Ancient Greek & Roman Studies Department Information

Address
Weidensall Hall Room 201
300 North Washington St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325-1400

Phone
(717) 337-6178

Campus Box 0394

Contact

Rachel Lesser
Chairperson/Associate Professor, Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Kari Greenwalt
Academic Administrative Assistant, Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Faculty

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  • Rachel Lesser
    Chairperson/Associate Professor, Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
    Academic Focus: Homer, Greek and Latin poetry, gender and sexuality studies, critical theory
  • Benjamin Peter Luley
    Associate Professor, Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
  • Topher Kurfess
    Adjunct Assistant Professor, Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
  • Kari Greenwalt
    Academic Administrative Assistant, Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Emeriti Faculty

  • Carolyn Snively
    Emeritus Professor, Classics

Classics Department Spotlight

Faculty spotlight: Classics Chair Rachel H. Lesser

Faculty spotlight: Classics Chair Rachel H. Lesser

Classics professors Rachel Lesser and Benjamin Luley, together with Art History professor Felicia Else on a field trip in August 2024

Classics professors Rachel Lesser and Benjamin Luley, together with Art History professor Felicia Else, who teaches CLA 201: Arts of Ancient Greece & Rome, went on a field trip in August 2024 to explore the fantastic antiquities collection at nearby Wilson College. They were delighted to handle real ancient Greek pottery and an authentic coin of Alexander the Great!

Classic department students standing in front of a statue of President Eisenhower

Latin students Oskar Wilander, Jayne McGrath, and Hannah Crowley during a Latin Scavenger Hunt on the Gettysburg campus, after solving the following clue: “Imago ‘consulis’ et imperatoris magni, qui hostes turpissimos vicit.”

Francesca Costa '19
On Rome

Francesca Costa '19 explores archaeology in ancient Italy

Prof. Luley's excavation
A little more Sherlock Holmes than Indiana Jones

Prof. Ben Luley discovers a first-century bar.

 

Our distinguished faculty’s publications