Add/Drop Begins for all students
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Open Add/Drop begins for fall 2026, instructor consent not needed.
Monday, August 24, 2026.
GSAS Course Registration Deadline (for minimum enrollment)
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Continuing students can't make any registration changes until add/drop opens on August 24th.
Friday, August 28, 2026.
Check-In Deadline for All Students
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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)
TBD.
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
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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)
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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.
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. Book Celebration
Celebration in honor of Margaret Andrews’ new book, The Subura of Rome: Landscape and Ideology from the Iron Age to the Early Middle Ages.
Event Series: Harvard Classics Departmental Seminar Series.
Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Location 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)
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Wednesday, November 18, 2026.