DEPARTMENTAL RESOURCE GUIDE

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Teaching Fellowships

Questionnaires are delivered to each graduate student in the late spring concerning their preferences for the next year's teaching assignments; completed forms are then returned to the Chair to help him or her make final teaching assignments. Students are encouraged to speak with their peers about potential course choices. Many large courses are taught in the Core Curriculum; graduate students in the Department have often found gainful employment in the large and popular core classes of Profs. Coleman, Jones, Mitten, Nagy, Robinson, Tarrant, and Ziolkowski.

Graduate students need not restrict themselves to Classics courses solely, should their interests and expertise be applicable to another Core course. Applicants should contact the instructors of these other Core courses as soon as course information is available (mid-spring) and also Susan Lewis at the Core Program (38 Kirkland Street, slewis@fas.harvard.edu, 495-2563). In addition to the forms required by some departments, applicants should include a cover letter outlining their qualifications for that particular course or tutorial program, and a résumé giving details of their education and experience (any courses or programs on teaching techniques [e.g., those at the Bok Center] should especially be noted).

Departmental Prizes

For Dissertations in Greek and Latin - Graduate An annual prize is offered for an original essay in Classical Latin, and an annual prize for an original essay in Classical Greek. The essay may be on any subject chosen by the competitor, and must contain at least 1,000 words. Essays previously presented for other prizes, or for academic recognition elsewhere than in Harvard University, or already published, are not admissible. Dissertations offered for the degree of Ph.D. in Harvard University are admissible. If a thesis chapter is submitted, it must be so modified that it stands alone as a complete essay. Each manuscript must be delivered to the Department of the Classics by the deadline, not later than five o'clock in the afternoon. A student who is to receive his/her degree at midyear, however, must submit his/her manuscript on or before the day following the first day of the January reading period, not later than five o'clock in the afternoon. All inquiries concerning these prizes should be addressed to the Department of the Classics.

BOWDOIN PRIZES FOR UNDERGRADUATES For undergraduates in Harvard College RESIDENT at the University who do not hold an academic degree or have not fulfilled the requirements therefor, and for others who are candidates for the degree of A.B. or S.B. in Harvard University, annual prizes are offered. From the income of the bequest of Governor James Bowdoin, A.B. 1745, which bequest was, in 1901, increased by George Sullivan Bowdoin, prizes are offered to students RESIDENT at the University. With the exception of translations into Greek, all manuscripts must be typed. Five copies of all essays not in Latin or Greek are required. A student may submit only one essay in any division. Each winner of a Bowdoin Prize will receive, in addition to a sum of money, a medal and a certificate, and his or her name will be printed in the Commencement Program.

For Translations into Greek and Latin - Undergraduate (A) An annual prize is offered for the best translation into Classical Greek of the selection chosen by the Department of the Classics. (B) An annual prize is offered for the best translation into Classical Latin of the selection chosen by the Department of the Classics. Copies of these passages will be available in the office of the Department of the Classics. Each manuscript must be delivered to the Department of the Classics, by the deadline, not later than five o'clock in the afternoon. A student who is to receive his/her degree at midyear, however, must submit his/her manuscript on or before the day following the first day of the January reading period, not later than five o'clock in the afternoon. All inquiries concerning the Bowdoin Prizes for translations into Greek and Latin should be addressed to the Department of the Classics.

DAVID TAGGART CLARK PRIZE From the bequest of David Taggart Clark of the Class of 1892, this prize fund was established in 1956. The prize is awarded to a member of the graduating class of Harvard College selected to make the Latin oration at Commencement. Posters will be distributed to all University buildings in the early spring announcing the details of the competition for all three Commencement orations. For further information, please contact the Commencement Office.

CLASSICS DEPARTMENT PRIZE The Department of the Classics awards several prizes annually to seniors who have demonstrated excellence in Latin and/or Greek. For further information, please contact the Department Administrator of the Classics Department.

LOUIS CURTIS PRIZE A prize from the fund established by Louis Curtis, of the Class of 1870, is awarded annually for excellence in Latin to a senior who has concentrated in any of the fields of concentration of which Latin forms a part. Recommendation for the prize is made by the Department of the Classics on the evidence of excellence in courses in Latin and in such requirements for honors as demonstrate proficiency in Latin. Further information may be obtained from the Classics Department.

GEORGE EMERSON LOWELL SCHOLARSHIP PRIZE From the bequest of Judge John Lowell, Class of 1834, and Mrs. Lowell, the George Emerson Lowell Scholarship prize was established. This is an annual award for excellence in the Classics and is awarded on the basis of an examination which tests, in alternate years, competence in Greek and Latin language and literature. Any undergraduate in the College with sophomore or junior standing is eligible to compete. For further information, please inquire at the Department of the Classics.

WILLIAM KING RICHARDSON BEQUEST From the bequest of William King Richardson, 1880, a prize known as the Richardson Scholarship(s), may be "awarded by the Department of the Classics at the end of the student's senior year for distinction in both Greek and Latin, with particular attention to the record of such student in reading Greek and Latin at sight and in Greek and Latin composition." There is no special competition for this award, for which graduating seniors in the Classics will be considered without application. Further information may be obtained from the Classics Department.

