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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.

The Cambridge Greek Play 2019

13 December 2017

The Cambridge Greek Play for 2019 has been announced.

Local schools are inspired by Ovid

8 December 2017

A celebratory event for students who produced creative responses to tales from Ovid.

Applications invited for Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Scheme 2018

16 November 2017

We are keen to support high quality applications that intersect with research already being undertaken or developed in the Classics Faculty.

Archaeologists uncover rare 2,000-year-old sundial during Roman theatre excavation

8 November 2017

A 2,000-year-old intact and inscribed sundial has been recovered by students of the Faculty of Classics...

Kenyon Medal awarded to Joyce Reynolds

28 September 2017

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.

Postgraduate Open Day Saturday 18 November 2017

22 September 2017

Details of the 2017 Faculty of Classics Postgraduate Open Day are now available online:

Major archaeological discovery near Orchomenos in Boeotia, central Greece

12 September 2017

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 Cambridge

Upcoming events

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Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ Tour
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Localizing the Indigenous, Globalizing the Classics
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Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ Tour
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Latest news

The Kennedy Professorship of Latin

13 June 2025

The Board of Electors to the Kennedy Professorship of Latin invite applications for this Professorship from persons whose work falls within the general field of the Professorship to take up appointment on 1 September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. For more information see details here . Closing date: 8 September...

Masters Student wins Roman Society MA dissertation prize

28 May 2025

The Faculty is delighted to announce that Naomi Norden (King’s College) has won joint first place in the Roman Society MA dissertation prize for her 2024 MPhil thesis 'Creating complexity: Paratextuality and Intertextuality in the Works of Ausonius'. Congratulations Naomi!

St John's College Newell Lecture

27 May 2025

This year the St John's College Newell Lecture was delivered by Jackie Murray on the topic of Race and Injustice in Plato's Republic. You can watch a recording of the event here:

Marie Curie / BA postdoctoral fellowship schemes

19 May 2025

The Faculty of Classics invites potential applicants to the MSCA (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) and the British Academy’s Postdoctoral Fellowship schemes within areas relevant to our research clusters: Greek and Latin Literature, Greek and Roman Philosophy, Ancient History, C lassical Art and Archaeology, Classical and...

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