Indiana University Program in Ancient Studies

The Graduate Program in Ancient Studies offers a Ph.D. Minor to help students develop an interdisciplinary approach to the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. The program draws on the faculty of twelve (12) departments and programs: Anthropology, Central Eurasian Studies, Classical Studies, Comparative Literature, Geological Sciences, Fine Arts, History, History and Philosophy of Science, Musicology, Jewish Studies, Philosophy, and Religious Studies. Sponsored campus events include a Distinguished Lecturer Series and a Colloquia Series.

The Ph.D. minor permits students to draw on courses from two or more departments outside of their home unit. A student might choose to group together courses from different departments that focus on a certain period (e.g., late antiquity) or topic (e.g., social history, archaeology). The Program is sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences, but doctoral students in any IU unit may elect to take the minor.

For additional information and advising, please contact the Program Director:

J. Albert Harrill
Department of Religious Studies
Sycamore 207 (mailing address: Sycamore 230)
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405

Phone (812) 855-8654
Fax (812) 855-4687
E-Mail: click for email

Ancient Studies Steering Committee:
Edward Watts (History), Jonathan Ready (Classical Studies)

News about the Program in Ancient Studies:

Chronicle of Higher Education: 2007 Top Research Universities Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index ranks IU Ancient Studies second in nation.

IU Research and Creative Activity Magazine (Fall 2006)

IU Home Pages: Faculty & Staff News (6/24/2005)

Distinguished Lecturer for Spring 2008
Ian Morris, Stanford University
March 28, 2008. 5:15-6:30 p.m. State Room East (IMU)
"Making the Mediterranean Greek in the First Millennium BCE"

Ancient Studies Conference in Fall 2007: October 12-13, 2007
"The End of Everything: Catastrophe and Community in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Worlds."

Support from the Office of the Vice Provost for Research (Arts and Humanities New Frontiers: New Perspectives Grant), the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program.

Conference Visiting Scholars:

Elizabeth Asmis
Professor of Classics
University of Chicago

Adela Yarbro Collins
Buckingham Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation
Yale Divinity School

John J. Collins
Holms Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation
Yale Divinity School

Fritz Graf
Professor and Chair of Greek and Latin
The Ohio State University

Sarah Iles Johnston
Professor of Greek and Latin
The Ohio State University

A. A. Long
Professor of Classics and Irving G. Stone Professor of Literature
University of California, Berkeley

Dale B. Martin
Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies
Yale University