JOHN OSBORNE SARGENT PRIZE FOR A LATIN TRANSLATION This prize was first offered in 1886-87 by John Osborne Sargent, of the Class of 1830, and was endowed in his memory, in 1889, by his daughter, Georgianna W. Sargent. The prize is offered for the best metrical translation [students may choose meter] of a lyric poem of Horace, to be selected each year by the Department of the Classics. The selection may be obtained from the Department of the Classics, Boylston Hall 204. The competition is open to admitted Extension School Bachelor Degree candidates, undergraduates and Visiting Undergraduates under the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Translations must be submitted to the Department, Boylston Hall 204, on or before the deadline, not later than five o'clock in the afternoon. Further information may be obtained from the Classics Department.

Various Committees:

The Classics Department Graduate Students: Graduate students meet once a month (usually the first Monday of the month) to discuss issues and concerns. In the fall of each year, they vote for candidates for several committees and positions:

The Curriculum Committee: This departmental committee evaluates current course offerings and suggests changes in both offerings and requirements should the need be found. In the spring semester, this committee helps to determine which courses should be offered the following academic year. This committee meets at the discretion of the Chair of the Department. [One Graduate Representative.]

Graduate Student Council: The Official Recommending Body of the Graduate Students at Harvard. Tasks and projects include: TA salaries, funding, computing services, social events, etc. A Department must be represented at two meetings each semester in order to be eligible for travel grants. The Council meets on the first Wednesday of every month, GSC Lounge, Dudley House. [Normally two graduate representatives, once each during the semester.]

Search Committees: Ad hoc committees set up for faculty searches. Normally two graduate students for each committee. Meetings are at the discretion of the committee chair.

Representatives to the Faculty: Normally two graduate students attend the "open" portion of each faculty meeting, as non-voting representatives. Responsibilities include relaying graduate-student concerns and resolutions to the faculty. Also responsible for reporting back to the graduate students at the regular monthly meeting. One alternate representative is also voted upon. Meetings are usually held the first Tuesday of the month at 4:00 pm in the Faculty Club.

The Graduate Committee: This committee is composed not of graduate students, but of faculty who monitor the progress of each graduate student throughout his or her study in the department. The committee normally meets at the beginning of each semester to talk with each student about the proposed course of study, and to answer any questions the student may have about requirements, progress, etc. Prof. Kathleen Coleman.-->

Paid Positions

In addition, we have a paid position for an undergraduate concentrator to help out in the Department office from 3:00-5:00 p.m. daily. Graduate and undergraduate students also have the opportunity to work as Research Assistants to senior faculty members.

Graduate Student Lounge

Teaching Fellow Offices

Computing Facilities

A computer room in the "back corridor" of the Smyth Library also provides Macintosh computers and PCs for word processing and database searching.

Other Facilities

Travel Funds

The Smyth Classical Library

Smyth's non-circulating collection is duplicated within the holdings of the Harvard College Library, for the most part housed in the stacks of Widener and in the Harvard Depository. It contains lexical and encyclopaedic resources and a good working collection of texts on philology, archaeology, ancient history, epigraphy, and general classical topics. More than half the collection consists of editions, commentaries and limited monographs on Greek and Latin authors, along with a full set of the editions in the Loeb Classical Library. The Department subscribes to a limited number of basic classical periodicals (again all duplicating the holdings of Harvard College Library), which are also housed in Smyth. The library hours for the Smyth Collection are the same as for Widener in general.

A room beyond the Smyth corridor contains, in addition to computing resources (see Computing Facilities above), a number of palaeographical resources, facsimiles, and other works on this subject. Similar palaeographical materials are found in Widener D, across the hall from Smyth, which the Department shares with the Committee on Medieval Studies, and which is also used as a seminar room. All of these resources are overseen by a Library Committee, consisting of three faculty members and the graduate student librarian, who is responsible for acquisition and cataloging of books and for general oversight of the library.

The Collection of Milman Parry Oral Materials

Already, one former graduate of the Department has made serious academic use of the 'shadow theater' material. Other graduates are keen to exploit the rich comparative Greek and Serbo-Croatian material, and are learning the requisite languages. The Cypriot songs and tales have also been heard and studied by another graduate student. This collection contains superb archival materials which remain to be researched by current and future graduate students and senior scholars.

Friday Social Hours

Student-Faculty Luncheons

Undergraduate Activities

The Harvard Classical Club, founded in 1885, translates and produces an ancient drama each spring. The Classical Club's recent past productions of Aristophanes' Frogs and Plautus' Menaechmi have met with great critical and popular acclaim. Undergraduate concentrators are involved in all aspects of the production, serving as translators, set builders, and even actors. In addition to the annual comedies, the Classical Club also sponsors poetry readings, movie screenings, and other social events for undergraduates. All undergraduates (and graduate students) are eligible to become members of the Classical Club once they have paid their $5 dues for the year. For additional information, please see the Classical Club's website at http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~classics.

Persephone, published yearly, is an undergraduate literary journal in the Department of Classics. Persephone includes Latin and Greek texts and translations, original literary and artistic works, and critical and original essays. Contributions may be mailed to Persephone, Department of the Classics, 204 Boylston Hall, Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138. For additional information, please see Persephone's website at http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~classics/persephone.htm.

Logos, published yearly, is an undergraduate journal for classical scholarship in the Department of Classics. The aim of Logos is to provide an outlet for undergraduates to share their work with their peers at Harvard and other institutions. Submissions are encouraged and can be mailed to Logos, Department of the Classics, 204 Boylston Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. For additional information, please see Logos' website at http://www.logosjournal.net/

The Loeb Lectures

Modern Greek Resources

Ancient Philosophy Resources