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WHY STUDY LATIN?
Improve your English vocabulary and writing skills by learning the language of the Caesars, slaves, philosophers and demon hunters! Read More
CLASSICAL ARABIC
Classical Arabic offers special rewards to the dedicated student, with its unusually rich vocabulary, architectural grammar and treasury of literature from history, philosophy and the natural sciences to poetry, belles letters’, mysticism and, especially, scripture or Qur’an. Read More
SEX, LIES, AND VIOLENCE IN THE HEBREW BIBLE
SUMMER TERM 1: An exploration of the Bible’s “dark side,” with emphasis on texts that center on sex, deceit, and murder. Read More
7th Apr 2020
This lecture discusses the results of the last few seasons of investigations by the Kalavasos and Maroni Built Environments (KAMBE) Project. This collaboration among UBC, Cornell University and the University of Chicago is investigating the relationship between urbanism and social change on Late Bronze Age Cyprus (c. 1650-1100 BCE). We’ll focus mainly on the UBC...
This lecture discusses the results of the last few seasons of investigations by the Kalavasos and Maroni Built Environments (KAMBE) Project. This collaboration among UBC, Cornell University and the University of Chicago is investigating the relationship between urbanism and social change on Late Bronze Age Cyprus (c. 1650-1100 BCE). We’ll focus mainly on the UBC...
Dr. Florence Yoon’s new book, Euripides: Children of Heracles, was published in January by Bloomsbury. This book is an accessible guide through the many twists and turns of Euripides’ Children of Heracles, providing several frameworks through which to understand and appreciate the play. Children of Heracles follows the fortunes of Heracles’ family after his death. Euripides confronts characters and […]
Robert Cousland on BCIT’s ‘For the Record’
Dr. Robert Cousland recently did a radio interview on Ancient Greek mythology and religion for British Columbia Institute of Technology’s show ‘For the Record’. Listen to his interview here.
Dr. Anthony Keddie’s New Book is Published
The Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies Department is pleased to announce a publication by Dr. Anthony Keddie, which has just been published by Cambridge University Press. The title of Tony’s book is Class and Power in Roman Palestine: The Socioeconomic Setting of Judaism and Christian Origins and here is a blurb: Anthony Keddie investigates […]
Dr. Siobhán McElduff Receives a Public Humanities Course-Release Award
The Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies is pleased to announce that Siobhán McElduff has been named as a recipient of a Public Humanities Course-Release Award. This award, bestowed by the new Public Humanities Hub (PHH) at UBC-Vancouver, supports research excellence among Humanities scholars in the Faculties of Arts, Law, and Education at […]
CNERS STATEMENT ON CLIMATE STRIKES
The Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies stands in solidarity with the students, staff and faculty at the University of British Columbia and worldwide who will participate in the Global Climate Strike on September 27, 2019, to demand urgent action on the climate emergency. The Department and its instructors resolve to accommodate, wherever […]
Diamond Foundation donates $1M to support Jewish studies at UBC
The Development Office has announced a generous $1M gift made by the Diamond Foundation to support Jewish Studies at UBC. The announcement can be found here: https://support.ubc.ca/news/diamond-foundation-donates-1m-to-support-jewish-studies-at-ubc/ Congratulations to Dr. Gregg Gardner, current Diamond Chair in Jewish Law and Ethics, on this incredible gift, which will open up all kinds of new and exciting opportunities […]
Dr. Susanna Braund is Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Susanna Braund has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in the Class of 2019. She is one of the ninety-three new Fellows in the Academies of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science who have been elected by their peers for their exceptional scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement. Here is […]
CNERS Faculty Members Win SSHRC Competitions
The Department of Classical, Near Eastern and religious Studies is very pleased to announce the success of three of our faculty in the SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) competitions this year. Gregg Gardner has won an Insight Development Grant for his project entitled “The Horvat Midras Excavation Project: Cultural Interaction in Rural Roman […]
Peter Wall Institute Produces Video about Dr. Sara Milstein’s Work
Watch the promotional video about Dr. Sara Milstein’s work on biblical and Near Eastern law produced by the Peter Wall Institute: Dr. Milstein’s is a Wall Scholar (2018-2019) and her project is titled Making a Case: The Emergent Legal Mind in the Ancient Near East. She aims to probe the rich collection of practical legal […]
Dr. Gregg Gardner is awarded the Jody Ellant and Howard Reiter Family Fellowship
Dr. Gregg Gardner has been awarded the Jody Ellant and Howard Reiter Family Fellowship at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Jewish Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He will be in residence at Penn during the Spring 2020 semester and on leave from UBC. The Katz Center’s fellowship program takes roughly twenty scholars […]
Lecturer in Classical Studies and Latin (2020/21)
The Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies is seeking applications for a one-year leave replacement Lecturer position in Classical Studies and Latin Language. Applicants are required to have a Ph.D. in Classical Studies or a related field. The successful candidate will possess a strong commitment to teaching and be able to teach both […]
The Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies is seeking applications for a one-year leave replacement Lecturer position in Classical Studies and Latin Language. Applicants are required to have a Ph.D. in Classical Studies or a related field. The successful candidate will possess a strong commitment to teaching and be able to teach both […]
Sessional Lecturer Summer Positions 2020
The Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies is now accepting applications for Sessional positions in Summer 2020. Subject to budgetary and enrolment considerations, the successful candidates will teach the following courses: ARBC 101 – Intro to the Grammar and Vocabulary of Classic Arabic Summer Term 1 (TTh 18:00-21:00) ARBC 102 – Intro to […]
The Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies is now accepting applications for Sessional positions in Summer 2020. Subject to budgetary and enrolment considerations, the successful candidates will teach the following courses: ARBC 101 – Intro to the Grammar and Vocabulary of Classic Arabic Summer Term 1 (TTh 18:00-21:00) ARBC 102 – Intro to […]
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History of Classical Studies at UBC
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