University Holiday: Labor Day
Registrar's Calendar
Department offices closed.
Monday, September 1, 2025.
Check-In Deadline for All Students
Registrar's Calendar
Tuesday, September 2, 2025.
First meeting of fall term classes.
Registrar's Calendar
Tuesday, September 2, 2025.
Add/Drop deadline
Registrar's Calendar
After this date students must obtain permission from all instructors to enroll in courses.
Tuesday, September 9, 2025.
Classics Department Meeting (senior faculty only)
Harvard Classics Department Meetings
Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
TBD.
Dept event for faculty and graduate students
Special Events
Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy St.
Latin Reading Group
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: lkiriakidi@g.harvard.edu.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM.
Boylston 203.
Dissertation Writers Workshop
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: classicsDGS@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, September 12, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
For more info visit classics.fas.harvard.edu. Harvard Classical Receptions Workshop
Workshops
TBD.
Event Series (if not listed): Harvard Classical Receptions Workshop.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
Lecture: Matthew Canepa (University of California, Irvine)
Harvard Classics Lectures
Matthew Canepa (University of California, Irvine).
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Workshop: Matthew Canepa (University of California, Irvine)
Harvard Classics Lectures
Matthew Canepa (University of California, Irvine).
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Homer Reading Group
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: lkiriakidi@g.harvard.edu.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM.
Boylston 203.
Jackson Colloquium
Harvard Classics Lectures
"Nationalism, origins, and the politics of Latin literature".
Event Series: Jackson Lecture Series.
Friday, September 19, 2025 – Saturday, September 20, 2025.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY and Zoom Webinar. Information forthcoming.
For more info visit classics.fas.harvard.edu. Harvard Classical Receptions Workshop
Workshops
TBD.
Event Series (if not listed): Harvard Classical Receptions Workshop.
Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
Latin Reading Group
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: lkiriakidi@g.harvard.edu.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM.
Boylston 203.
Dissertation Writers Workshop
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: classicsDGS@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, September 26, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
For more info visit classics.fas.harvard.edu. Party for Prospective Concentrators
Classics Concentrator Calendar
Monday, September 29, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.
TBD.
Irene Soto Marín (Harvard University)
Harvard Classics Lectures
Title TBD.
Event contact to appear in listing: Contact: classics@fas.harvard.edu. Event Series: Harvard Classics Departmental Seminar Series.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD.
Homer Reading Group
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: lkiriakidi@g.harvard.edu.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM.
Boylston 203.
Methods and Practice Workshop
Workshops
TBD.
Event Series: Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop.
Friday, October 3, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
FAS Faculty meeting
FAS Faculty Meetings
Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit secfas.fas.harvard.edu. Harvard Classical Receptions Workshop
Workshops
TBD.
Event Series (if not listed): Harvard Classical Receptions Workshop.
Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
Latin Reading Group
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: lkiriakidi@g.harvard.edu.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM.
Boylston 203.
Dissertation Writers Workshop
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: classicsDGS@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, October 10, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
For more info visit classics.fas.harvard.edu. University Holiday: Indigenous Peoples' Day
Registrar's Calendar
Department offices closed.
Monday, October 13, 2025.
Classics Department Meeting
Harvard Classics Department Meetings
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
TBD.
Josh Billings (Princeton University)
Harvard Classics Lectures
TBA.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 5:15 PM – 6:45 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBA.
Homer Reading Group
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: lkiriakidi@g.harvard.edu.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM.
Boylston 203.
Student-Faculty Lunch
Student-Faculty Lunches
Friday, October 17, 2025, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Harvard Faculty Club.
Cinzia Arruzza (Boston University)
Harvard Classics Lectures
TBA.
Event contact to appear in listing: Contact: Irene Soto Marín (irenesotomarin@fas.harvard.edu). Event Series: Loeb Classical Lecture.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Latin Reading Group
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: lkiriakidi@g.harvard.edu.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM.
Boylston 203.
Dissertation Writers Workshop
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: classicsDGS@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, October 24, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
For more info visit classics.fas.harvard.edu. Andrés Henao Castro (UMass Boston)
Harvard Classics Lectures
Title TBD.
Event contact to appear in listing: Contact: classics@fas.harvard.edu. Event Series: Harvard Classics Departmental Seminar Series.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD.
Homer Reading Group
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: lkiriakidi@g.harvard.edu.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM.
Boylston 203.
Methods and Practice Workshop
Workshops
TBD.
Event Series: Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop.
Friday, October 31, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
FAS Faculty meeting
FAS Faculty Meetings
includes in camera degree proceedings.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit secfas.fas.harvard.edu. Harvard Classical Receptions Workshop
Workshops
TBD.
Event Series (if not listed): Harvard Classical Receptions Workshop.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
Course Registration begins (enroll in courses)
Registrar's Calendar
Wednesday, November 5, 2025.
Latin Reading Group
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: lkiriakidi@g.harvard.edu.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM.
Boylston 203.
Dissertation Writers Workshop
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: classicsDGS@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, November 7, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
For more info visit classics.fas.harvard.edu. Veteran's Day--Classes are held.
Registrar's Calendar
Department offices closed.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025.
Methods and Practice Workshop
Workshops
TBD.
Event Series: Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
Homer Reading Group
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: lkiriakidi@g.harvard.edu.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM.
Boylston 203.
Senior Thesis Colloquium
Classics Concentrator Calendar
Friday, November 14, 2025, 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM.
TBD.
Classics Department Meeting
Harvard Classics Department Meetings
Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
TBD.
Course Registration Deadline
Registrar's Calendar
Wednesday, November 19, 2025.
Latin Reading Group
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: lkiriakidi@g.harvard.edu.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM.
Boylston 203.
Emily Hauser (University of Exeter)
Harvard Classics Lectures
Dr. Emily Hauser will talk about her bestselling book, Penelope’s Bones: A New History of Homer’s World through the Women Written Out of It (Chicago 2025).
Event Series: Mahindra Humanities Center Seminar: Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TBD, 12 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA 02138.
For more info visit mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu. Dissertation Writers Workshop
Workshops
Event contact to appear in listing: contact: classicsDGS@fas.harvard.edu.
Friday, November 21, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
For more info visit classics.fas.harvard.edu. Methods and Practice Workshop
Workshops
TBD.
Event Series: Methods and Practice in Classics Workshop.
Tuesday, November 25, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM.
Boylston 237.
Thanksgiving Recess
Registrar's Calendar
Department offices closed.
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 – Sunday, November 30, 2025.