Classics

Papyrologist Roberta Mazza faced intimidation and legal threats when she blew the whistle on the multimillion-pound trade in illicit papyri

Classics-loving British transplant to the Ivy League describes the joy of translating ancient texts just for the gift of the intellectual struggle

The philosopher and author of The Fourfold Remedy: Epicurus and the Art of Happiness on Asterix, architecture, Aristippus and discovering the power of ideas

With contention about diversity adding to concerns about employability and declining student numbers, does Classics in the US need rebranding or rethinking? Paul Basken reports

Ambitious plans should enable research centre to apply its unique insights to ‘contemporary cultural, political and social understanding’

Cambridge scholar says subject is not just for ‘posh people who’ve done Latin for ages’

The Classics scholar and author of Mapping the Afterlife: From Homer to Dante talks about discovering Roman Britain in the Australian heat and how a sports-car-driving teacher fuelled her interest in Latin

Robert Eaglestone praises a bold attempt to reveal how much of our moral thinking is still conducted in the shadow of the ancient Greeks

The Howard University Classics professor discusses his conservative upbringing, his move from science to the humanities and the need for better leadership

Liz Gloyn enjoys a bold attempt to tell the story of a fascinating but largely forgotten woman

Book of the week: Robert Segal on a work that strives to restore the centrality of narrative to tales as old as time

Rachel Moss on how classrooms of the Middle Ages schooled boys in emotional intelligence

Tributes paid to a scholar who revolutionised study of the world’s earliest known written language

Parallels tell us little about the complexities of scientific innovation, writes Emma Gee

Barbara Graziosi finds flaws in a claim that Roman wives and mothers held true power

Book of the week: Rachel O’Neill on a study of how the manosphere cloaks anti-female rhetoric in ancient borrowings

Elegant theories provide a new narrative about Presocratic philosophers, writes Emma Gee

The leading historian of the Balkans discusses a fortuitous meeting with his future wife, secrecy in higher education, and why postgraduates should dedicate their theses to their mothers

Reed College responds to student complaints that its flagship module was too white, too male and too Eurocentric

There’s more to the vases of ancient Athens than initially meets the eye, finds Barbara Graziosi

Project encourages students to explore the past of Roehampton’s Georgian mansions and teacher training colleges

Books offer an experience, evidence trail and egalitarianism that could never be digitised, say Al Martinich and Tom Palaima

Book of the week: Classical heroes can teach modern society much about anger management, notes Barbara Graziosi

Do ancient cultural ideas drive the insistence that Greece pay all its bills in full? asks Emma Gee

The Italian scholar discusses how Machiavelli might have appraised current politics, the benefits of birdwatching and discovering Stevie Wonder

Victoria Leonard on bringing equality to the world's largest reference tool

Medieval employment practice used by University of Amsterdam may help to preserve under-threat humanities disciplines, experts say

Barbara Graziosi on a lively account of the opposition between an authoritarian state and a mercantile democracy

An entertaining study covers everything from doctors to patients, diagnosis to treatment and sex to death, says Jane Draycott

Some scholars claim plans are more about improving staff visibility to students than brightening corridors

Forget about snakes and shamrocks, says Philip Freeman, and meet the man behind the myth

Following textual ‘clues’ sheds little new light on an ancient literary figure, says Barbara Graziosi

The final few months of a PhD can often be the hardest, so here are a few tips from a doctoral candidate who recently submitted her thesis

Candida Moss on a work tracing the history of thinkers who saw no place for the deities

A search for shared motifs in folklore and Classics is impressively broad-ranging, says Barbara Graziosi

UK maintains its strength in the arts while US loses ground

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones appreciates a nuanced biography of a complex ruler whose achievements are often ignored

Barbara Graziosi on an ambitious and well-researched study

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones on the complex thesis emerging from a study of the Histories

A major figure’s rise and fall reveals a gap between discourse and reality, Barbara Graziosi finds

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones on the drama that formed and maintained Near Eastern civilisations

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones on the Persian king who has always been sidelined by Alexander the Great

Despite a quibble over guides, a personal tour of classical literature delights Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones on a merging of the sexy myth of superwomen and history of nomadic fighters

Tom Palaima considers a compact history of the ideas about our inner voice

Barbara Graziosi on a study of female labour and ancient Greek poetry

A light-hearted approach to a harrowing subject is illuminating and packs a punch, finds Tom Palaima

Barbara Graziosi ponders the different types who, over several centuries, criss-crossed the Mediterranean

Did you hear the one about the headless ostrich? Amy Richlin is amused by a study of early gags

Rebecca Langlands lauds an intricate evocation of the volcanic region’s history

An autobiographical tale of country music fandom resonates with Susan Deacy

Barbara Graziosi on the ‘management consultant’ whose advice was sought for more than 1,000 years

Barbara Graziosi discovers what went on in the bedroom in ancient Greece

Susan Deacy on true immortality

Barbara Graziosi on female adherents to an ancient philosophy

Barbara Graziosi evaluates a crash course in classical myth

Judith Weingarten on an island emporium in the midst of a sea of sand

Barbara Graziosi on a renowned reviewer’s disciplinary skirmishes

Roger Rees on gaining some understanding of the linguistic and literary richness of Latin poetry without knowing the language