Category: Students

Fun fact about the past: I am old enough to remember hearing about this new company, which would send you rental DVDs in the mail, and you could keep them as long as you wanted without late fees; then, when you sent the DVD back, they sent you the next movie on your “queue.” Fast …

The Classical Studies Program is proud to launch our new Virtual Homecoming Series, where we profile a graduated student (not a current graduate student, we don’t have any of those) to learn where they are in the current world, and how their love of the ancient world got them there. Our thanks to our inaugural …

One of the great benefits of the Classical Studies Program moving under the umbrella of the History Department is that, in good Roman style, we can see what of their stuff we like and totally co-opt it (if it’s a good enough strategy for Ovid and his Metamorphoses, it’s good enough for us). One thing …

This post was written by student Bailey Evans, as part of her Fall 2024 Honors Project in CLAS-A 301 Classical Archaeology. More about Bailey at the end of the post. The Ancient world remains a mystery. Modern scholars will continue to dedicate years to furthering our current understanding of classical civilizations, but there will always …

Want to enhance your growth as a citizen of the world? Ask timeless big-picture questions while learning marketable skills? Expand and unlearn what you thought you knew about Ancient Greece and Rome? Draw connections to the past in your field of study? Whether you are minoring in Classical Studies, or taking courses to expand your view …

Wow. As our loyal readers know, a few months back the trailer for Gladiator II dropped, and I blogged about how it was sorta confusing and all over the place. Apparently, the promotion machine for the movie read that post and said “Hold my non-diluted-wine-we-aren’t-wimpy-Greeks-here.” Because a new trailer for Gladiator II has just been …

Still looking for that perfect course to fill out your semester? Check out late-start Classical Studies courses, still available for enrollment in Fall 2024! All late-start classes are Online Asynchronous and can be applied to the Classical Studies Minor. 2nd 5-week session (Sep 30 – Nov 01) CLAS-B 311 Sex and Gender in the Ancient World …

If there is one thing we know about undergraduate students, it is that they are enthralled by the administrative minutia of the university system. So we are happy to announce that your favorite (and only) IU-Indianapolis Classical Studies Program has moved from its home in the World Languages and Cultures Department, to its new home …

Holy Gladiators, Batman! As everyone connected to the internet now knows, Gladiator II, the not-awaited sequel to Gladiator, will be riding into your movie theater arena in November. But you don’t have to wait until then to get your fix of “always fighting to the death, although that is a terrible business model to kill off at …

It’s finally here! Twenty-four years after absolutely no one watched Gladiator and thought “Now that is a movie that needs a sequel!,” the trailer for Gladiator II has dropped, and it is…something. Maybe all the things? For those of you who weren’t part of the movie-going public in the year 2000, the original Gladiator slammed into theaters …