Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge

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Type Classics Phone +44 1223 335166		Website www.classics.cam.ac.uk Parent institution University of Cambridge

Location Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Address Sidgwick Ave, Cambridge CB3 9DA, UK Similar Faculty of Law - University, British School at Rome, Corpus Christi College, Ridley Hall - Cambridge, Westcott House - Cambridge

The Faculty of Classics is one of the constituent departments of the University of Cambridge. It teaches the Classical Tripos. The Faculty is divided into five caucuses (i.e. areas of research and teaching); literature, ancient philosophy, ancient history, Classical art and archaeology, linguistics, and interdisciplinary studies.

The Faculty runs the Museum of Classical Archaeology on the first floor of the faculty building on the Sidgwick Site. The three-storey building was built in 1968 and includes lecture and seminar rooms, offices, and a library on the ground floor. The faculty building was refurbished and extended in 2010.

Notable academics

There are a number of professorships, including endowed chairs, within the department:

Regius Professor of Greek (currently Richard Hunter)

Kennedy Professor of Latin (currently Stephen Oakley)

Professor of Ancient History (currently Robin Osborne)

Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy (currently Gábor Betegh)

Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology (currently Martin Millett)

A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture (currently Tim Whitmarsh)

Other notable current academics include:

Mary Beard, Professor of Classics

Peter Garnsey, Professor of the History of Classical Antiquity

Simon Goldhill, Professor of Greek Literature and Culture

Nigel Spivey, Senior Lecturer in Classics (Classical Art & Archaeology)

Former and retired academics:

Myles Burnyeat, Emeritus Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy

P. E. Easterling, Emerita Regius Professor of Greek

J. G. W. Henderson, Emeritus Professor of Classics

G. E. R. Lloyd, Emerita Regius Professor of Greek

Anthony Snodgrass, Emeritus Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology

References

Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge Wikipedia

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