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Read more at: 2019 Gifford Lectures

2019 Gifford Lectures

4 June 2019

Professor Beard's Gifford Lectures (University of Edinburgh), on The Ancient World and Us: From Fear and Loathing to Enlightenment and Ethics, are now available on line.


Read more at: The Runciman Award 2019

The Runciman Award 2019

13 May 2019

The Faculty is delighted to announce that Professor Robin Osborne is a recipient of the Runciman Award 2019 for 'The Transformation of Athens' (Princeton University Press).


Read more at: Aldborough Roman Town Project Podcast

Aldborough Roman Town Project Podcast

10 May 2019

Follow progress on the Aldborough Roman Town Project via their podcast.


Read more at: Museum Closure on Mondays

Museum Closure on Mondays

20 March 2019

The Museum of Classical Archaeology will close on Mondays, beginning Monday 29 April 2019.


Read more at: J. Paul Getty Medal

J. Paul Getty Medal

25 January 2019

The Faculty is delighted to report that Mary Beard has been named as one of this year's recipients of the J. Paul Getty Medal. See weblink for further information.


Read more at: Rebecca Flemming co-edits 'field defining' new book
Rebecca Flemming co-edits 'field defining' new book

Rebecca Flemming co-edits 'field defining' new book

11 December 2018

This book 'is the first to encompass the vast history of how living things procreate, from the banks of the ancient Nile to the fertility clinics of today.'


Read more at: Ingo Gildenhard and John Henderson's new publication
Ingo Gildenhard and John Henderson's new publication

Ingo Gildenhard and John Henderson's new publication

11 December 2018

The new course book on Virgil, Aeneid 11 (Pallas & Camilla) includes Latin text, study aids with vocabulary, and commentary.


Read more at: 2019 Outreach event list

2019 Outreach event list

22 November 2018

We have now released details of the Outreach events that the Faculty of Classics that will be hosting or participating in during 2019.


Read more at: Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships at Cambridge

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships at Cambridge

7 November 2018

The Cambridge Classics Faculty invites applications to the 2019 round of the Leverhulme Trust early Career Fellowship competition.


Read more at: Make Your Myth Competition 2018
Make Your Myth Competition 2018

Make Your Myth Competition 2018

5 November 2018

We are excited to announce a brand new competition that wants students in school years 3-8 to get creative with the Classics.


Latest news

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...

Craven Seminar 2024

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...

Soundmarks Project

12 February 2024

Soundmarks, an art/archaeology collaboration between Rose Ferraby, Cambridge Archaeologist, and Rob St John using sound and visual art launches at DIG in York. In 2019 the pair created work exploring and animating the sub-surface landscape of Aldborough Roman Town in North Yorkshire, UK. Soundmarks Aldborough was re-shown...