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If there is a book you think the Library should have, or if you think the Library should have more copies of a particular book, then please let us know either by filling in the google form below direct to the Classics Library or via this online form that goes to the University Library, Classics and other libraries. If you are a member of the Classics Faculty we will receive a copy of the form, so you may fill in the web form above or the google form below.

If you wish to recommend a journal/database or DVD then please fill in the form above that covers all those options. Or email library@classics.cam.ac.uk.

Please check the iDiscover catalogue first to see if we already have the item.

 

For information on what we do with your personal data when you submit a book request please see here https://www.information-compliance.admin.cam.ac.uk/data-protection/student-data (students) or here https://www.hr.admin.cam.ac.uk/hr-staff/hr-data/how-we-handle-your-personal-data (staff). We may pass your request over to another library. Once we have dealt with the request we delete the information.

 

 

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Prix des Libraires Payot 2026

23 June 2026

The Faculty is delighted to report that Prof. Josephine Quinn was awarded the Prix des Libraires Payot 2026 on June 18 for her book, Et le monde créa L'Occident (or, How the World Made the West).

Faculty wins University Outreach Award

22 May 2026

The Faculty is delighted to announce that we have been named the recipient of the University Outreach Award at Classics for All ’s 6th annual Impact Awards. The award recognises the Faculty’s extensive outreach and widening participation initiatives designed to break down barriers and make classical subjects accessible to...

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23 June 2026

On Thursday, June 18, 2026 the Recorate's Senate Hall hosted the ceremony to confer an honorary degree in Philology, Literature and History of the Ancient World upon Prof. Reeve, a foreign member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. The honour was conferred in recognition of his extraordinary scholarly achievements in...

Report of the General Board on the outcome of the Academic Career Pathways (Research and Teaching) 2025–26 exercise

16 June 2026

The Faculty is delighted to report that, with effect from 1 October 2026 to the retiring age, the following will be appointed to University Associate Professorships (Grade 10) Dr Lea Niccolai, T Faculty of Classics Dr Henry Lawlor Spelman, CHR Faculty of Classics