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We are keen to support high quality applications that intersect with research already being undertaken or developed in the Classics Faculty.Applicants should be in touch with an academic in the Faculty who works in their area of research, and could act as their sponsor, to discuss their proposed project as soon as possible (academic staff and their…

A 2,000-year-old intact and inscribed sundial has been recovered by students of the Faculty of Classics...A 2,000-year-old intact and inscribed sundial has been recovered by students of the Faculty of Classics, during the excavation of a roofed theatre in the Roman town of Interamna Lirenas, near Monte Cassino, in Italy.To learn more about the Inte…

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. The medal is awarded biennially in recognition of work in the field of classical studies and archaeology.  Further details on the award are available on the British Academy website

Details of the 2017 Faculty of Classics Postgraduate Open Day are now available online:https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/prospective/postgraduate/graduate-open-day-1

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 CambridgeSee press release for more details.Coverage in The Times (Norman Hammond, 14 October 2017…

A team jointly led by Dr Yannis Galanakis of the Faculty of Classics has discovered and excavated a monumental Mycenaean rock-cut chamber tomb, complete with intact grave goods, in central Greece. For more on this extraordinary find follow this link to the University's press release.

Follow the students of the Faculty of Classics as they excavate the Roman theatre at Interamna Lirenas.Since 2010 the students of the Faculty of Classics have been actively involved in archaeological fieldwork at the Roman town of Interamna Lirenas (Central Italy).Over the next four weeks the students will be excavating the theatre: if you would li…

Faculty statement concerning ethnic diversity in Roman Britain Roman Britain has long been an important part of the teaching and research in the Faculty of Classics. The question of ethnic diversity in the province has been getting unusual amounts of attention recently. Professor Mary Beard has been at the centre of some of this attention. In the F…

Details of how to apply for this post are now available online. Closing date: 25 August 2017.http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/14548/

Details of how to apply for this scheme, for entry in 2018, are now available online.http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/Research/funding

Watch again: the inaugural lecture by Professor James Clackson, Professor of Comparative Philology, " 'Dangerous Lunatics’: Cambridge and Comparative Philology".

Details of this year’s Laurence seminar, Freedom of speech, censorship and the ancient world, are now available online. Follow the link for further details: Further details and programme

Information on the next round of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships is now available online. http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/Research/fundingPotential applicants are invited to submit an outline proposal, of no more than two sides of A4, for initial consideration by 19 May 2017. For more information about registering an expression of in…

21-22 March 2017. This conference, the second in the Understanding Relations Between Scripts series, focuses on the development of alphabetic writing systems in the later second and earlier first millennia BC. Understanding Relations Between Scripts II: Early Alphabets21st and 22nd March 2017Faculty of Classics, University of CambridgeThis confer…

University Lecturer in Classics (Ancient History)Applications are invited for.....