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Cambridge Classics Ancient Worlds Video Competition 2018

5 June 2018

Have a look through the winning video entries from some high school classicists this year!

Guardian University league tables 2019

29 May 2018

Cambridge has topped the Classics table in The Guardian 'league tables' 2019. Details are available online.

Professor Emily Gowers: Sather Lectures

27 March 2018

The Faculty offers its warmest congratulations to Professor Emily Gowers who has been invited to deliver The Sather Lectures at Berkeley in 2021/2.

Julius Caesar Revealed - BBC one

9 February 2018

Mary Beard looks into some of the big questions surrounding one of the most prominent rulers in history.

Dr Yannis Galanakis elected to The Archaeological Society at Athens

8 February 2018

Dr Galanakis has been elected to a regular membership of The Archaeological Society at Athens, the oldest archaeological organisation in Greece established in 1837.

The CREWS project at the Fitzwilliam Museum

17 January 2018

The CREWS project has collaborated with the Fitzwilliam Museum and the British Museum to produce a fantastic display.

Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

3 January 2018

Professor Michael Reeve elected to Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

Dr Ferraby: 2017 Illustration Award Winner

3 January 2018

Dr Rose Ferraby, Research Associate in the Faculty of Classics, is a recipient of the Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets 2017

Archaeology Book of the Year Award

20 December 2017

Details of how to vote are now available online.

2018 Ancient World Video Competition

15 December 2017

Cambridge Classics' 2018 Ancient World Video Competition is now open for entries.

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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...

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