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The Language Crisis HEPI Report
In August 2025, the Higher Education Policy Institute published a report; The Language Crisis: Arresting decline, authored by classicist Megan Bowler. You can read the HEPI report in full here This report found that just...
From Aristotle’s Seminar Room to Hollywood
Our Honorary President for 2024-25, Professor Stephen Halliwell, shares his thoughts on why Classics is important and reveals his own journey to discover the ancient world, as part of our #CelebratingClassics campaign. Become a Member to listen...
Anika’s Classical Journey
How I got into Classics (and why you should too!) This post, posted on her Coffee & Classics blog, explores Anika Murali’s journey to discover the ancient world, as part of our #CelebratingClassics campaign. My entry into...
Classics Education in Northern Ireland
by Helen McVeigh Northern Ireland sits in a rather isolated position: not only geographically but also academically. It has been 23 years since I began my masters degree at Queen’s University Belfast. The...
A Trip to Parliament
Sophie Johns, CA intern, describes attending the CA’s #CelebratingClassics reception at the Houses of Parliament this September. For a recent graduate juggling job applications and the prospect of living with her parents again after...
Mythology Competition 2025
We received so many wonderful entries in our 2025 Mythology Competition. Previously known as the Minimus Mythology Competition run by the Primary Latin Project, this year, it was brought under the aegis of the Classical...
A Manifesto for Today
Paige Dewbrey Winner of our 2025 Write | Speak | Design Competition, Paige is a student from the US, who delivered the following manifesto in response to the question ‘Why is Classics important?’ Against...
My Life and Classics
: Two Perspectives Two of our CA Members with very different jobs – an actor and a business analyst – are united by their love for ancient storytelling and how Classics infuses their working...
Slaves and Sanctuary: Expert blog
Dr. Jessica Clarke Our Expert in Residence, Dr Jessica Clarke, shares some of her latest research in this member blog. These objects are discussed in further detail in her forthcoming book A New History of Ancient Roman...
Multi-Sensory Ancient Greece
Matthew Rawcliffe Dancer & Choreographer In September 2024, Matthew Rawcliffe was awarded an outreach grant by the CA for a project which aimed to design and create sensory packages for use in a...
Classics Celebration Day
Head of Classics, Saziye Ahmet, recaps the held at Kelmscott Secondary School, which was proudly sponsored by the CA.
Classics Beyond Borders
This Summer, the Classical Association of Ghana hosted the 2024 conference, which was supported by the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge, the University of Toronto and the Loeb Foundation....
In Memoriam: Barbara Finney
Author: Lindsey Davis We are saddened to report the death of Barbara Finney (1941-2024), former Vice President and Officer of the Classical Association. Barbara was a secondary school teacher, an examiner and a...
The East London Classics Summer School
AUTHOR: Sarah Merali-Smith Course Director Sarah reports back on this year’s ELCSS – one of several fantastic summer schools which the CA is proud to support. To find out more about our outreach activity...
Persephone’s Poets
The winners in our 2024 Poetry Competition certainly brought their A game in translation and delighted us with their creative flair for original compositions. Writers took us on an emotional rollercoaster from the...
Sapere Aude: Dare to Know
AUTHOR: Claire Woozley Read part 1 in Claire’s series here The house is hushed. Upstairs, the children have quieted, finally relenting to sleep whilst downstairs, the chores are done, and the kitchen now darkened....
Athena Society: using history to tackle misogyny in schools
AUTHOR: Laura Aitken-Burt On Monday 14th June 2021, the CA hosted a virtual event for schoolteachers, designed to provide information, and dispel myths, about presenting at a CA conference as a teacher. Devised and...
A Weekend in Warwick
This March, we headed to the University of Warwick for the 2024 CA Conference, where hundreds of delegates from across the world came to share their research, exchange ideas and build friendship and...
Wild Visions in Sheffield
In January, thanks to a grant from the Classical Association and organisation from Sarah Fryer (Sheffield High School for Girls) and Gina Johnson (High Storrs School), the Sheffield and District CA branch held...
Nabataean Coins: A Royal Rebrand
AUTHOR: Han Parker Our Expert in Residence, Hannah Parker (@historical_han), shares some of her latest research in a CA Member exclusive by exploring the shift in the way in which Nabataean kings appeared...
Classical Texts in the KS3 English Curriculum
AUTHOR: Claire Woozley Early January in a busy, urban school and I’m lucky enough to be watching lessons centred around Simon Armitage’s earthy translation of The Odyssey. Having worked closely with our trust-wide English...
