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August 2008
James P. Rosenbloom
The Department of Classical Studies offers courses in the languages, literatures, history, and archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome. The department has both an Undergraduate Concentration and a Graduate Certificate Program in Classics.
The library collection supports the undergraduate program in Classical Studies and the research interests of the Classical Studies faculty. Where the Classical Studies program overlaps with Creative Arts and Anthropology, the Creative Arts Librarian will order materials directly related to Greek and Roman art, the Social Sciences bibliographer will order Anthropology materials related to general studies of myth and ritual.
There are four options for the Classics concentrator: classics (Greek and Latin), Greek, Latin, or history/archaeology.
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The geographical focus is on ancient Greece, the Hellenistic world (323-146 B.C.E.), and the Roman Empire (Rome, Italy, western provinces, including Britain to 323/476 C.E.), as well as the early Byzantine Empire (323 C.E.-ca. 527 C.E.).
Both contemporary and older materials are purchased.
Greek, Latin, and English. Particular care is taken to get various translated editions of the same Greek and Latin literary works.
Standard scholarly editions of major and minor classical authors are a significant part of the collection, in the original and translated text. Secondary critical works on literature, archaeology, and history/social life are purchased, including scholarly classical publications from most university presses. In addition, certain monographic series, particularly those of classical academies and societies, are added to the collection. Most major international classical journals are acquired.
Increasingly, electronic resources are purchased, particularly databases dealing with language/linguistics, atlases and electronic packages of literary works.
Microforms are only bought is a hardcopy item is unavailable. Dissertations and audio/visual works are only bought at the direct request of a faculty member.
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Subject area |
Collecting levels |
| Mediterranean Region/Greco-Roman World | Undergraduate study |
| Ancient Greece | Undergraduate study |
| Byzantine Empire (327-527C.E.) | Undergraduate study |
| Ancient Italy/Rome to 476 C.E | Undergraduate study |
| Classical Religion/Mythology | Undergraduate study |
| Ancient Law - Undergraduate | Undergraduate study |
| Ancient Economics and Politics | Undergraduate study |
| Classical Philology and Language | Undergraduate study |
| Classical Archeology | Undergraduate study |
| Classical Literature | Undergraduate study |