Open Add/Drop deadline
Registrar's Calendar
Open Add/Drop deadline - After this date students must obtain permission from all instructors to enroll in courses.
Monday, February 2, 2026.
FAS Faculty meeting
FAS Faculty Meetings
Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit secfas.fas.harvard.edu. Center for Hellenic Studies Study Abroad Session
Workshops
Want to study abroad in Greece? On Tuesday, February 3 at 3:00 p.m. in Boylston 237, please join Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) to learn about the opportunities we offer to Harvard undergraduates.
We will have coffee, tea, and cookies! Please RSVP with this form.
The CHS, a Harvard research center with offices in DC and in Greece, is now accepting applications for an exciting range of programs, including a five-week course in Greece offered through Harvard Summer School (deadline Jan. 29), a teaching internship in Nafplio, Greece (deadline Feb. 16), a museum internship in Athens (deadline Feb. 24), a fieldwork internship in Kythera (deadline Feb. 24), a Sport & Education program in ancient Olympia (deadline Feb. 24), and grants for independent research projects (rolling deadline).
In our info session, led by Evan Katsarelis (CHS Greece) and Ryan Pasco (CHS DC), we will discuss these and other recurring CHS programs.
Event contact to appear in listing: Contact: Ryan Pasco (rpasco@fas.harvard.edu).
Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY; Boylston 237.
3rd Monday
Registrar's Calendar
Last day upon which students may drop or add any course without a fee.
Monday, February 9, 2026.
Classics Department Meeting
Harvard Classics Department Meetings
Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Boylston 237.
Dissertation Writers Workshop
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: classicsDGS@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, February 13, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
For more info visit classics.fas.harvard.edu. University Holiday: President's Day
Registrar's Calendar
Department offices closed.
Monday, February 16, 2026.
Prospective Graduate Student Visit
GSAS Calendar
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 – Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
Classics Senior Faculty Meeting
Harvard Classics Department Meetings
Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Barker 133.
Classics Prospectus Colloquium
GSAS Calendar
Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
Barker 133.
Workshop: Scott McGill and Susannah Wright (Rice University)
Harvard Classics Lectures
Dr. Susannah Wright and Dr. Scott McGill will talk about their new translation of the Aeneid, published by W. W. Norton in August 2025, and lead a public workshop.
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Rethinking Translation.
Thursday, February 19, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Cambridge, MA 02138.
For more info visit mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu. Lecture: Scott McGill and Susannah Wright (Rice University)
Harvard Classics Lectures
Dr. Susannah Wright and Dr. Scott McGill will talk about their new translation of the Aeneid, published by W. W. Norton in August 2025.
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome.
Thursday, February 19, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Cambridge, MA 02138.
For more info visit mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu. Sammi Richter (Harvard University)
Workshops
Methods and Practice Workshop.
Event Series: Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop.
Friday, February 20, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
Cynthia Damon (University of Pennsylvania)
Mantlets and sallies and tribes, oh my! On Caesar’s empire-building in translation
Cynthia Damon is a Professor of Classical Studies, Emerita, at the University of Pennsylvania. Her books include The Mask of the Parasite (1997), commentaries on and translations of Tacitus (Histories 1) [2003], Agricola [2017], Annals [2013]), texts of Caesar’s Gallic and Civil Wars (2015, 2016, 2025), and, with Will Batstone, Caesar’s Civil War (2006). With colleages she produced edited volumes on Roman civil war (2010) and Ennius (2020), and with students a digital critical edition of the Bellum Alexandrinum (2022). Current projects include studies of Pliny’s Natural History and its reception.
Friday, February 20, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY; Plimpton Room (Barker 133), Barker Center, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138.
For more info visit mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu. 5th Monday
Registrar's Calendar
Last day upon which College students and students from other schools (not GSAS) may drop or add any course without a fee.
Monday, February 23, 2026.
Panagiotis Roilos (Harvard University)
Harvard Classics Lectures
"The Cultural Politics of Imagination: From 'Paganism' to Christianity".
