The three-year project, titled “AI Models with Reinforcement Learning to Edit Text in Damaged Manuscripts,” will produce software capable of reconstructing missing or illegible sections of historical documents.

Emily Wilson, PhD, a distinguished classicist, professor, and author working as the department Chair of Classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania, visited the University of Iowa on March 12 to discuss her approach to retranslating Homeric poems.

Roughly 40 people attended the first event of the Iowa City Downtown District’s First Round Series Wednesday at Prairie Lights Cafe in collaboration with the University of Iowa Office of Innovation.

Through a series of five-minute presentations on cultural foods and their meaning and use in different religions, students and faculty from the department broke bread to support the community.

The DEO of the Department of Classics mourns the loss of his dear friend and colleague, Professor Jay Holstein from the Department of Religious Studies.

"Not only did Professor Holstein teach us how to read books—he changed how we read the world. And that ripple—that widening, widening ripple—is the legacy he leaves in all of us."

Come and hear Dr. Hoklotubbe discuss his new book, "Reading the Bible on Turtle Island: An Invitation to Indigenous Interpretation."

We are excited to announce two open positions at the University of Iowa's Department of Classics: a tenure track Assistant Professor position in Egyptology and an Assistant Professor of Instruction position in Latin and Roman Civilization.e

Brandon Dean, assistant professor of instruction in the Department of Religious Studies, blends his interests of religion and popular culture into engaging public events.

The Scholarly Teaching Program is a learning community designed to support teaching-focused faculty to attend a teaching conference.