Current and Upcoming Courses

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Fall 2026

LATN 286/343: The Age of Nero (Seneca) / Latin Verse

Students read selections from literary works composed during the reign of the emperor Nero, focusing in this instance on the work of Seneca the Younger. Students at both levels read selections from the Moral Epistles, which students at the higher level will also read Seneca's Medea. We pay close attention to the language and syntax, as well as the socio-historical context of these works. This course includes a writing component at the 300-level.

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LATN 388: Readings in Latin Literature

Students read selections from Caesar's Civil War and Cicero's Caesarean speeches. The focus is on the finer points of syntax and sentence construction, building on skills acquired in Latin Prose Composition.

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GREK 388: Readings in Greek Literature

Students read selections from Xenophon's Memorabilia. We pay close attention to the language and syntax, as well as the socio-historical and philosophical content of the work.

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CLST 276: World of Classical Rome

A survey of Roman history from its foundations to the Third Century Crisis. Students are introduced to key features of culture and daily life in Rome as well as other parts of Roman Italy and the provinces (including aspects of religion, law and government, art and literature, urban planning, commerce, and the place of women and non-Romans). Students also develop skills and methods for working with both documentary sources and the material record. The course fulfills the Core Tier II History requirement.​

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Spring 2027

UCLR 100C: Classical Studies (CORE)

An introduction to the literatures of the Ancient Greeks and Romans along with their worlds, looking in particular at the story of Medea. By the end of the course, students will know the basic outlines of Greek and Roman civilization and will be ready to enter upper-level Classical Civilization electives and possibly even language courses having been enriched with the cultural knowledge and skills of critical analysis to approach the literary and, possibly, material records of the Classical world with acumen, thoughtfulness and sensitivity. The course includes a significant module on the reception of Medea's story in contemporary American theater.

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CLST 362: Roman Law (Writing Intensive)

An introduction to Roman law, the ius civile, focusing in particular on “private” law (the law between private individuals rather than their interactions with the state) primarily during the first 300 years of the Imperial period (roughly 1–300 CE).

 

In keeping with the aims of the Sociolegal Studies Minor, this course aims to look beyond the “black letter” law (i.e., what any given “rule” is in Roman Law) to explore more deeply the ways Roman law affected Roman society, the values expressed in Roman law and shaped by its legal structures, and the links between Roman law and the social, economic, and political features of Roman society.

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Previous Courses (please see my CV for more detail)

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• Introductory Latin in standard (2-semester), intensive (1-semester), and summer sequence.

• Intermediate Latin Reading courses.

• Latin Survey and specific authors.

• Latin Prose Composition.

• Introductory Greek in standard (2-semester), intensive (1-semester), and summer sequence.

• Intermediate Greek Reading courses.

• Greek Prose Composition.

• General Education courses on Classical Myth and Society, Classical Literature and Reception.

• Roman Civilization (including period specific courses).

• Sport and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds.

• Ancient Greek and Roman Law (in translation).