Classics & Classical Studies CLAS

Kellogg Competition in Latin Translation

The Kellogg Prize fund was established in May 1918 by Prof. Brainerd Kellogg, Class of 1858, “to encourage Latin and English.”This award is given for the best sight translation from Latin poetry into English.Contestants may use a dictionary.THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO ALL MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE STUDENTS.

If you have a conflict with the scheduled time, please contact Prof. Star in the Classics Department by Wednesday, April 29th.

Twilight 206

Axinn Center Commencement 2026 Departmental Reception

Please join the departments of American Studies, Classics and Classical Studies, Comparative Literature, English, Film and Media Culture, History, Literary Studies, and Religion for a reception celebrating graduates in these disciplines.

The following departments invite grads and their guests to join them in the locations listed below.

English | AXN 232 | 3:30-4:15 pm

Religion | AXN 220 | 3:30-4:15 pm

History | Abernethy Room (AXN 221) | 3:30-5:00 pm

Film and Media Culture | AXN 229 | 3:30-5:30 pm

American Studies | American Studies Conference Room | 4:45-5:30 pm

Classics and Classical Studies, Comparative Literature, Literary Studies | AXN 232 | 4:45-5:30 pm

Axinn Center

Photograph of Prof. Frampton

Books as Friends

Stephanie Frampton, MIT Literature

The trope of “books as friends” has a long history. Pinpointing the earliest appearance of the metaphor in the letters of the Roman orator, politician, and philosopher Cicero, this paper asks what it means to read books as friends, how we make connections with others by sharing texts in common, and what we can learn about the past and the future from reading ancient literature today.

Axinn Center 229

Open to the Public

Kellogg Latin Translation Exam

The Kellogg Prize fund was established in May 1918 by Prof. Brainerd Kellogg, Class of 1858 ‘to encourage Latin and English’. This award is given for the best sight translation of a passage from Latin poetry into English. Contestants may use a dictionary. This contest is open to all Middlebury College students.

Twilight 201

Closed to the Public

Civic Education: Past, Present, and Future

Prof. Jed Atkins, Director and Dean; Professor of Civic Life and Leadership at the University of North Carolina offers a seminar surveying some basic forms civic education has taken in the 20th century and possibilities for the future of civic education in liberal arts institutions. RSVP required for lunch: trish@middlebury.edu

115 Franklin Street main floor, Humanities Center

Closed to the Public

Adler Memorial Lecture: Cicero and the Liberal Arts for Civics

Jed Atkins, Director and Dean; Professor of Civic Life and Leadership, School of Civic Life and Leadership, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

This lecture explores the relationship between civic education and the liberal arts by turning to the first writer to have used the term “liberal arts”: the Roman philosopher, rhetorician, and stateman Cicero. A study of Cicero’s work reveals challenges and opportunities for offering a liberal arts education with a substantial civic dimension.

Axinn Center 229

Open to the Public