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Gisela E. Walberg (1943-2026) Featured

Gisela Walberg
We share with great sadness the passing of Gisela E. Walberg, Marion Rawson Professor of Aegean Prehistory Emerita in the Department of Classics at the University of Cincinnati, who died on July 24 at the age of 83.
 
A distinguished Bronze Age Aegean archaeologist, professor Walberg joined the University of Cincinnati Classics faculty in 1979. She remained an active and prolific scholar, as well as a dedicated teacher and mentor, until her retirement in 2011. Her many contributions to the field included directing excavations at Midea in Greece and Episkopi-Bamboula in Cyprus. 
 
Beyond her scholarly achievements, she was also known for her kindness, generosity, and commitment to animal welfare.
 
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, August 4, at the Spring Grove Cemetery’s Norman Chapel at 9:00 a.m., with a funeral service following at 10:00 a.m.
 

VAP Job Offers

Blegen Library

The Department of Classics at the University of Cincinnati invites applications for two (2) one-year non-renewable positions as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Classics.

VAP in Greek and Latin Language and Literature: https://classicalstudies.org/placement-service/2025-2026/39728/1-year-vap-greek-and-latin-language-and-literature

VAP in Greek and Roman History: https://classicalstudies.org/placement-service/2025-2026/39729/1-year-vap-greek-and-roman-history

Application deadline: May 10, 2026  

Zoe Stamatopoulou on Plutarch's Symposium of the Seven Sages

Congratulation to Zoe Stamatopoulou, who was invited to present a lecture titled "Progeny and Prodigy in Plutarch's Symposium of the Seven Sages" on April 6, at the University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Classics!
Periander head
Head of Periander, Tyrant of Corinth, and one of the seven wise men of Greece. Roman copy of a lost original of the 4th century. Cook 2013, nr. 266

First issue of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies produced at Cincinnati

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 The first issue of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies produced entirely at the University of Cincinnati has just been published.

 

Founded at Harvard in 1958, the journal is dedicated to the literature and history of Greek-speaking peoples from the Bronze Age through the fall of Constantinople in 1453. This issue includes articles on legal proceedings in Classical Athens, Plutarch’s moral philosophy, an epitome of Aristotle, Byzantine book epigrams, and a previously unpublished Byzantine poem describing a toothache.

This open-access journal is edited by Marion Kruse and Zoe Stamatopoulou. 

The current issue can be found here: https://grbs.library.duke.edu/index.php/grbs/issue/view/2317