Faculty of Classics
The study of Sanskrit in the 19th century revolutionised our understanding of the languages of Europe. Learn more about the language and poetry of some of Hinduism's canonical texts, the Rigveda, and find out the truth about the relationship between Sanskrit, Latin and Greek with Dr. Jo Willmott of the Faculty of Classics.
Free. For adults.
Booking essential. Book online here.
Booking opens 25 September.
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This event is part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas, the University's annual celebration of the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Part of the University of Cambridge Museums' India Unboxed season.
Mary Beard to give The Sir Robert Rede’s Lecture 2024
18 April 2024
This year Professor Dame Mary Beard is due to give The Sir Robert Rede's Lecture on Friday 3 May 2024. She will speak on the topic 'The boy who breathed on the glass at the British Museum': what, or whom, is the past for?' If you would like to attend the event, you are most welcome but booking is essential: register for...
Election of two new Professors in the Faculty of Classics
27 March 2024
The Faculty is delighted to announce the election of Professor Josephine (Jo) Crawley Quinn to the Professorship of Ancient History and Professor Serafina Cuomo to the A. G. Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture . Jo will join the Faculty on 1 January 2025 and will be the first woman to hold the Professorship of Ancient...
26 March 2024
The programme for the Craven Seminar 2024, ‘Interface Interpretation: exegesis as encounter in Greco-Roman literature’ , is now available online . This will be an in-person event. Please click here to register.
Classical Equalities Lecture 25 April 2024 at 17.00 in G19
4 March 2024
Jane Draycott will be giving this year’s Classical Equalities lecture, on ‘ Prostheses in Classical Antiquity: Everything You Never Knew You Wanted To Know’. Jane Draycott is Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Glasgow. Her research investigates science, technology, and medicine in the ancient world. She has...
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