classics News Archive

Lessons on love from ancient Greeks and Taylor Swift
February 7, 2023 —
Ancient Greek stories tell of a force we cannot eradicate. A god to some, demon to others, Eros’s myth reminds us on Valentine’s Day why people cannot help who and how they love.

Lovers of Sappho thrilled by ‘new’ poetry find, but its backstory may have been fabricated
February 12, 2021 —
Little of Sappho of Lesbos' poetry survives, and what does is fragmentary. Obbink’s discovery was remarkable because it preserved the final five stanzas of one poem and portions of a second, making it one of the longest continuous sequences of Sapphic verse.

Flu Déjà Vu: UM closed for seven weeks – in 1918
April 9, 2020 —
“The Varsity and the Virus: The University of Manitoba and the “Flu-ban” in 1918,” notes that classes were cancelled for seven weeks in 1918 to protect students and staff, much like what has transpired today

Faculty of Arts
Reconstructing monuments helps share history with new generations
January 27, 2020 —
The Department of Classics invites one and all to join them this February as they welcome two distinguished academics to present the latest installments in their long-standing annual lecture series. Both events are free and open to the public.

The Guardian: The curious case of the stolen gospel
January 9, 2020 —
UM classics professor Mike Sampson helped bring this story to light

Faculty of Arts
Learn a language this summer
March 21, 2018 —
The Faculty of Arts is offering thirteen language courses for students this summer. It's the perfect time to start learning a new language.

Desautels Faculty of Music
Some of our favourite stories of 2016
December 21, 2016 —
Through the course of the year over 1,500 stories were shared with the U of M community and these are some of our favourites

Iefimerida: U of M papyrologist talks about science
October 20, 2016 —
U of M research gets attention of Greek media

CANDID: Meet Amber Leenders
October 11, 2016 —
She's a slam poet who earned her black belt in karate last year. She's recently returned from an archelogical dig in Italy and is now co-curating an exhibit on papyri

When all hell breaks loose in Classics
September 20, 2016 —
This fall will see U of M host a trio of events centered on papyri—including the new poems by Sappho