About Us

Sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences and hosted by the Political Science Department, the Classics in Contemporary Perspectives Initiative was inaugurated in fall 2008 to tap into the considerable energy and interest in the classical world across the University of South Carolina.

Hosting a postdoctoral fellowship and sponsoring lectures and workshops, the CCP Initiative brings together faculty and graduate students from multiple disciplines, including Classics, Philosophy, Theatre, Political Science, Rhetoric, and Music to engage classical dramatic, poetic, political, and philosophic texts with a view to opening interdisciplinary opportunities for conversation, collaboration, and innovation.

CCP Board (AY 2011-2012)

• Jill Frank, CCP Director, Department of Political Science


• Alexander Beecroft, Classics and Comparative Literature
  
  
• Cathy Brookshire, Program in Speech Communication and Rhetoric


• Erik Doxtader, Department of English/Program in Speech Communication and Rhetoric


• Hunter Gardner, Classics, Department of Languages, Literature, and Cultures
  
  
• Victor Holtcamp, Department of Theatre and Dance
  
  
• Michael Kicey, CCP Postdoctoral Fellow


• Paul Allen Miller, Classics and Comparative Literature, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures


• Heike Sefrin-Weis, Classics and Philosophy, Department of Philosophy