Yale offers human and material resources for the study of Mediterranean antiquity that are second to none. Faculty and students in Classics work in a variety of capacities with scholars in many other departments as well as the Divinity School, the three university museums, and the Beinecke Rare Books Library. Graduate students may take courses in other departments and participate in the various seminars that bring together scholars from across the university. Yale has a long and distinguished history in archaeological work in the Mediterranean basin, including the well-known excavations at Dura Europos.
Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology
Yale has a strong tradition of fostering archaeological exploration going back to the nineteenth century. Classics faculty and students continue field work at sites such as Gabii, Hermopolis Magna, and Corinth and work closely with the Peabody Museum and the Yale Program in Archaeological Studies.
Library Resources for Classics
Yale’s library resources for Classics and cognate disciplines are substantial. The in-house Classics research library in Phelps Hall—as well as the resources of the Sterling Memorial and Beinecke Rare Books Libraries—make Yale an ideal place to study and research Classics.
Collections and Affiliated Programs and Initiatives
Yale has always been forward-thinking in its approach to antiquity. While Yale Classics has long served as the hub for teaching and research in the languages, cultures, histories, philosophies, and arts of ancient Greece and Rome, it has also consistently cultivated close relations with Yale’s rich abundance of cognate departments and collections.