Tag: Department of the Classics

  • Nation & World

    Ihor Ševčenko

    The news of Ihor Ševčenko’s death, on the day after Christmas 2009, elicited a spontaneous international reaction that befitted his stature as a towering intellect and hugely admired scholar in the fields of Byzantine and pre-modern Slavic studies.

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  • Nation & World

    Ernst Badian, professor of history emeritus, 85

    Professor Ernst Badian, John Moors Cabot Professor of History Emeritus, died on Feb. 1.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Language of learning

    With a culturally diverse student body and more than 80 languages and several hundred courses available for study, Harvard’s commitment is unmatched nationally.

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  • Nation & World

    Ihor Ševčenko

    Ihor Ševčenko, prominent Byzantinist and Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History and Literature, Emeritus, at Harvard, died Dec. 26 at age 87.

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Scholars resuscitate dead languages

    The goal of a Harvard academic research project is to develop advanced computer technology that will help scholars mine myriad scientific texts in a variety of languages, but also to…

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