Department of Classical and Early Mediterranean Studies

Commencement Prizes and Awards

The Esther Goldman Prize for Excellence in Classical Art and Archaeology and Ancient History

The Esther Goldman Prize for Excellence in Classical Art and Archaeology and Ancient History (formerly the Eunice M. Lebowitz Cohen Prize for Excellence in Classical Art and Archaeology) was established to honor a junior or senior who has demonstrated academic prowess in the study of classical art, archaeology, and ancient history.

Past Recipients

The Esther Goldman Prize for Excellence in Classical Literature

The Esther Goldman Prize for Excellence in Classical Literature (formerly The Eunice M. Lebowitz Cohen Prize for Excellence in Classical Literature) was established to honor a junior or senior who has demonstrated academic prowess in the study of Classical literature.

Past Recipients

The David S. Wiesen Memorial Prize

The David S. Wiesen Memorial Prize was established following the untimely death of Professor David S. Wiesen (1936-1982), quondam Samuel Lemberg Professor of Classics, who taught at Brandeis from 1966-1975. A creative scholar and teacher, Professor Wiesen published studies of Vergil, Tacitus and Juvenal.

In his eulogy of David, our own Professor Douglas Stewart quoted Catullus: Atque in Perpetuum Frater ave Atque Vale. The fund continues through gifts from David's former colleagues and students, including particularly generous pledges from David's widow, Ellen Cohen Wiesen '60, and his students Frederic Siegel '71 and Paul Trusten '73, R. Ph.

We honor him annually by bestowing this prize on a particularly worthy graduate in the field of classics.

Past Recipients