Department of Classics

Ancient coins discovered by FSU team on view now in Italian exhibition

Published: June 10, 2021 | 1:13 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

A treasure trove of ancient Roman silver coins discovered by a team from Florida State University is now on display to the public for the first time in Italy. “Treasure of Chianti” is on view now through Sept. 3 at the Museum of Santa Maria della Scala in Siena, Italy. The exhibit features 194 silver coins unearthed […]

FSU Classics professor awarded Shelby White-Leon Levy grant to publish research

Published: March 23, 2021 | 12:04 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

1938, the American and French archeologists in Antakya, Turkey

Florida State University Associate Professor of Classics Andrea De Giorgi has been awarded a $20,000 Shelby White-Leon Levy grant for his publication on the archaeology of Daphne by Archaeological Publications at Harvard University. “This is one of the most prestigious and competitive awards available to archaeologists of the eastern Mediterranean,” said Christopher Nappa, chair of […]

FSU researcher awarded prominent classical studies fellowship

Published: April 15, 2020 | 1:07 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

A Florida State University faculty member has been awarded a fellowship from the Loeb Classical Library Foundation. Jessica Clark, associate professor in FSU’s Department of Classics in the College of Arts and Sciences, will receive the fellowship for the 2020-21 academic year. Clark, a Princeton graduate and faculty member at Florida State University since 2013, specializes […]

Classics professor named director of excavations at longest-running American archaeological project in Greece

Published: April 10, 2018 | 2:24 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

A Florida State University faculty member has achieved a top honor in the field of classical archaeology. Christopher A. Pfaff, an associate professor in FSU’s Department of Classics, was recently named director of excavations at Ancient Corinth by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Considered one of the most important archaeological sites from […]

Classics professor Nancy de Grummond honored for research into ancient Etruscans

Published: November 22, 2017 | 11:32 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Nancy de Grummond accepts the award of merit from the Tuscan American Association in the Salone dei Cinquecento (Room of the 500) at the town hall of Florence, the Palazzo Vecchio. Andrea Davis, president of the association, looks on.

Florida State University classics Professor Nancy de Grummond, one of the world’s leading authorities on the ancient Etruscan civilization, was recently recognized for her decades of archaeological work and research during a ceremony held at the Palazzo Vecchio, the majestic town hall of Florence, Italy. De Grummond, the M. Lynette Thompson Professor of Classics and […]

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