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A Caucus and A/E Joint Seminars Lent Term 2026

Meetings take place on Wednesdays, 17.15 - 18.45, in room G.21.

* = joint with ‘E’ Caucus

January 28 Harry Derbyshire, Memory, Travel and Narration in Philostratus’ ‘Life of Apollonius’ + Mathijs Clement, The Second Coming of Gregory of Nazianzus. Space and Self in Carm. II.1.3

*February 4 Luuk Huitink, Oblique Constructions: A Forgotten Chapter in the History of Greek Stylistics?

*February 11 Stephen Oakley, When does factus est become est factus?

February 18 Jesse Hill (Edinburgh), Catullus, Ennius, and the End of Rome

*February 25 Nick Zair, Literary effects of linguistic features in Virgil and Catullus

*March 4 Jo Willmott: seminar now postponed until ET because of presentations for Greek literature assistant professorships.

*March 11 Peter Barrios-Lech, ‘Prohibitives’ in a Ciceronian Corpus: Observations on Register and Politeness

March 18 Jane Lightfoot (Oxford), How not to be Galen: Aretaeus of Cappadocia and the art of ancient medical writing

Latest news

Kennedy Professorship of Latin

19 January 2026

The Faculty is delighted to announce that Professor Christopher Whitton has accepted election to the Kennedy Professorship of Latin from 1 October 2026.

Professor Nicholas Zair awarded Leverhulme Research Fellowship

8 January 2026

The Faculty is pleased to announce that Professor Nicholas Zair has been awarded a 3 year Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship from 2026-2029 for his project Understanding Oscan. The Fellowship will allow Nick to spend the next three years working on Oscan, which was spoken widely across Southern Italy between the fifth...

Assistant Professorships in Classics (Greek Literature)

16 December 2025

The Faculty is seeking to appoint two Assistant Professorships in Classics (Greek Literature) from 01 September 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter). Informal enquiries may be directed to Prof. Timothy Whitmarsh, Regius Professor of Greek . Closing date 19 January 2026. Further details are availble here

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.