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Christians Reading Classics is coming this fall–and a brief Arena break this week

Nadya Williams   |  January 28, 2025

How might Christians read Greco-Roman literature as Christians?

Interview: Timothy Larsen on Twelve Classic Christmas Stories

Timothy Larsen and Nadya Williams   |  December 13, 2024

Timothy Larsen brings (more) Christmas (books) cheer!

Penguin Little Black Classics no. 6: Voices from the past, ideas for the present

Elizabeth Stice   |  September 3, 2024

Penguin Little Black Classics No.6 features two essays by John Ruskin.

Interview: Joshua Kinlaw on the classics and classical education

Nadya Williams and Joshua Kinlaw   |  June 20, 2024

Classical Education’s best motto: “Let the kids read!”

The quiet death of an academic Classics journal

Nadya Williams   |  June 11, 2024

What does the death of Ramus mean for publishing in the humanities?

Eric Miller reviews Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn’s Ars Vitae

John Fea   |  June 26, 2021

Eric Miller is editor of Current. Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn is a Current contributor. And some of you recall my podcast conversation with Lasch-Quinn in Episode 77 of The Way of Improvement Leads Home Podcast. Here is a taste of Miller’s review […]

Howard University students protest the loss of the classics department

John Fea   |  April 26, 2021

Last week we called your attention to Howard University’s decision to drop its classics department. Cornel West called it a “spiritual catastrophe.” We now learn that Howard students are not happy about the decision. Here is a taste of Allyson […]