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Welcome to the University of Tennessee's Department of Classics

Welcome to the UT Department of Classics!

Welcome to the Classics website. This is the department where students study not only Greek and Latin, but also the ancient Mediterranean world in all its aspects. In space, this means the Mediterranean basin and areas contiguous to it; in range of time, this means from the middle of the second millennium BCE to the middle of the first millennium CE. These boundaries are extended by the collaborative work we undertake with archaeologists in the Departments of Anthropology and History and with medievalists in the Departments of English, History, and Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures. The end result is an enormous span of times, places, and methods, as we tackle not only the languages and literatures of antiquity, but also all aspects of material culture as we can capture it through our work in archaeology, social history, cultural studies, economics, and so on.

We hope that visitors to this site will learn more about the regular courses that we offer, the various tracks of undergraduate and graduate study, and the varied expertises of the faculty. If you are in Knoxville, we hope you will drop in and see us!

Events Calendar

Events Calendar



  • 7:30 pm, Tuesday January 13
    McClung Museum Auditorium
    "Applications of Dendrochronology in Old and New World Archaeology"
    Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
    Department of Geography, UT
  • 7:30 pm, Tuesday February 17
    McClung Museum Auditorium
    "Machu Picchu: A Civil Engineering Marvel"
    Ken Wright
    Wright Paleohydrological Institute
    Denver, Colorado
  • 3:30, Tuesday March 31
    1210/1211 McClung Tower
    "The Battle of Teutoburg Forest"
    Peter Wells
    University of Minnesota
  • 7:30, Tuesday March 31
    McClung Museum Auditorium
    "Meanings in Early Celtic Art"
    Peter Wells
    University of Minnesota
  • Tuesday April 21
    McClung Museum Auditorium
    The Second Harry C. Rutledge Memorial Lecture in Archaeology
    Title TBA
    John McK. Camp
    Director, Agora Excavations
    Athens, Greece
Images from ancient Mediterranean cultures

East Tennessee Society of the Archaeological Institute of America

Contact Information

Department of Classics
1101 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN 37996-0413

Phone: (865) 974-5383
Fax: (865) 974-7173