Pat Story, CSCP’s second director, reflects on the life of Robin Griffin, who played a crucial role in the development of the Cambridge Latin Course. Robin Griffin and Pat Story pictured at the official launch of the CLC digital resources at the British Museum in 2004. I first met Robin when he was teaching the … Read more
Working towards inclusivity in the Classics classroom is a combination of what we choose to teach and how we choose to teach it. In this post, Rob Hancock-Jones shares some of his experiences teaching Classical Civilisation making use of diverse and inclusive visual aids. A montage of three of the ‘Fayum’ mummy portraits discovered in Egypt and … Read more
Following the success of ‘What Have the Classics Ever Done for Me?‘, Communicator Ltd interviewed Dr Mai Musié about her extraordinary Classics journey, how she came to study Classics and what the subject means to her. This work was sponsored by ourselves, the Classical Association and the Roman and Hellenic societies. Communicator Ltd16/03/2021 Following the … Read more
CSCP recently had the pleasure of collaborating with Communicator Ltd to produce What Have the Classics Ever Done For Me?, a short video which aims to dispel the worries of students (and their parents!) about the value of Classics-related subjects and their associated career prospects. This work was sponsored by us, the Classical Association and the Roman and Hellenic … Read more
In response to those who may think otherwise, Elena Giusti argues that the application of Race Theory and Critical Race Theory to the ancient world is far from a needless intellectual exercise. It enables teachers and students to connect antiquity and modernity while investigating our own biases and making us better interpreters of both societies, and of … Read more
In the first of our “Scholarship for the Classroom” pieces, Caroline Bristow looks at how 2018’s BAME Medea production in Oxford can be used as a piece of scholarship for A Level Classical Civilisation, and provides links to the resources and discussion surrounding it. A still from the from the 2018 production of Medea at Keble College, … Read more
Why do some stories survive thousands of years while others are quickly lost? Many factors affect an ancient text’s chances of survival, but most important is power. If we understand how texts have survived with the aid of each generation’s most empowered, can we then predict which modern classics will survive? From the Classic to … Read more
Diversifying the teaching provision of Classics and Ancient History does not necessarily help us to ‘decolonise’ the discipline and engage in anti-racist pedagogical practice. Dr Elena Giusti reflects on her undergraduate module ‘Africa and the Making of Classical Literature’ at the University of Warwick. Last year, among the many articles that followed the aftermath of the racist incidents … Read more
Discussions have erupted across the Latin teaching community about race and representation in our portrayal of Ancient Rome. Should teachers prioritize equitable representation or historical accuracy? Perhaps these goals are not mutually exclusive. The Portrait of Terentius Neo, Pompeii. There has been a lot of hand-wringing recently in the Latin teaching community about how to … Read more
Director Caroline Bristow addresses the importance of inclusion to the core mission of CSCP: ensuring that Classics flourishes in classrooms. This article also introduces the theme of race and decolonisation which will be the focus of this blog’s opening series of posts. Susan Hadaki, Kiruthiga Koneswaran, Hanifa Izzatillaeva and Nia Smith of Townley Grammar School at the … Read more
