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Calling young translators and teachers! Just 2 weeks left to submit to the Stephen Spender Prize 2026! Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Polish poem from the Polish Spotlight booklet, for your chance to join the Prize hall of eternal fame!

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Stephen Spender Prize About the Stephen Spender Prize The Stephen Spender Prize is an annual competition for poetry in translation that celebrates the creativity of young people across the UK and Ireland – and their teachers! The Prize has categories for schools, teachers...

CA Annual Conference 2027 - the Call for Contributions is open!

Next year's Conference will be held in London at the University of Notre Dame from 9-11 April. Everyone is encouraged to take part and we welcome proposals across our wide range of themes, with an academic or pedagogic focus alike

Our key themes for 2027 are:
Ancient Mythologies
Classical Reception
Fragments
Historiography and Ancient History
Peripheral Communities
Roman Britain
Teaching Classics with AI and New Technologies
Women and Ancient Theatre

See more here: https://classicalassociation.org/conference/

Submissions for talks, papers, panels, workshops and symposia are open until 25 September 2026 and we can’t wait to hear from you!

The Stephen Spender Prize 2026 is open for entries from 1 May to 31 July.

Calling young translators and teachers! 6 weeks left to submit to the Stephen Spender Prize 2026! Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Polish poem from the Polish Spotlight booklet, for your chance to join the Prize hall of eternal fame!

Full details below:

Stephen Spender Prize About the Stephen Spender Prize The Stephen Spender Prize is an annual competition for poetry in translation that celebrates the creativity of young people across the UK and Ireland – and their teachers! The Prize has categories for schools, teachers...

We're working with the University of Warwick to host this in-person Classical Civilisation CPD day on 17 June 2026.

Designed to support GCSE and A Level teachers alike, this day will offer a range of workshops to support teachers at every stage of career, and give you the chance to network with the community.
Our keynote lecture, 'Opening Doors, Ways of Knowing', will be delivered by Prof David Fearn, head of department and Professor of Greek at the university.

Registration will close on 10 June. You can find more information via the link below:

CA Classical Civilisation CPD Day 2026 This event will be in-person at University of Warwick on Wednesday 17th June 2026. Classics For All are kindly offering travel bursaries for state school teachers. You can apply for a bursary here: https://forms.office.com/e/ys0awyeuw1 Please use the form below to register for this event, and to ind...

The latest issue of The Journal of Classics Teaching (Vol 27 - Issue 53 - Spring 2026) is now available online and open-access via Cambridge Core:

Latest issue | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core Journal of Classics Teaching

Stephen Spender Prize 2026

Calling young translators and teachers! The Stephen Spender Prize 2026 is open for entries.

Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Polish poem for the Polish Spotlight, for your chance to join the Prize hall of eternal fame. Includes translation from Latin and Ancient Greek!

Full details below

Stephen Spender Prize About the Stephen Spender Prize The Stephen Spender Prize is an annual competition for poetry in translation that celebrates the creativity of young people across the UK and Ireland – and their teachers! The Prize has categories for schools, teachers...

Classical Civilisation CPD Day

The CA is delighted to be working with the University of Warwick to host this in-person Classical Civilisation CPD day on 17 June 2026.

Designed to support GCSE and A Level teachers alike, this day will offer a range of workshops to support teachers at every stage of career, and give you the chance to network with the community.

Our keynote lecture will be delivered by Prof David Fearn, head of department and Professor of Greek at the university.

We have experienced practitioners delivering sessions on topics such as knowledge retrieval, AI, flipped learning, secondary scholarship, and essay writing skills. We'll also be joined by Dr Clare Rowan, whose session will focus on using tokens to diversify the curriculum, and Dr Emmanuela Bakola, on teaching performance in Greek Theatre.

See the programme and register here:https://classicalassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Programme-FINAL.pdf

Last chance to register for the 2026 CA Conference - in person in Manchester (UK) or online!

With more than two hundred papers, panels, workshops, lightning talks and posters scheduled to be showcased across the three-day Conference (10-12 April), we do hope that you will join us in person in Manchester, or online - you can sign up for both options below.

Don’t miss our Classical Association Hon. President Prof. Michael Wood’s Address on ’The Joy of Classics’ on the Saturday night as well as the Gala Dinner, evening entertainment and a drinks reception. These tickets must be booked before 1 April.

Conference - The Classical Association Conference The CA Conference is the largest annual Classics Conference in the UK and brings together everyone with an interest in the ancient world, from across the globe. This year, we're delighted to be heading to Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Manchester - sign up b