Clara Bosak-Schroeder

Clara Bosak-Schroeder is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), serving as Director of Undergraduate Studies. They hold affiliate appointments in History, Medieval Studies, Comparative and World Literature, and the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. Bosak-Schroeder earned their PhD in Classical Studies from the University of Michigan (with certificates in Greek/Roman History and Graduate Teaching) and a BA in Classical Languages from UC Berkeley.

Research interests focus on classical reception studies, environmental humanities, museum practice, and ancient historiography. Their work bridges ancient Mediterranean studies with modern environmental ethics, feminist science studies, and creative nonfiction. Key projects include Other Natures (2020), which reinterprets ancient Greek ethnographies' ecological frameworks, and explorations of modern artists' engagements with classical monuments.

Awards include a Humanities Research Institute Faculty Fellowship (2017-2018), Unit for Criticism Junior Fellowships (2018-2020), and an Illinois Center for Advanced Study Junior Fellowship (2021-2022). They founded CripAntiquity, an advocacy organization supporting neurodivergent/disabled individuals in ancient studies. Teaching focuses on inclusive pedagogy and intersectional approaches to classical antiquity.