Classical Studies

Department of History
201 Humanities
(831) 459-2982
http://history.ucsc.edu

Faculty and Professional Interests

Karen Bassi, Associate Professor of Literature
Greek and Latin literatures, Greek drama, Hellenistic poetics, feminist interpretation, literary and cultural theory, pre- and early modern studies, historiography

Mary-Kay Gamel, Professor of Literature
Performance studies, ancient Mediterranean performance, Greek and Latin literatures, myth, reception of Greek and Roman texts and artifacts, film, feminist approaches to literature and performance

Gildas Hamel, Lecturer
Latin, Greek, Hebrew; Bible; history of Judaism and Christianity; French

Charles W. Hedrick Jr., Professor of History
Greek and Roman history, epigraphy, historiography, political theory

John P. Lynch, Professor of Literature
Greek and Latin literatures; Plato and Aristotle; Lucretius, Virgil, and Petronius; ancient education

Gary B. Miles, Professor of History, Emeritus

Daniel Selden, Associate Professor of Literature
Afroasiatic languages and literatures, Greek and Latin, Hellenistic culture, the classical tradition, history of criticism, literary theory

Program Faculty Advisers

Karen Bassi, Associate Professor of Literature

Mary-Kay Gamel, Professor of Literature

Charles W. Hedrick Jr., Professor of History

John P. Lynch, Professor of Literature