The 13th Annual Tennessee Undergraduate Classics Research Conference brought students from more than a dozen colleges and universities to the Knoxville campus.

On March 1, 27 students from 14 US colleges and universities, including seven from UT, presented their research at the 13th Annual Tennessee Undergraduate Classics Research Conference. 

Research topics ranged from Mycenaean feasts to Roman medicine, and UT classics faculty moderated the panels. A committee of UT undergraduates organized the event, assisted by humanities staff and Assistant Professor Jessica Westerhold as faculty advisor. 

The day began with thought-provoking talks by Beauvais Lyons, Divisional Dean for Arts and Humanities, and our former colleague Theodora B. Kopestonsky, now at Wabash College, who delivered the Beaumont keynote lecture. 

The event was sponsored by Bettye Beaumont, the Classics Enrichment Fund, the College of Arts and Sciences, UT’s Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, the Denbo Center for Humanities and the Arts, and the departments of Africana studies, English, history, political science, religious studies, and world languages and cultures. Read about the event in the College of Art’s and Sciences “Poetry, Plague, and More” article. Our 14th conference will be February 21, 2026.