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Read more at: Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ Tour

Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ Tour

Saturday, 23 November, 2019 - 11:00 to 11:45

A look at the fascinating stories of non-normative gender and sexual identities through a range of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-related objects.


Read more at: Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ Tour

Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ Tour

Saturday, 26 October, 2019 - 11:00 to 11:45

A look at the fascinating stories of non-normative gender and sexual identities through a range of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-related objects.


Read more at: Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ Tour

Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ Tour

Saturday, 26 October, 2019 - 11:00 to 11:45

A look at the fascinating stories of non-normative gender and sexual identities through a range of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-related objects.


Read more at: Battlegrounds: The economics of ancient warfare

Battlegrounds: The economics of ancient warfare

Tuesday, 22 October, 2019 - 13:15 to 14:00

Lunchtime Talk


Read more at: Becoming Classical: art and the revolution in values in fifth-century B.C. Greece

Becoming Classical: art and the revolution in values in fifth-century B.C. Greece

Saturday, 19 October, 2019 - 15:00 to 16:00

We associate Classical Greece with the impassive and remarkably uniform young men that populate the Parthenon frieze and classical gravestones. But we rarely ask why these young men dominate Classical art. Prof Robin Osborne looks at the revolution that brought the Classical man into existence, and the complete...


Read more at: Script death in the ancient world

Script death in the ancient world

Thursday, 24 October, 2019 - 13:15 to 14:00

Lunchtime talk


Read more at: Curators Tour: Change over time in Classical Sculpture

Curators Tour: Change over time in Classical Sculpture

Friday, 25 October, 2019 - 14:00 to 15:00

*FULLY BOOKED* The Museum of Classical Archaeology's atmospheric Cast Gallery brings together classical statues from collections across the world, challenging visitors to see for themselves the ways in which sculptures look different over 1000 years of art history. Curator Dr Susanne Turner offers a guided tour exploring...


Read more at: Terrific Transformations (Family Event)

Terrific Transformations (Family Event)

Wednesday, 23 October, 2019 - 14:00 to 16:00

Fun family event as part of Cambridge Festival of Ideas


Read more at: Lights! Camera! Action!

Lights! Camera! Action!

Wednesday, 21 August, 2019 - 14:00 to 16:00

Amazing animation with the team from Panoply.


Read more at: Museum Tour

Museum Tour

Thursday, 8 August, 2019 - 14:00 to 15:00

Explore the Museum with a family friendly tour.


Latest news

Professor Patricia Easterling

19 August 2026

The Faculty is very sad to report that our dear colleague Professor Patricia (Pat) Easterling has died, at the age of 92. She was Fellow of Newnham College from 1958 to 1987 and Professor of Greek at University College London from 1987 to 1994, when she returned to Cambridge as the 36 th (and first female) Regius Professor...

Cambridge Classicists on Nolan's Odyssey

17 July 2026

Today marks the highly anticipated theatrical release of Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of The Odyssey . Starring Matt Damon as Odysseus, the film is generating lots of discussion across the global classics community. As people everywhere head to cinemas, academics from the Faculty are already exploring how...

Script Keepers Network Wins Cultural Collaboration Award

28 July 2026

The Script Keepers Network —co-led by Pippa Steele (Faculty of Classics and the VIEWS Project ) and Tim Brookes ( Endangered Alphabets Project )—has been awarded the prestigious NCACE Emerging Academic Cultural Collaboration Award by the National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange . The award recognises outstanding...

New Fellows welcomed to the British Academy

17 July 2026

The Faculty notes with pleasure that Professor James Warren has been elected to the British Academy’s Fellowship , joining an eminent community of scholars who share a commitment to advancing the humanities and social sciences. Current British Academy Fellows in the Faculty include Professors Emily Gowers, Stephen Oakley...