In recent years, classics majors have used research opportunities to edit medieval manuscripts, produce digital editions of ancient texts, translate a Latin “reader’s digest” version of Homer’s “Iliad,” create an online database for Furman’s ancient coin collection, and annotate geospatial features in ancient texts.

Classics research has taken our students all over the world. Students have studied with the Homer Multitext Summer Research Seminar at the Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard University; the University of Leipzig’s Seminar in Ancient History; and the University of Leipzig Department of Computer Science. Students have also presented their research as near as Greensboro, North Carolina, and as far as Leipzig, Montreal, and Mexico City.

Dig into the Furman Editions project: “Editions, done right, for learners,” where students research and work with professors to create editions of never-before-published texts.

Through affiliate relationships with College Year in Athens (CYA) and the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome (ICCS), students gain concentrated study experiences in the ancient cities. Furman-led study away trips have further explored sites such as Crete, Sicily, Turkey, Pompeii, southern Spain, Florence, Olympia, Delphi and Thessaloniki.