Spring Online Check-In Opens.
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Tuesday, January 6, 2026.
Add/Drop Opens
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Open Add/Drop begins, instructor consent not needed.
Monday, January 12, 2026.
University Holiday: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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Department offices closed.
Monday, January 19, 2026.
Check-In Deadline for All Students
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Monday, January 26, 2026.
First meeting of spring term classes.
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Monday, January 26, 2026.
Minimum Course Enrollment Deadline
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Monday, January 26, 2026.
Walter Scheidel (Stanford University)
Harvard Classics Lectures
"Ancient History as Universal History".
Event contact to appear in listing: Contact: classics@fas.harvard.edu. Event Series: Harvard Classics Departmental Seminar Series.
Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Barker 133 (tentative), 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Methods and Practice Workshop
Workshops
TBD.
Event Series: Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop.
Friday, January 30, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
Open Add/Drop deadline
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Open Add/Drop deadline - After this date students must obtain permission from all instructors to enroll in courses.
Monday, February 2, 2026.
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.
TBD.
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
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Department offices closed.
Monday, February 16, 2026.
Prospective Graduate Student Visit
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Tuesday, February 17, 2026 – Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
Hold for event
GSAS Calendar
Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
TBD.
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. Methods and Practice Workshop
Workshops
TBD.
Event Series: Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop.
Friday, February 20, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
5th Monday
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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 (tentative), 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
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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
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Saturday, March 14, 2026 – Sunday, March 22, 2026.
Fall 2026 Crimson Cart opens
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Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
9th Monday
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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.