The Center for Ancient Studies collaborates with NYU's Faculty Resource Network to co-sponsor Summer Seminars for college faculty from throughout the United States.
Seminar topics include:
- (1997) Democracy and Diversity - Conveners: Josh Ober (Princeton) and Barry Strauss (Cornell)
- (1997) The Contours of Antiquity - Conveners: Thomas Habinek (USC) and Leslie Kurke (UC Berkeley)
- (1998) The Roots of Liberalism - Conveners: Phillip Mitsis (NYU) and Josh Ober (Princeton)
- (1999) Freedom and Slavery - Conveners: Josh Ober (Princeton) and Barry Strauss (Cornell)
- (2000) Performing Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome - Conveners: Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz (Hamilton) and Amy Richlin (USC)
- (2001) Ancient Cities and Modern Urbanism - Conveners: Irad Malkin (Tel Aviv Univ.) and Christopher Ratté (NYU)
- (2002) Phoenix Rising: Ancient Responses to Misfortune and Disaster - Conveners: Phillip Mitsis (NYU) and Lawrence Schiffman (NYU)
- (2003) The Practice of Ethics - Conveners: Matthew Santirocco (NYU) and Phillip Mitsis (NYU)
- (2005) Global Mythologies - Convener: Joy Connolly (NYU)
- (2006) Conditions of Democracy: From Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Iraq - Convener: Kurt Raaflaub (Brown)
- (2007) The Origins of Political Values in Ancient Greece and Their Continuation into Modern Political Thought - Convener: Kurt Raaflaub (Brown)
- (2008) The Quest for Peace in the Ancient World and Beyond - Convener: Kurt Raaflaub (Brown)
- (2009) Ethics in Practice - Convener: Phillip Mitsis (NYU)
- (2010) Forgiveness: The Origins of a Moral Idea- Convener: David Konstan (Brown)
- (2011) Women and Public Life in Ancient Times - Convener: Kristina Milnor (Barnard/Columbia)
- (2012) Tackling Tough Topics through the Classics - Convener: Sharon James (UNC/Chapel Hill)
- (2013) Postcolonial Reception of Classical Literature and Myth - Convener: Gregson Davis (NYU/Duke)
- (2014) The Ancient Greco-Roman World in the Cinema - Conveners: Monica Cyrino (Univ. of New Mexico) and Jon Solomon (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- (2015) Beauty: The Fortunes and Transformations of an Ancient Greek Idea - Convener: David Konstan (NYU)
- (2016) The Allure of Ancient Greek Athletics: The Ancient Olympics and Much More - Convener: Donald Kyle (University of Texas at Arlington)
- (2017) Ethnic Identity in Antiquity - Convener: Erich S. Gruen (UC Berkeley)
- (2018) Rewriting History: The New Science of Antiquity at The American College of Greece – Convener: Eleanna Prevedorou (American School of Classical Studies at Athens)
- (2018) Uses and Abuses of the Past - Convener: Thomas Jenkins (Trinity College, San Antonio, TX)
- (2020) Emotions across Cultures - Convener: David Konstan (NYU)
- (2022) To Hell and Back: Dante for Today - Convener: Ron Herzman (SUNY Geneseo)
- (2023) Do No Harm: Health, Disease, and Society from Antiquity to Today - Convener: Calloway Scott (U Cincinnati)