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Faculty of Classics

 

Research

The Second Sophistic, Ancient Greek and Latin pedagogy.

Publications

Key publications: 

(ed. with Elizabeth Tylawsky) Essays in honor of Gordon Williams: Twenty-five years at Yale, 2001 (Schwab Books).
Homer's Odyssey, 2012 (CUP, in Greece & Rome: Texts and contexts series).

University Associate Professor
Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Clare College
Dr Charles  Weiss

Contact Details

Faculty of Classics
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge
CB3 9DA
cw322@cam.ac.uk
01223 335194 (Faculty), 333265 (College)
Not available for consultancy

Affiliations

Latest news

Ralegh Radford Rome Award

3 April 2025

The Faculty is delighted to report that Jonathan Steward has been awarded the Ralegh Radford Rome Award, BSR, for Lent Term 2026.

Pat Story

2 April 2025

We are very sad to pass on the news of the death of Pat Story on 25th March, after a short illness. Pat has been the single most important figure in classics education for the last 50 years and her passing marks the end of an era. There will be a celebration of her life in Hughes Hall at 2pm on Saturday 17 May. All are...

VIEWS Visiting Fellowships and Remote Inclusivity Fellowships

31 March 2025

The Faculty is pleased to announce that the UKRI funded VIEWS project has launched this year’s visiting fellowship competition, with a new virtual fellowship aimed at tackling inequalities in academia alongside the usual competition. For more information see here . The deadline for both competitions is Friday 23rd May 2025...

Trinity College Project Completion Grant

28 February 2025

The Faculty is delighted to announce that Dr Frisbee Sheffield has been awarded a Trinity College Project Completion Grant. The award, for Mid-Career Researchers in the Humanities, will enable a period of research leave in Lent Term 2026 in connection with a project on Socrates and the Ethics of Conversation.