News

Kelly Olson talks with CBC Radio about the origins of Valentine's Day. Listen here. 

Beth Greene was recently interviewed about her time as a Jacobi Fellow at the Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik (Commission for Ancient History and Epigraphy), a branch of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI), in a series of retrospective looks at past fellowship holders. Find the interview here. The Gerda Henkel Stiftung offers fellowships for graduate students from all countries finishing their PhD in Ancient History and Archaeology, giving students time in the fabulous DAI library and institute in Munich.  Read more about current fellowship opportunities with the DAI here. 

Debra Nousek gave a talk entitled "History Starts with a C: The Caesarian Corpus and Latin Literary Historiography" at McMaster University on January 30, 2025. 

Undergraduate student Stephanie Leith, supervised by Kyle Gervais, has been working on a research project examining medieval manuscript fragments found in the Archives and Special Collections in Western Libraries. Read the Western News article here, listen to the CBC Radio interview here, and read the CBC interview here.  

Congratulations to first-year MA student (and department alumnus) James Kenneth on his second Global Undergraduate Award in two years! Read the Western News article here.