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Our Classics alumni give us an insight into their lives after studying Classics at Cambridge.We are very proud of our Alumni community and what they have all gone on to achieve. This is why we have added a new page to our website where you can read through some alumni profiles. Here they tell us, in their own words, a bit about their lives and work…

Our Classics alumni give us an insight into their lives after studying Classics at Cambridge.We are very proud of our Alumni community and what they have all gone on to achieve. This is why we have added a new page to our website where you can read through some alumni profiles. Here they tell us, in their own words, a bit about their lives and work…

Some of our fantastic Alumni tell us, in their own words, about their lives since studying Classics at Cambridge.The Alumni section of our website now has a page where you can read all about some of our Classics Alumni and all that they have been up to.We are very proud of our Alumni and it is great to share these profiles with you as it is truly i…

Have a look through the winning video entries from some high school classicists this year!We have counted down the finalists and announced our winner for this year's Video Competition! There were some really brilliant and imaginative entries and we thoroughly enjoyed watching them all. Thank you to all of those involved and, if you have not yet, pl…

Cambridge has topped the Classics table in The Guardian 'league tables' 2019. Details are available online.https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2018/may/29/university-league-tables-2019

The Faculty offers its warmest congratulations to Professor Emily Gowers who has been invited to deliver The Sather Lectures at Berkeley in 2021/2.For more information on the Sather Professors see here

Mary Beard looks into some of the big questions surrounding one of the most prominent rulers in history.On Monday 12th February at 9pm, Mary Beard and the BBC endeavoured to reveal the truth about the famous Roman emperor - Julius Caesar.Who was Julias Caesar and how does his influence resonate in our everyday lives? How have dictators since utilis…

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 has collaborated with the Fitzwilliam Museum and the British Museum to produce a fantastic display.The CREWS project now has a display at Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum. It was opened yesterday, Tuesday 16th January, and will run until Sunday 10th June 2018. To read the full blog post about the installation day and the collaborati…

Professor Michael Reeve elected to Accademia Nazionale dei LinceiProfessor Reeve has been elected to membership of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. See the Academy website for further details.

Dr Rose Ferraby, Research Associate in the Faculty of Classics, is a recipient of the Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets 2017Dr Ferraby, co-Director of the Aldborough Roman Town Project, has been given the Illustration Award for The Tender Map by Melanie Challenger (Guillemot Press). Further details may be found here

Details of how to vote are now available online.Professor Millett's co-edited book, 'The Oxford Handbook of Roman Britain' 2016 (M. Millett, L.Revell and A. Moore) has been shortlisted for the Current Archaeology book of the Year Award. Voting for the awards (open to everyone) went live on 1st December on www.archaeology.co.uk/vote,  – and is open …

Cambridge Classics' 2018 Ancient World Video Competition is now open for entries.We are very pleased to announce the 2018 Cambridge Classics Ancient Worlds Video Competition! For more details and details on how to enter, please click HERE. 

The Cambridge Greek Play for 2019 has been announced.‘We are pleased to announce that the 2019 Cambridge Greek Play will be Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus, directed by Daniel Goldman. Sophocles’ tragedy about the last days of Oedipus, now blind and exiled, is one of the greatest plays about old age, the bearing of life's horror, and the transcendenc…

A celebratory event for students who produced creative responses to tales from Ovid. This December the Faculty of Classics and Museum of Classical Archaeology were delighted to host a celebratory event for students who had participated in a very special competition organised by the Cambridge Schools Classics Project. Year 7 students from a number o…