Recent News
Prof. Deb Kamen’s five-year term chairing the department has come to an end. As of July 1, 2025, Prof. Alex Hollmann will be serving as chair.
Congratulations to the students of the Classics community at the University of Washington for their accomplishments over the past academic year, 2024-2025! We wish you the best in the next chapter of your lives. Well done!
Omeed Yazdani, a UW Classics minor and 2025 Husky 100 recipient who earned his bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and Bioengineering ('24) and his master's degree in Bioengineering ('25), has paved a path that weds his interests in medicine and the Classics.
The Department of Classics is delighted to announce the establishment of the Lawrence Bliquez Endowed Student Support Fund for Classics, a gift of Laura Matz and Trevor Peterson. This fund is designed to provide broad-based support for undergraduate students in the Department of Classics, helping to cover educational expenses, research, travel costs, and study abroad.
A Companion to Apollonius of Rhodes, edited by Ruth Scodel, was recently published by the University of Michigan Press (2025).
In the newest episode of Betwixt the Sheets, a podcast that tackles the history of sex, sexuality, and sex work, historian Dr. Kate Lister interviews Prof. Sarah Levin-Richardson about sex workers in ancient Roman culture. Prof.
Geoffrey Sumi graduated from UW with a degree in Classics (with College Honors) in 1986. Prof. Bliquez's Honors seminar in Classics shifted Geoff's focus from Engineering, his intended major, to Classics and things snowballed from there. He recalls (fondly) studying Plautus and Terence with Prof. Dunn; Livy and Tacitus with Prof. Clauss; the Greek tragedians with Prof.
A great friend of the UW Department of Classics, Thomas Morgan, MD, MA in Classics (’89), passed away on December 9, 2024. Here is his obituary in the Seattle Times, and below are a few UW Classics faculty members’ reflections on Tom.
Larry Bliquez:
