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Postdoc Work-in-Progress Seminars

The Postdoc Work-in-Progress Seminar (PWiPS) is an informal and interdisciplinary research seminar for the Classics postdoc community. This is broadly conceived to include all Early Career Researchers, including individual or project postdocs, JRFs, teaching associates, temporary lecturers, and recent PhD alumni.

Each session one postdoc will pre-circulate a piece of writing around a week in advance: this might be a journal article in-the-making, a draft chapter for an edited volume, or a first stab at an introduction for a monograph. Half-baked pieces as well as more polished drafts are very welcome. The postdoc who shares work will often invite feedback on specific issues within the writing sample that they are stuck on or unsure about. At the seminar, this postdoc will be invited to briefly introduce their piece before participants discuss the piece and brain-storm solutions to any flagged issues.

This seminar is designed as a supportive, relaxed gathering of Classics postdocs. It is at the discretion of the postdoc sharing work whether other members of the Faculty or University may be included in their session: if you are not a Classics postdoc but would like to attend a specific session, please contact the relevant postdoc for an invitation and copy of their work.

There are no seminars this term.

 

 

Latest news

Dr Ben Gray, Assistant Professor in Classics (Ancient History)

20 October 2025

The Faculty is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Ben Gray ( Birkbeck, University of London) as Assistant Professor in Classics (Ancient History) from 1st January 2026.

Teaching Associate in Classics

17 October 2025

The Faculty of Classics is seeking to appoint a Temporary Teaching Associate in Classics (Ancient Greek Literature) starting from the earliest date possible until 30 September 2026. See link for further details . Closing date: 31 October 2025

Museum and Collections Assistant

7 October 2025

The Faculty invites applications for a Part-Time Museum and Collections Assistant in the Museum of Classical Archaeology. The closing date is 22 October 2025. For further details please follow the link given below: Museum and Collections Assistant (Part Time) | University of Cambridge

“Decoding the Desert” and “Middleton’s Architectural Odysseys” now on CUDL

29 September 2025

Two collections from the Faculty Archives, the photographs of archaeologists Richard Norton and Richard Goodchild in Libya, and notebooks of Victorian architect J. H. Middleton, have been digitised and are available to view on the Cambridge University Digital Library. A gift from the family of Professor Joyce Reynolds -...