Check-In Deadline for All Students
Registrar's Calendar
Wednesday, September 2, 2026.
First meeting of fall term classes. Follows a Monday schedule.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2026.
University Holiday: Labor Day
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Department offices closed.
Monday, September 7, 2026.
Constanze Güthenke (University of Oxford)
Harvard Classics Lectures
TBD.
Tuesday, September 8, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Cambridge, MA.
Fall Party for Faculty & Graduate Students
Tuesday, September 8, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Harvard Faculty Club.
Department Meeting
Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
TBD.
Inger Kuin (University of Virginia)
In the first two centuries CE, inhabitants of the Roman Empire of all persuasions considered going through
life without gods, or without recognition of divine interference, as a potential feature of human psychology
deserving serious attention. Many saw it as a threat both to the well-being of individuals and to the socio ethical fabric of communities, while for some it was their own lived experience and a wholesome outlook
worth propagating. Atheism and disbelief were understood to be integral components of the over-all
phenomenology of belief systems and ways of life that could not be ignored.
In my paper I will present from my research project in progress which aims to produce the first
book-length study of atheism in the mediterranean in the first and second centuries CE. Earlier research on
atheism and disbelief in antiquity has focused either on classical Athens, or taken a diachronic approach
covering both the Greek and Roman periods. My project combines a narrow synchronic focus with a
uniqu…
Event Series: Harvard Classics Departmental Seminar Series.
Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY; TBD.
Dissertation Writers Workshop
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: classicsDGS@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, September 25, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM.
Boylston 237.
For more info visit classics.fas.harvard.edu. Add/drop deadline
GSAS Calendar
5th Monday - Fall Term - Course Add/ Drop deadline for College and GSAS.
Monday, October 5, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM.
Dissertation Writers Workshop
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: classicsDGS@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, October 9, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM.
Boylston 237.
For more info visit classics.fas.harvard.edu. University Holiday: Columbus Day (Federal) Indigenous Peoples Day (City of Cambridge)
Registrar's Calendar
Department offices closed.
Monday, October 12, 2026.
Department Meeting
Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
TBD.
Odysseus Returns: Reflections on Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey
Sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center and the Center for Hellenic Studies.
Featuring a panel discussion with Emily Greenwood (Harvard University), David Elmer (Harvard University), and Jie Li (Harvard University), moderated by Robin Kelsey (Mahindra Humanities Center).
Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY; the Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Student-Faculty Lunch
Student-Faculty Lunches
Friday, October 16, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Harvard Faculty Club.
Rex Wallace (UMass Amherst)
Workshops
Event Series (if not listed): GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics".
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY; Boylston Hall 335.
Dissertation Writers Workshop
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: classicsDGS@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, October 23, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM.
Boylston 237.
For more info visit classics.fas.harvard.edu. Michèle Lowrie (University of Chicago)
"Caesar, Carmen, and the Rule of Law.".
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Classical Traditions and Receptions.
Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY; TBD.
FAS Faculty meeting
FAS Faculty Meetings
includes in camera degree proceedings.
Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit officeofthesecretary.fas.harvard.edu. Spring 2027 Course Registration begins (enroll in courses)
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Wednesday, November 4, 2026.
Department Meeting (Senior Faculty Only)
Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
TBD.
Veteran's Day--Classes are held.
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Department offices closed.
Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
Dissertation Writers Workshop
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: classicsDGS@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, November 13, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM.
Boylston 237.
For more info visit classics.fas.harvard.edu. Department Meeting
Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
TBD.
Book Celebration
Harvard Classics Lectures
Celebration in honor of Leah Whittington’s book, Antiquity Made Whole: The Renaissance Continuation of Ancient Literature.
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome. Event Series (if not listed): The Early Modern Workshop at Harvard University.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Cambridge, MA.
For more info visit emworkshop.fas.harvard.edu. Course Registration Deadline (for minimum enrollment)
Registrar's Calendar
Wednesday, November 18, 2026.
Harry Saunders (Harvard)
Workshops
Event Series (if not listed): GSAS Workshop "Indo-European and Historical Linguistics".
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY; Boylston Hall 335.
Thanksgiving Recess
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Department offices closed.
Wednesday, November 25, 2026 – Sunday, November 29, 2026.