Department Homepage
The College of Arts & Sciences
Sturt Manning has zeroed in on a much narrower range of dates, approximately 1609–1560 BCE, for the eruption on Santorini, a pivotal event in the prehistory of the region.
/news/statistical-analysis-aims-solve-greek-volcano-mystery
'We saw this conference as a way to expand the conversation beyond Cornell.'
/news/archaeological-conference-expands-discussion-beyond-colonial-roots
Oxford scholar Constanze Güthenke will bring to light untold stories of classical scholarship during the 2022 Townsend Lectures Sept. 7, 9, and 12.
/news/lectures-unearth-stories-dont-get-told-classical-scholarship
Megan McArdle, opinion columnist for the Washington Post, will discuss increasingly divided American life and politics in a Sept. 14 lecture.
/news/great-separation-why-american-politics-coming-apart-seams
Klarman Fellows pursue research in any discipline in the College, including natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and the creative arts as well as cross-disciplinary fields. The application deadline is October 14.
/news/opens-application-portal-klarman-postdoc-fellowships
Professors in physics and classics contributed to the Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) hosted at Cornell for military veterans July 23 to Aug. 6.
/news/academic-boot-camp-boosts-veterans-higher-ed-mission
Altogether 88 footprints were documented, including both adults and children, offering insight into family life in the time of the Pleistocene.
/news/ice-age-human-footprints-discovered-utah-desert
With NATO formally inviting Finland and Sweden to join its alliance after Turkey dropped its objections, classics and history professor Barry Strauss comments that history is full of alliances that amounted to little.
/news/nato-decision-finland-sweden-strong-paper-future-unclear
Toni Alimi’s book project, “Slaves of God,” delves deep into the Augustine cannon, explaining the philosopher’s reasons for justifying slavery.
/news/klarman-fellow-traces-ideas-slavery-ancient-rome-upstate-ny
A new Cornell study suggests that solving societal problems such as climate change could require dismantling rigid academic boundaries, so that researchers from varying disciplines could work together collaboratively.
/news/tear-down-academic-silos-take-undisciplinary-approach