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  • HIGHEST HONOUR IN ARTS AND HUMANITIES

    The fellowship recognizes Dr. Braund’s expertise on the translation history of Virgil and her pioneering literary study of Roman satire and cultural study of the emotions in Roman literature. Read More

  • WELCOME DR. MEGAN DANIELS

    The CNERS Department welcomes our newest colleague, Dr. Megan Daniels, Assistant Professor of Greek Material Culture. Megan Daniels joins UBC from her previous position as lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of New England in Australia. She obtained a B.A. in Archaeology from Wilfrid Laurier University, a M.A. in Classical and Near […] Read More

  • HISTORY OF MEDICINE

    Hysteria and mental illness, dissection and anatomy, reproduction, masculinity, menstruation, circumcision, trans bodies, intersex bodies, fat bodies, and sexuality. Read More

  • 2020/21 Course Delivery Online

    During Fall and Winter terms 2020-2021 all courses in ARBC, CLST, CNRS, GREK, HEBR, LATN, NEST, and RELG are online. The Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies will not be offering any courses on campus. This is in response to the decision made by the University and the Faculty of Arts in response […] Read More

  • ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHODS

    Including an introduction to archaeological methods and work with real ancient artifacts in UBC collections. Read More

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Ancient Egypt and the environment: conference proceedings co-edited by Dr. Schneider published

The proceedings of a conference that Dr. Thomas Schneider organized at UBC in April 2017 on Ancient Egypt and the Environment have been published by the Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections as Gift of the Nile? Ancient Egypt and the Environment. The contributors offer studies on the cultural and environmental impact of the Nile on […]

WELCOME DR. MEGAN DANIELS

The CNERS Department welcomes our newest colleague, Dr. Megan Daniels, Assistant Professor of Greek Material Culture. Megan Daniels joins UBC from her previous position as lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of New England in Australia. She obtained a B.A. in Archaeology from Wilfrid Laurier University, a M.A. in Classical and Near […]

Franco De Angelis’s new edited volume A Companion to Greeks Across the Ancient World out

The Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies is pleased to announce that Franco De Angelis’s new edited volume A Companion to Greeks Across the Ancient World is out. Franco De Angelis (ed.), A Companion to Greeks Across the Ancient World (=Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World; Hoboken, NJ and Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, 2020), […]

Matt McCarty’s edited volume The Archaeology of Mithraism: New Finds and Approaches to Mithras-Worship released

The Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies is pleased to announce that Matt McCarty’s coedited volume The Archaeology of Mithraism: New Finds and Approaches to Mithras-Worship has been released as a BABesch supplement. In exploring a Persianate cult in the Roman Empire, the book seeks to shift focus away from questions of abstract […]

2020/21 Course Delivery Online

During Fall and Winter terms 2020-2021 all courses in ARBC, CLST, CNRS, GREK, HEBR, LATN, NEST, and RELG are online. The Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies will not be offering any courses on campus. This is in response to the decision made by the University and the Faculty of Arts in response […]

New Book by Florence Yoon

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 […]

Sessional Lecturer Positions 2020-2021 Academic Year
  The Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies is now accepting applications for Sessional positions for 2020-2021 academic year. Subject to budgetary and enrolment considerations, the successful candidates will teach the following course: LATN 101 003 – Beginning Latin I                            […]

About CNERS

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History of Classical Studies at UBC

Read A Brief History of Classical Studies at UBC by Robert B. Todd, Professor Emeritus

  • Undergraduate
    • 2020/21 Online Course Delivery
    • Why study with CNERS?
    • Career Success with a CNERS Degree
    • Undergraduate Programs
    • Experiential Opportunities for Students
    • Archaeological Field Schools
    • Undergraduate Awards
    • Current Undergraduate Courses
    • Latin Program
  • Graduate
    • Graduate Programs
    • Admission
    • Funding
    • Graduate Seminars
    • MA Program Requirements and Policies
    • PhD Program Requirements and Policies
    • Graduate Student Conference
    • Graduate Handbook
  • People
    • Faculty
    • Graduate Supervisors
    • Departmental Staff
    • Program Contacts
    • Graduate Students
    • Postdocs and Visiting Students
    • Emeriti and Affiliated Faculty
  • Research
    • Departmental Research Interests
    • From Stone to Screen Project
    • Kalavasos and Maroni Built Environments Project (Cyprus)
    • Centre for the Study of Ancient Sicily
    • UBC Studies in the Ancient World
    • Near Eastern Archaeology (Journal)
  • Resources
    • CNERS Graduate Reading Room
    • Online Resources
    • Relevant Organizations
    • Faculty & Staff Internal Resources
  • Community
    • Event Calendar
    • Media
    • AIA Vancouver
    • Archaeology Day
    • SYNERGY: The CNERS Newsletter
  • Alumni
    • Get Involved
    • Alumni FAQ
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