UCL Greek & Latin

Power and Luxury from Persia to Greece
With a view to the British Museum's exhibition Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece, the Department is proud to present an evening of three talks under the heading of Power and Luxury from Persia to Greece. Register on Eventbrite.

Performing Aristophanes in Early Modern Translations
A blog entry by Giovanna Di Martino

Ancient World: New Voices
Our new podcast series features postgraduate students' research on fascinating ancient world topics!

BA Ancient World
Students on our BA Ancient World programme talk about their experience. Watch them here.

Staff research
As well as being at the leading edge in their individual research, our staff are also engaged in major (inter)national collaborative projects.

10 reasons to study with us

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Departmental Newsletter
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Student view
Asia Choudhry gives a student's perspective on the Department.

REF2021 has judged 90% of our department’s research overall to be world-leading or internationally excellent
On that basis, UCL Greek and Latin ranks 2nd in the UK for research in Classics.
In collaboration with UCL's Department of History and UCL's Institute of Archaeology, the Department offers Greek and Latin and ancient Middle Eastern language and literature; ancient history, art history, and archaeology; philosophy, papyrology, and historical linguistics; reception, film, and intellectual history.
Situated in the heart of London, we are at the centre of an unrivalled range of resources for the study of the ancient world, with London's cultural life on our doorstep.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The Department of Greek and Latin are proud holders of an Athena Swan Bronze award.

Sustainability
The Department of Greek and Latin have successfully defended a Gold Award in 2022 for the fifth consecutive year, after the inaugural Silver award in 2017.
