Department Chair

Sharon J. Portnoff, Elie Wiesel Associate Professor of Judaic Studies, Acting Chair of the Department of Classics, Arabic, and Jewish Studies

Sharon J. Portnoff

Elie Wiesel Associate Professor of Judaic Studies, Acting Chair of the Department of Classics, Arabic, and Jewish Studies

Modern Jewish thought • Holocaust theology • Dante • Primo Levi • Israel


Faculty

Hazza Abo Rabia, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics

Hazza Abo Rabia

Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics


Waed Athamneh, Associate Professor of Arabic Studies in the Department of Classics, Arabic, and Jewish Studies

Waed Athamneh

Associate Professor of Arabic Studies in the Department of Classics, Arabic, and Jewish Studies

Modern Arabic poetry • 20th-century Arab politics • Feminism in modern Arabic fiction


Brett Evans, Assistant Professor of Classics, Faculty Fellow Walter Commons for Global Study and Engagement

Brett Evans

Assistant Professor of Classics, Faculty Fellow Walter Commons for Global Study and Engagement

Ancient Greek and Latin Literature • Hellenistic History • Ptolemaic Alexandria • Greek Epigraphy • Textual Criticism


Devon Harlow, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics

Devon Harlow

Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics


Darryl Phillips, Professor of Classics

Darryl Phillips

Professor of Classics

(Sabbatical Fall 2024)

Ancient Greek and Roman history • Latin literature of the late Republic and Augustan age • Roman topography



Staff

, Academic Department Assistant

Sharon Moody

Academic Department Assistant


Richard Moorton

Professor Emeritus of Classics

Aristophanic studies • Greco-Roman epic • The classical roots of modern culture • Eugene O'Neill

Joann Silverberg

Associate Professor Emeritus of Classics

Greek and Latin language and literature • Biblical Greek • Medieval Latin • Ancient comedy, love poetry and historiography • Women in antiquity

In Memoriam

Dirk tom Diek Held

Elizabeth S. Kruidenier '48 Professor of Classics