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The Department of Classics at Columbia University is one of the most dynamic centers for the study of Classical Antiquity in the United States. It offers a full range of undergraduate, graduate, and postbaccalaureate programs and degrees, and it hosts a variety of ongoing lecture series, seminars, colloquia, and dramatic productions. Situated in the heart of New York City - home to countless universities, galleries, libraries, museums, research institutions, and theaters - the Department of Classics at Columbia University is at the crossroads of the cultural and classical life of North America.
The department aims to encourage broad access to the ancient languages, their modern reception, and participation in the field. We understand such practices to be in keeping with a general commitment to combatting discrimination and harassment within the department, the discipline, and the wider academic community. You can find the full statement on diversity and inclusion here. Update June 2020: Black Lives Matter. The Department of Classics at Columbia University wishes to issue this statement of solidarity, although we recognize that simply printing such words—as true and heartfelt as they are (tragically) necessary—comes close to repeating the hollow adage of “thoughts and prayers”. We are currently working to develop and implement a program of substantive curricular and institutional reform, addressing race and racism, and involving immediate and future action. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, the Department of Classics will not be accepting applications for Ph.D. admissions in Fall 2020 for the 2021-22 academic year. We will re-open PhD admissions in Fall 2021 for the academic year 2022-23. Please note that the M.A. in Classics will continue to accept applications for 2021-22 admissions. For all further information, please contact Nancy Worman (nworman@barnard.edu), John Ma (jtm2179@columbia.edu), or any member of the faculty in Columbia Classics -- as always we welcome enquiries about graduate work and the Department more generally.
Lectures, Drama, Collections
COLLOQUIA & SEMINARS
The Department of Classics hosts the graduate student Pedagogy Colloquium series, the Classics Colloquium, and University Seminars program. Please join us.
GREEK & LATIN PLAY
The Barnard Columbia Ancient Drama Group presents "Euripides' Andromache" for its Spring 2020 production on April 2, 3, and 4. Tickets can be purchased here.
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
The Columbia collection holds more than 2000 papyri and 3600 ostraca, some of which preserve ancient fragments of literary works, among them, Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, Euripides’ Orestes, and Plato’s Phaedrus.
Affiliated Programs At Columbia
Center for the Ancient mediterranean
The Center for the Ancient Mediterranean connects faculty, students, and departments that have an interest in the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean and neighboring regions, serving as a source of information and coordinating courses and conferences.
Classical STUDIES
The Department of Classics participates, together with Art History and Archaeology, History, and Philosophy, in the Classical Studies Program, an inter-departmental, interdisciplinary M.A. and Ph.D. program at Columbia University.
HELLENIC STUDIES
Together with the Department of Classics, the Program in Hellenic Studies offers an undergraduate curriculum in Modern Greek and Greek Diaspora Studies, support for graduate students working on Greece and the Balkans, and events for the larger New York community.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Public Humanities Initiative
The Starvos Niarchos Foundation Public Humanities Initiative (SNFPHI) supports public-facing humanities endeavors in Greece and collaborates with other Columbia programs that aim to connect the field of Hellenic Studies with a broad public audience.