Hello, everyone! The Archaeological Institute of America – Central Indiana has two amazing lectures coming up: “Chryssi Island and the Archaeology of a Maritime Community at the Southern Edge of the Minoan World” by Dr. Tom Brogan and “A Toast…
The AMCA Lab is proud to house many artifacts from all over the world and across the eras, and today we would like to highlight one particular artifact, FIG 828, our replica Tanagra Figurine! This figurine was gifted to us…
A couple weeks ago, students in Dr. Kvapil’s FYS class participated in the first meeting of the Heroic Temper Book Club. The assigned book was Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesa Lia Block, published in 2014. Students…
On February 5th, Dr. Denise McCoskey, hosted by Butler Classics and the Indiana Classical Conference, gave a wonderful and eye-opening lecture on the topic of “Race before Whiteness: Modern Lessons from the World of Greece and Rome.” Dr. McCoskey is…
In light of recent revelations surrounding the toxic and insensitive job description for the position of Director at IMA (Newfields), which included a line stating that one of the new director’s duties would be to, “maintain the Museum’s traditional, core,…
Please join the department faculty and staff in congratulating Professor Lynne Kvapil for being named the recipient of the Indiana Classical Conference Collegiate Teacher of the Year Award, which was announced at the organization’s annual meeting two weeks ago. The…
Join BU classics scholar Emily Pell as she dives into a review of Madeline Miller’s Circe, a fresh retelling of Homer’s tale from the Odyssey. Also, for your enjoyment, we’ve included a brief snippet of BU classics scholar Lilly Hinckley’s…
This past year the Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and Classics Mobile Lab had the opportunity to loan out a handful of our items to Dr. Allannah Karas, Assistant Professor of World Languages and Cultures at Valparaiso University. Below, Dr. Karas shares…
Mark Kimpel is a graduate non-degree student interested in classics, philosophy, and theology. Now retired, Mark was a National Merit Scholar and earned a degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from Purdue University and a medical degree from Indiana University.…
Dr. Lynne A. Kvapil, Associate Professor of Classics here at Butler University, has been awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities in conjunction with the American School of Classical Studies at Athens for the spring of 2020.…