College of Charleston Department of Classics

09/22/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Newhard, whose article "Developing a Community-Based Spatial History Platform for Charleston, South Carolina" (in collaboration with multiple members of the CofC and Charleston communities) was published (Open Access) in Public Humanities!

Developing a Community-Based Spatial History Platform for Charleston, South Carolina (USA) - Volume 2

09/09/2026

Congrats to Dr. Newhard and multiple CofC alumni co-authors, whose 2025 article "A Cross-Comparative Framework to Explore Land Use Histories of the Northeastern Peloponnese, Greece" was reprinted in the open-access volume The Archaeology of Climate Change!

This collection of fourteen papers, prefaced by an introduction from the editors, introduces key aspects of the archaeology of climate change, a rapidly expanding field of scientific endeavor that examines past societal responses to climatic and environmental challenges. Archaeological evidence for....

08/05/2026

David Bowen '26 plans to pursue his M.A. in Classics at the University of Maryland. Check out this feature on him here:

07/22/2026

Different generations of CofC Classics Alumni working together: Hannah Edwards '17 and Matthew Titzler '23 became colleagues this summer working on the survey team for the Pella Urban Dynamics Project in northern Greece!

07/07/2026

Happy Summer from the Classics Department! Among our various research and teaching activities this summer, Dr. Newhard and his students are working as part of the Kea Archaeological Research Survery (KARS) research team on the island of Kea this summer!

06/18/2026

Check out this feature on Ethan Cole '26 and his study of Classics!

Bachelor of Arts in Classics Johnson Vest Scholarship in Classics, Harold A. Mouzon Scholarship in Classical Studies Pursuing his master’s in Classics at the University of Maryland, where he has received a teaching assistantship “Without the support of the Classics Department, I would not be th...

06/16/2026

Congratulations to CofC alumnus Brison Shira (Biochemistry and Classics double-major, '23), who was recently named an awardee of the American Chemical Society’s Agilent/ACS Analytical Graduate Fellowship!

Congratulations to our 2026 awardees! Brison ShiraCooks Laboratory, Purdue University Agilent/ACS Analytical Graduate Fellowship During the fellowship period, I plan to develop a new instrumental method for

05/29/2026

Some belated highlights from Commencement on May 9. Congrats to Classics majors, minors, and AB degree students in the CofC Class of 2026!

01/18/2026

Check out this feature on CofC Classics Alum Alicia Johnson '11!

From shipwreck diving to Discovery Channel documentaries, College of Charleston alum Alicia Johnson brings submerged history to the surface.

08/15/2025

A Cross-Comparative Framework to Explore Land Use Histories of the Northeastern Peloponnese, Greece. It takes a team to seek to understand past relationships between climate and human systems in order to offer possible solutions to current conditions. The team: Classics Professor James Newhard, together with Mathematics Assistant Professor Tingting Tong; Antonia Lombardi ’22, archaeology, Classics and anthropology triple major, recipient of the Certificate in Cultural Sustainability and currently pursuing the Environmental and Sustainability Studies, M.S. and Public Administration, M.P.A. concurrent Master’s Degree Program; Haley Bryan ’24, Classic and history double major; Kelsey Campbell ’24, archaeology and anthropology double major; Emma Jansen ’25, anthropology major; and Matthew Titzler ’23, archaeology and Classics double major.

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