skip to content

Faculty of Classics

 

The Faculty congratulates Professor Paul Cartledge on becoming
President of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (the
Hellenic Society) in June. Among his predecessors are Professor Easterling, Professor Osborne, and Professor Schofield.

The Society (founded in 1879) helps to maintain the Hellenic and Roman
Library
 in conjunction with the Roman Society and the Institute of Classical Studies. It publishes the Journal of Hellenic Studies and ARGO. It holds an annual lecture series in London, as well as occasional conferences, receptions and other meetings, and hosts lectures around the UK in collaboration with local CA branches. It also makes grants of various kinds to schools, universities and other institutions, undergraduates, graduate students and young researchers.

The Society is very keen to enlarge and diversify its membership, especially among undergraduates, graduates, postdocs and early career researchers and teachers, so please don't hesitate to contact either  or
.

Latest news

Celebrating ECR successes

1 May 2024

The Faculty of Classics would like to congratulate our Early Career Researchers who have secured new positions elsewhere in the UK and abroad. We thank Il-Kweon, Michael, Tom and Ludo for all their contributions to our Classics community and wish them the very best for the next steps in their careers. Dr Il-Kweon Sir has...

Professor Caroline Vout's Olympic Exhibition in the News

18 April 2024

This summer Professor Caroline Vout is co-curating an Olympic Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, 'Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body' which looks back on the pivotal moment, 100 years ago, when traditions and trailblazers collided, fusing the Olympics’ classical legacy with the European avant-garde spirit. It was a...

Mary Beard to give The Sir Robert Rede’s Lecture 2024

18 April 2024

This year Professor Dame Mary Beard is due to give The Sir Robert Rede's Lecture on Friday 3 May 2024. She will speak on the topic 'The boy who breathed on the glass at the British Museum': what, or whom, is the past for?' If you would like to attend the event, you are most welcome but booking is essential: register for...

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...