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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 Winter 20/21 and Summer 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
21st Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
7th May 2021Human-Environment Interaction: Past, Present, and Future With Keynote Speaker Dr. Charles Redman, Founding Director of the School of Sustainability, University State Arizona. Event: Online conference This conference aims to take a broad definition of “environment;” for example, encompassing the natural environment (including climate), the built environment (at any scale, from a single structure to vast...
Susanna Braund’s edited volume receives award for contribution to Vergilian studies
The Vergilian Society has awarded the 2021 McKay Prize to Susanna Braund’s co-edited volume (with Zara Martirosova Torlone), Virgil and his Translators (OUP, 2018).The McKay Prize is given in recognition of the book that, in the opinion of the prize evaluation committee, makes the greatest contribution toward our understanding and appreciation of Vergil. Book abstract from […]
Lisa Cooper recognized by ASOR for work with Damascus Committee and Syrian people
Dr. Lisa Cooper received the W. F. Albright Award from ASOR at the November 2020 Annual Meeting. This award honors an individual who has shown special support or made outstanding service contributions to one of the overseas centers, ACOR, AIAR, CAARI, or to one of the overseas committees – the Baghdad Committee and the Damascus […]
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 […]
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), […]
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 Winter 20/21 and Summer 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 […]
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 […]
Teaching Assistant Positions 2021-2022 Academic Year
CNERS Teaching Assistant Positions for 2021/22 The Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies is hiring teaching assistants for the following course in 2021/22. Courses and job descriptions are subject to change up until the beginning of each term. Course Code Course Title Estimated Number of Positions Term Anticipated hours of work per term […]
CNERS Teaching Assistant Positions for 2021/22 The Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies is hiring teaching assistants for the following course in 2021/22. Courses and job descriptions are subject to change up until the beginning of each term. Course Code Course Title Estimated Number of Positions Term Anticipated hours of work per term […]
Sessional Lecturer Positions 2021-2022 Academic Year
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 Sessional Lecturer Positions 2021-2022 Academic Year The Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies is now accepting applications for Sessional positions in 2021-2022 academic year. Subject to budgetary and enrolment considerations, the successful candidates will teach the following courses: Course Title Term Days Time ARBC 101 002 Introduction to […]
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 Sessional Lecturer Positions 2021-2022 Academic Year The Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies is now accepting applications for Sessional positions in 2021-2022 academic year. Subject to budgetary and enrolment considerations, the successful candidates will teach the following courses: Course Title Term Days Time ARBC 101 002 Introduction to […]
Teaching Assistant Positions 2021 Summer
CNERS Teaching Assistant Positions for Summer 2021 The Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies is hiring teaching assistants for the following course in Summer 2021. Courses and job descriptions are subject to change up until the beginning of each term. Interested students should email cners.grad@ubc.ca with a brief statement on their qualifications. The […]
CNERS Teaching Assistant Positions for Summer 2021 The Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies is hiring teaching assistants for the following course in Summer 2021. Courses and job descriptions are subject to change up until the beginning of each term. Interested students should email cners.grad@ubc.ca with a brief statement on their qualifications. The […]
Sessional Lecturer Positions 2021 Summer
Thursday, March 25, 2021 Sessional Lecturer Positions Summer 2021 The Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies is now accepting applications for Sessional positions in Summer 2021. 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 […]
Thursday, March 25, 2021 Sessional Lecturer Positions Summer 2021 The Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies is now accepting applications for Sessional positions in Summer 2021. 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 […]
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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