Mary Beard illuminates the ancient world — and our own — in 'Talking Classics'

As a classics professor, Beard has spent her career pondering life in the ancient world. The central question of her latest ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

‘The classics are everywhere; most of us are likely just not looking for them’

Editor’s note: This is part of a Summer Reading Series featuring notable books, author Q&As and more. Patrice Rankine is a professor in the Department of Classics and the College and a writer. In ...
NPR

Excerpt: Confronting the Classics

That spectre of the end of classical learning is one that is probably familiar to most readers. With some trepidation, I want to try to get a new angle on the question, to go beyond the usual gloomy ...
City Journal

Rebuilding the Classics

Editor’s Note: This article is adapted from the author’s speech at the Stanford Academic Freedom Conference on November 4, 2022. Did Socrates deserve to die? Until recently, it seemed that ...
PBS

When Hazel Scott started jazzing the classics

Discover how Hazel Scott started jazzing the classics. At just 15 years old, Hazel Scott was playing as an intermission pianist at 52nd Street for headliner Frances Faye. Because the club didn't want ...
Los Angeles Times

Reimagining classics: the reinterpretation of classic literature in modern cinema

Classic literature has long served as inspiration for artists in different fields, and the world of cinema is no exception. The intersection of classic elements and modern twists helps pay homage to ...
The Conversation

Why retranslate the literary classics?

While browsing the shelves of a library or a bookshop in search of the adventures of Gregor Samsa or Raskolnikov, you may be facing an impossible dilemma. Which version of the Metamorphosis or Crime ...