Faculty of Classics
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk
Second CREWS Conference: Call for Papers
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/second-crews-conference-call-for-papers
We are pleased to announce the second CREWS conference, to take place Thursday 14th – Saturday 16th of March 2019.
‘Exploring the Social and Cultural Contexts of Historic Writing Systems’ aims to look at writing systems’ place in society and culture.
2018-06-27T12:57:49+01:00News ItemThe Cambridge Philological Society Prize 2019 and 2020
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/the-cambridge-philological-society-prize-2019-and-2020
The Cambridge Philological Society is pleased to announce the establishment of a prize for the best submitted article by a graduate student or early-career researcher.2018-06-27T09:22:13+01:00News ItemResearch Associate (Assistant Editor, Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World)
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/research-associate-assistant-editor-oxford-history-of-the-archaic-greek-world
Details of how to apply for this one year fixed term post are now available online, Closing date 23 July 2018.2018-06-22T15:00:00+01:00News ItemLife After Classics: alumni profiles
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/life-after-classics-alumni-profiles-1
Our Classics alumni give us an insight into their lives after studying Classics at Cambridge.2018-06-20T13:02:51+01:00News ItemCambridge Classics Ancient Worlds Video Competition 2018
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-classics-ancient-worlds-video-competition-2018
Have a look through the winning video entries from some high school classicists this year!2018-06-05T09:30:00+01:00News ItemGuardian University league tables 2019
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/guardian-university-league-tables-2019
Cambridge has topped the Classics table in The Guardian 'league tables' 2019. Details are available online.2018-05-29T14:44:48+01:00News ItemProfessor Emily Gowers: Sather Lectures
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/professor-emily-gowers-sather-lectures
The Faculty offers its warmest congratulations to Professor Emily Gowers who has been invited to deliver The Sather Lectures at Berkeley in 2021/2.2018-03-27T07:55:00+00:00News ItemJulius Caesar Revealed - BBC one
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/uncovering-julias-caesar-on-bbc-one
Mary Beard looks into some of the big questions surrounding one of the most prominent rulers in history.2018-02-09T12:45:00+00:00News ItemDr Yannis Galanakis elected to The Archaeological Society at Athens
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-yannis-galanakis-elected-to-the-archaeological-society-at-athens
Dr Galanakis has been elected to a regular membership of The Archaeological Society at Athens, the oldest archaeological organisation in Greece established in 1837. 2018-02-08T16:57:19+00:00News ItemThe CREWS project at the Fitzwilliam Museum
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/crews-themed-display-at-the-fitzwilliam-museum
The CREWS project has collaborated with the Fitzwilliam Museum and the British Museum to produce a fantastic display.2018-01-17T15:25:00+00:00News ItemAccademia Nazionale dei Lincei
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/accademia-nazionale-dei-lincei
Professor Michael Reeve elected to Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei2018-01-03T13:45:04+00:00News ItemDr Ferraby: 2017 Illustration Award Winner
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-ferraby-2017-illustration-award-winner
Dr Rose Ferraby, Research Associate in the Faculty of Classics, is a recipient of the Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets 20172018-01-03T12:30:00+00:00News ItemArchaeology Book of the Year Award
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/archaeology-book-of-the-year-award
Details of how to vote are now available online.2017-12-20T08:45:00+00:00News Item2018 Ancient World Video Competition
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/the-2018-ancient-world-video-competition-is-now-open
Cambridge Classics' 2018 Ancient World Video Competition is now open for entries.2017-12-18T15:30:00+00:00News ItemThe Cambridge Greek Play 2019
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/the-cambridge-greek-play-2019
The Cambridge Greek Play for 2019 has been announced.2017-12-13T11:05:00+00:00News ItemLocal schools are inspired by Ovid
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/ovidcompetition
A celebratory event for students who produced creative responses to tales from Ovid. 2017-12-11T10:27:14+00:00News ItemApplications invited for Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Scheme 2018
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/applications-invited-for-leverhulme-early-career-fellowship-scheme-2018
We are keen to support high quality applications that intersect with research already being undertaken or developed in the Classics Faculty.2017-11-16T16:20:00+00:00News ItemArchaeologists uncover rare 2,000-year-old sundial during Roman theatre excavation
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/archaeologists-uncover-rare-2-000-year-old-sundial-during-roman-theatre-excavation
A 2,000-year-old intact and inscribed sundial has been recovered by students of the Faculty of Classics...2017-11-08T15:35:00+01:00News ItemKenyon Medal awarded to Joyce Reynolds
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/joyce-reynolds-awarded-the-british-academys-kenyon-medal
The Kenyon Medal in 2017 has been awarded to Joyce Reynolds FBA for her lifetime's contribution to the research and study of Roman epigraphy. 2017-09-28T11:35:00+01:00News ItemPostgraduate Open Day Saturday 18 November 2017
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/graduate-open-day-saturday-18-nvember-2017
Details of the 2017 Faculty of Classics Postgraduate Open Day are now available online:2017-09-22T17:40:21+01:00News ItemMajor archaeological discovery near Orchomenos in Boeotia, central Greece
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/major-archaeological-discovery-near-orchomenos-in-boeotia-central-greece
The Times newspaper reports on excavations this summer at Prosilio near Orchomenos in Boeotia, central Greece, conducted by the Ministry of Culture & Sports of Greece/Ephorate of Antiquities of Boeotia and of the British School at Athens/University of Cambridge2017-09-12T14:25:00+01:00News ItemInteramna Lirenas goes LIVE!
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/interamna-lirenas-goes-live
Follow the students of the Faculty of Classics as they excavate the Roman theatre at Interamna Lirenas.2017-08-21T00:00:00+01:00News ItemRoman Britain
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/roman-britain
Faculty statement concerning ethnic diversity in Roman Britain 2017-08-07T11:55:00+01:00News Item British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/british-academy-postdoctoral-fellowship-scheme
Details of how to apply for this scheme, for entry in 2018, are now available online.2017-07-01T17:35:00+01:00News ItemLaurence Seminar: Monday 29 – Wednesday 31 May 2017
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/laurence-seminar-2017
Details of this year’s Laurence seminar, Freedom of speech, censorship and the ancient world, are now available online.
2017-05-16T09:40:00+01:00News ItemMarie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/marie-sklodowska-curie-individual-fellowships
Information on the next round of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships is now available online.
2017-04-21T16:50:00+01:00News ItemInaugural Lecure: Professor James Clackson
https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/inaugural-lecure-professor-james-clackson
Watch again: the inaugural lecture by Professor James Clackson, Professor of Comparative Philology, " 'Dangerous Lunatics’: Cambridge and Comparative Philology".2017-01-19T18:35:00+01:00News Item