Trade expert discusses misconceptions about trade Jan. 29
Scott Lincicome will talk about imports, tariffs and globalization during his talk, “What You Think You Know About Trade is Probably Wrong."
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Members of the Cornell Classics community engage in research across the whole domain of Classical Studies, from Greek and Roman literature and historical linguistics to ancient philosophy, historiography, archaeology, and art history.
Cornell classicists combine rigorous training in ancient languages with cutting-edge theoretical approaches, covering material from the Aegean Bronze Age to Late Antiquity, and regions from the Latin West to the Caucasus, though with a firm basis in the cultures of the Greco-Roman Mediterranean.
Popular Destinations
Classics Research Centers
- The Cornell Tree Ring Laboratory builds multi-millennial scale tree-ring chronologies in the Aegean and Near East that throuigh the last 10,000 years of human and environmental history.
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The American Research Center in Sofia (ARCS) was established in 2004 as both a center for research and a training institution, committed to training North American graduate students in the history, culture, and languages of the region. Cornell University hosts the US Office of ARCS.
Classics Events
Jan
23
Friday
04:30 PM
Davide Napoli
Goldwin Smith Hall
142
Feb
06
Friday
04:30 PM
Classics Speaker Series: Silvia Ferrara
Goldwin Smith Hall
G22
Mar
06
Friday
04:30 PM
Classics Speaker Series: Jaimie Gunderson
Goldwin Smith Hall
142
Mar
13
Friday
04:30 PM
Classics Speaker Series: Sarah Murray
Goldwin Smith Hall
142
Mar
20
Friday
04:30 PM
Classics Speaker Series: Suzanne Lye
Goldwin Smith Hall
142
Classics News
‘Households in Context’ wins Wiseman Book Award
Based on a 2018 conference co-organized by Caitie Barrett, professor of classics, and Jennifer Carrington, Ph.D. ’19, the book focuses on houses and households during a period when Egypt was ruled by Greeks and then by Romans.
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Ancient dirty dishes reveal decades of questionable findings 
An interdisciplinary team of researchers determined that organic residues of plant oils are poorly preserved in calcareous soils from the Mediterranean, leading decades of archaeologists to likely misidentify olive oil in ceramic artifacts.
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The long, deep dig: Collaboration excavates the ancient city of Sardis
A collaboration between Cornell and Harvard has continuously excavated the ancient city.
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Public speeches challenged assumptions in ancient Greece
In a new paper, Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow Davide Napoli argues that public speeches in ancient Greece aimed not to express personal views, but to undermine entrenched ideas and challenge common-sense conclusions.
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Your September 2025 reads
This month’s featured titles include the latest by a National Book Award winner and a classical history of Jewish resistance to Rome.
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2025 Nexus Scholars talk about academic growth, transformation
Ten students who participated in this summer's Nexus Scholars Program share their stories..
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Book details Jews’ two-century fight against Roman Empire
Barry Strauss ’74 shines a light on the resilience the Jews of Judea showed in their rebellion against the Romans.
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