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Classics and Ancient History at Durham University belongs to the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and is one of the most vibrant Classics departments in the UK.

Our academic staff specialise in a wide range of artistic, historical, literary, linguistic, cul Our academic staff specialise in a wide range of artistic, historical, literary, linguistic, cultural and philosophical aspects of the Graeco-Roman world.

09/10/2026

📚 Book talk from our very own Prof. Edith Hall, this weekend in Durham!

🌟 Edith will be talking about her new 'Medea', from Yale University Press

📅 10am, Gala Theatre | Durham Book Festival

08/10/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Dr Claire Barnes, who has been awarded the Durham Prize in Classical Reception 2026!

👉 The award was made for Dr Barnes' thesis, entitled 'Only Connecting’: Authenticity and the Classics in E.M. Forster, Christopher Logue, and Kae Tempest'

📅 A prize lecture will be held in Durham on 9th December; more details to follow.

07/10/2026

🎉 We are celebrating more successes in recent league table rankings!

🏅 Durham was placed 4th in the UK for Classics in the Guardian University Guide 2027

🔗 Read about Durham's league table successes right across the Faculty of Arts and Humanities: https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/classics-ancient-history/news/six-arts-and-humanities-subjects-ranked-in-the-uk-top-five-in-guardian-university-guide-2027/

06/10/2026

🇩🇪🤝🇬🇧 Our annual doctoral exchange with Heidelberg's Department of Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik took place 14–18 Sept!

🎓 7 Durham PhD students visited Heidelberg for a series of presentations, keynote lectures, museum visits, and group meals with their counterparts students.

👏 Congratulations to all on a very successful visit, and especially to Dr Chris de Lisle for organising this initiative!

05/10/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Jennifer Ingleheart, two of whose poems have appeared in the latest edition of 'Poems for Persons of Interest'

🏳️‍🌈 The poems are entitled 'Polari Catullus 78B' and 'Polari Catullus 50'

🔗 Read the whole issue for free here: https://pfpoi.blogspot.com/p/september-2026-issue.html

02/10/2026

📚 Would you like to join our vibrant research community here at Durham Classics?

👉 Expression of interest are open for the 'British Academy International Fellowships Programme': deadline 6th November

🔗Learn more about the scheme: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/schemes/international-fellowships/

💡 Explore our research areas: https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/classics-ancient-history/research/research-areas/

01/10/2026

🤩 A very warm welcome to all our new students joining us this week for Welcome Week!

🎓 We are really looking forward to teaching you all, and we hope that you enjoy your studies here with us.

30/09/2026

✨ Call for papers!

👉 Language and Labour in the Ancient World

📅 📍 15–16 April 2027

⏰ Submit by Saturday 31st October 2026

🔗 Find out more: https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/classics-ancient-history/news/2026/language-and-labour

29/09/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Dr Chris de Lisle and student volunteers from College Year in Athens , for the publication of new inscriptions on Attic Inscriptions Online!

👉 New: funerary stelai, lekythoi, trapezai, and kioniskoi on display on the Kolonos Agoraios west of the Athenian Agora, a selection of funerary inscriptions for priestesses, as well as those inscriptions found in Athens outside of archaeological sites or museums.

🔗 https://www.atticinscriptions.com/browse/bypublicationdate/2026-9-24/

28/09/2026

🎉 Durham’s Centre for Classics Education, Research and EngagementS (CERES) has secured £60,500 for two projects supporting the future of Classics Education across the UK.

🔗 https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/classics-ancient-history/news/ceres-secures-60500-to-expand-classics-education-research/

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38 North Bailey
Durham
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Website

https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/classics-ancient-history/

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