Event contact to appear in listing: Contact: classics@fas.harvard.edu. Event Series: Harvard Classics Departmental Seminar Series.
Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
I-Kai Jeng (Yenching Institute)
Harvard Classics Lectures
I-Kai Jeng, a fellow at the Yenching Institute, will give a lunchtime/brown-bag talk on his fellowship project, which features Plato and Aristophanes.
Thursday, February 26, 2026, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 203, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Department deadline for Graduate Society Summer Predissertation Fellowships
GSAS Calendar
Students should apply for GSAS Society Summer Predissertation Fellowships (intended for language study and preliminary dissertation research at the pre-prospectus stage) by this date.
Friday, February 27, 2026.
Submit applications in CARAT by noon.
For more info visit gsas.harvard.edu. Dissertation Writers Workshop
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: classicsDGS@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, February 27, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
For more info visit classics.fas.harvard.edu. FAS Faculty meeting
FAS Faculty Meetings
Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit secfas.fas.harvard.edu. HSS Fellowship Deadline
GSAS Calendar
Deadline to apply for Harvard Summer School Tuition Fellowships for language study.
Thursday, March 5, 2026.
Submit applications in CARAT by 12 p.m.
For more info visit gsas.harvard.edu. Dissertation Writers Workshop
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: classicsDGS@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, March 6, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
For more info visit classics.fas.harvard.edu. 7th Monday
Registrar's Calendar
Last day for GSAS students to change to or from SAT/UNS grading option for designated language courses.
Last day for GSAS students to add (or enroll in) spring courses.
Monday, March 9, 2026.
Classics Department Meeting
Harvard Classics Department Meetings
Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
TBD.
Party for Thesis Writers
Classics Concentrator Calendar
Friday, March 13, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Boylston second floor.
Spring Recess
Registrar's Calendar
Saturday, March 14, 2026 – Sunday, March 22, 2026.
Fall 2026 Crimson Cart opens
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Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
9th Monday
Registrar's Calendar
Last day for GSAS students to drop a spring course.
Monday, March 23, 2026.
Kimberly Cassibry (Wellesley College)
Harvard Classics Lectures
Title TBD.
Event contact to appear in listing: Contact: classics@fas.harvard.edu. Event Series: Harvard Classics Departmental Seminar Series.
Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133 (tentative), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Dissertation Writers Workshop
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: classicsDGS@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, March 27, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
For more info visit classics.fas.harvard.edu. Greg Woolf (NYU ISAW)
Harvard Classics Lectures
"The Resilience of Empire and the Weakness of the Emperors".
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: classics@fas.harvard.edu. Event Series: Loeb Classical Lecture.
Tuesday, March 31, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Fall 2026 Course Registration begins
Registrar's Calendar
Course Registration begins for continuing students.
Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
Dissertation Writers Workshop
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: classicsDGS@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, April 3, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
For more info visit classics.fas.harvard.edu. 11th Monday
Registrar's Calendar
Last day upon which College students may withdraw from a spring term course.
After this date, no College student may change a course from letter-graded to Pass/Fail or from Pass/Fail to letter-graded status for the spring term.
Monday, April 6, 2026.
FAS Faculty meeting
FAS Faculty Meetings
Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit secfas.fas.harvard.edu. Student-Faculty Lunch
Student-Faculty Lunches
Friday, April 10, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Harvard Faculty Club.
Classics Department Meeting
Harvard Classics Department Meetings
Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
TBD.
Course Registration Deadline
Registrar's Calendar
Course Registration Deadline for continuing students.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
Dissertation Writers Workshop
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: classicsDGS@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, April 17, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
For more info visit classics.fas.harvard.edu. Rebecca Moorman (Boston University)
Workshops
Event Series: Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop.
Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boylston 237, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA.
Arsen Nisanyan (Harvard University)
Workshops
TBD.
Event Series: Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop.
Friday, April 24, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
Last Day of Spring Term Classes
Registrar's Calendar
Wednesday, April 29, 2026.
Spring Reading Period
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Thursday, April 30, 2026 – Wednesday, May 6, 2026.