Widely recognized as one of the most intellectually innovative centres for the study of Greek and Latin literature, Cambridge is characterised by an atmosphere of lively debate and collective enterprise. Members of the A Caucus work on the whole range of ancient authors and their cultural contexts, from Homer to Isidore. Our strengths include cultural poetics, comparative literature, gender studies, palaeography, reception studies and the study of texts and their transmission (this is, after all, the home of the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series).
The weekly literary seminar is a renowned forum for discussion of ancient literature and provides an important social as well as intellectual focus; leading international scholars present their research, as well as graduate students and faculty.
We also offer excellent resources for postgraduate study. For example, MPhil students have their own weekly seminar (where they are introduced to textual criticism, bibliographical methods and theoretical approaches) and they present work in progress both there and at an interdisciplinary seminar for all graduates. Cambridge PhD students have been instrumental in extending the annual joint Oxbridge graduate conference (AMPAL) to the whole of the UK. A constant stream of visitors from around the world makes Cambridge an especially stimulating place to study ancient literature.
The influence of Cambridge in this field has spread far and wide. Cambridge Classics PhDs who hold senior posts in the UK and beyond include Danielle Allen (Institute for Advanced Study), Susanna Morton Braund (Vancouver), Monica Gale (TCD), Roy Gibson (Manchester), Mark Griffith (Berkeley), Stephen Hinds (Seattle), Duncan Kennedy (Bristol), Jim McKeown (Madison), Alison Sharrock (Manchester), Gareth Williams (Columbia), Peter Wilson (Sydney) and Maria Wyke (UCL).
Professor of Classics and the Classical Tradition
Fellow and Director of Studies at King's College
Chair, Faculty Board of Classics
Professor of Latin Literature
Fellow of St John's College
Associate Professor in Classics (Greek Literature)
Director of Postgraduate Admissions in Classics
Fellow & Postgraduate Tutor of Pembroke College
College Associate Professor in Classics and Fellow, Downing College
Director of Studies, Downing College
Assistant Professor in Classics (Late Antique and Early Byzantine History)
Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics, Trinity College
University Associate Professor
Fellow and Director of Studies at King's College
Director of Studies at Robinson College
Wrigley Fellow, Director of Studies and College Associate Professor in Classics
Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Classics
Professor of Classics
Director of the Museum of Classical Archaeology
Fellow in Classics at Christ's College and Director of Studies, Prelim and IA
University Associate Professor
Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Clare College
Professor of Latin Literature
Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics, Emmanuel College
Fellow of Trinity College
William Ritchie Professor of Classics, The University of Sydney