with Greek and Roman history could lead to a career as a museum curator.

Overseas research opportunities, like the one in which then-undergraduate Max Novak unearthed a B.C.-era sword, help USC Dornsife’s classics department expand its reach.

In a series of tweets last week, President Trump proposed a ban on transgender people in the U.S. military. In "The Conversation," Tom Sapsford visits the classics to tell the fable of the cinaedus – a figure familiar to the Greeks and Romans who played a decisive role in combat, but whose gender identity raised concerns.

What gave the Trojans a leg up in the Classics Olympia competition? Credit the intimacy of USC Dornsife’s Classics Department — especially small class sizes and student-faculty camaraderie.

USC Dornsife Classics Department collaborates on national initiative for veterans to present innovative public programs based on classical literature.

Faculty members mentor postdoctoral researchers joining the university’s new Society of Fellows in the Humanities, advancing research and intellectual exchange within academia.

USC President C. L. Max Nikias joins USC Dornsife’s Thomas Habinek in teaching “The Culture of the Athenian Democracy” to a select group of freshmen and sophomores.

With a new book out on the history of armies in ancient Egypt, Christelle Fischer-Bovet of classics will continue her research on the Ptolemaic dynasty with the support of two prestigious fellowships.

The interdisciplary classics major at USC Dornsife teaches how the cultures, languages and literatures of ancient Greece, Rome and the Mediterranean have shaped life today.