Faculty of Classics
From goddesses and ancient myths to powerful emperors explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in amongst the statues and sculptures of the atmospheric Cast Gallery at the Museum of Classical Archaeology.
The Museum of Classical Archaeology is home to more than 600 plaster casts of Greek and Roman sculpture. But our plaster casts are a funny type of object: betwixt and between,
with one foot in the ancient world and one foot in more recent history.
Research vacancies: Cambridge Lab for Ancient World Studies (CLAWS)
27 August 2026
Applications are sought for three Research Associates to join the Cambridge Lab for Ancient World Studies (CLAWS), directed by Professor Josephine Quinn. Starting no later than 1 October 2027, you will anchor a new phase of activities for the Lab focusing on ancient entanglements in the broadest senses. As well as...
19 August 2026
The Faculty is very sad to report that our dear colleague Professor Patricia (Pat) Easterling has died, at the age of 92. She was Fellow of Newnham College from 1958 to 1987 and Professor of Greek at University College London from 1987 to 1994, when she returned to Cambridge as the 36 th (and first female) Regius Professor...
Cambridge Classicists on Nolan's Odyssey
17 July 2026
Today marks the highly anticipated theatrical release of Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of The Odyssey . Starring Matt Damon as Odysseus, the film is generating lots of discussion across the global classics community. As people everywhere head to cinemas, academics from the Faculty are already exploring how...
Script Keepers Network Wins Cultural Collaboration Award
28 July 2026
The Script Keepers Network —co-led by Pippa Steele (Faculty of Classics and the VIEWS Project ) and Tim Brookes ( Endangered Alphabets Project )—has been awarded the prestigious NCACE Emerging Academic Cultural Collaboration Award by the National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange . The award recognises outstanding...
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