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Faculty of Classics

 

C: ANCIENT HISTORY

Lent Term 2026

Meetings will take place on Mondays, 15.15-16.45, in room G.21.

All Welcome.

 

2 February
Demetra Kasimis
Conspiratorial Doubling and the New Stasis of Finance: A Political Reading of Isocrates' Trapeziticus

 

9 February
Ella Kirsh
Ordinary Transcripts in the Later Roman World

 

16 February
Federico Bernasconi
Embodying Imperial Womanhood in the third-century AD Roman West: Lessons from Coinage

 

23 February
Nick Montague-Jones
Demons and Holy Authority in an Age of Christianisation: a New Approach to the Greek Life of Porphyry, Bishop of Gaza

 

2 March
Steve Renette
Resisting the State: Autonomy and Resistance of Mountain Communities in Southwest Asia

 

9 March
Ingo Gildenhard
For God and Country or Poison for the Body Politic? Pietas and the Problematics of a Para-Civic Virtue

 

 16 March
Sara Brill (Fairfield University)
Plato at Play in the Gardens of Adonis: Natality and Philosophy in the Phaedrus

Latest news

Dr Roko Rumora, Senior Curator, Mediterranean Antiquities (Fitzwilliam Museum) and Faculty of Classics

14 April 2026

The Faculty is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Roko Rumora (Assistant Curator of Ancient Art, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH) as Senior Curator, Mediterranean Antiquities at the Fitzwilliam Museum, from 13th April 2026, in a linked appointment with the Faculty.

Teaching Associate in Latin Literature (Fixed Term)

27 March 2026

The Faculty of Classics is seeking to appoint a temporary Teaching Associate in in Latin literature from 1 October 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter) for twelve months. Applications are invited from those with a primary research interest in Classical Latin literature. Closing date: 5 May 2026 For more information on...

Assistant Professor in Classical Linguistics and Comparative Philology [Temporary Cover]

27 March 2026

The Faculty of Classics is seeking to appoint a temporary Assistant Professor in Classical Linguistics and Comparative Philology from 1 September 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter) for three years. Applications are invited from those with a primary research interest in Classical Linguistics and Comparative Philology...

Assistant Professorships in Classics (Greek Literature)

25 March 2026

The Faculty is delighted to announce that Dr Chiara Meccariello (University of Exeter) and Dr Oliver Thomas (University of Nottingham) have been appointed to Assistant Professorships in Classics (Greek Literature) from 2026/27.