skip to content
 

The following meetings of the Philological Society have been arranged for the academic year 2023-24. The meetings will be taking place in-person, and tea will be available beforehand from 4.00pm.  Those meetings held in the Classics Faculty will also be live-streamed via Zoom.

  • Thursday 26 October, 4.30pm: Old Combination Room, Trinity College. 

Prof. Verity Platt: ‘The Stones of Posidippus: Elemental Media’

  • Thursday 9 November, 4.30 pm: Room G.21, Faculty of Classics (& on Zoom). 

Seminar joint with Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies
Prof. Olga Tribulato: ‘The sound of Attic: Practices of linguistic imitation in Greek imperial texts’.

  • Thursday 8 February, 4.30 pm: Room G.21, Faculty of Classics (& on Zoom). 

Prof. Jonathan Prag: 'Defining the epigraphic culture(s) of ancient Sicily: the Crossroads project' 

  • CANCELLED  Thursday 22 February, 4.30 pm: Room G.21, Faculty of Classics (& on Zoom). 

Dr. Jessica Lightfoot: 'Healing texts: bodies and grammar in Aulus Gellius and Galen'

  • Thursday 7 March, 4.30 pm: Room G.21, Faculty of Classics (& on Zoom). 

Dr. Elena Giusti: ‘Nero’s African Quests’

  • Thursday 9 May, 4.30pm, Lucia Windsor Room, Newnham College [with AGM prior to the paper]

Prof. Rachel Barney: ‘Protagoras and the Art of Argument’

 

More information about the Philological society and about how to become a member (which includes a subscription to CCJ) can be found at https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/seminars/philological  

We look forward to seeing you at some or all of the meetings!

Dr Helen Van Noorden (Programme Secretary)

Latest news

VIEWS project Visiting Fellowships

20 May 2024

We invite applications for two funded VIEWS project Visiting Fellowships, with a deadline of 30th June 2024. For further details please follow this link.

Dr Richard Duncan-Jones FBA 1937-2024

19 May 2024

The Faculty is saddened by news of the death of Dr Richard Duncan-Jones FBA FSA. He had been a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College since 1963 where he was a college lecture in Classics and Director of Studies for many years.

Language Teaching Associate

17 May 2024

The Faculty of Classics is seeking to appoint a Fixed Term Teaching Associate from 01 September 2024 until 31 August 2026 (0.6 FTE). The teaching will principally involve intensive reading classes in Greek and Latin for students without A level qualification or equivalent at entry. For more details see here. CLOSING DATE...

New appointment in Latin literature

15 May 2024

The Faculty is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Elena Giusti as a new Assistant Professor of Latin literature. She will join the Faculty in the new academic year. Elena will be joining from the University of Warwick, where she is currently Associate Professor of Latin . She works broadly on Roman literature and...