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The Women’s Classical Committee was founded in 2015 to support women in classics and promote feminist and gender-informed perspectives in classics.

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    8 Jul 2020

    Call for contributions to the WCC UK blog. If any of our fabulous and brilliant members feel like doing some writing, get in touch!

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    Sep 3

    New article live this lunchtime: Great Dover Street woman - the burial of a 2nd/3rd C woman in Roman London with a contested interpretation as a gladiator. Grateful for amendments and additions folks 🙏

    Hi - I'm trying to get enough info to start a Wiki page for for The 'Great Dover Street woman' - a Roman burial in London suggested to be that of a woman gladiator. Got a few for and against this ID, but I'd welcome any refs that mentions this grave.
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  3. Sep 2

    The Women’s Classical Committee UK invites proposals for a seminar series aimed at late-stage PhDs and early career academics (self defined), to run online on Tuesdays at 5 pm (GMT) on Zoom throughout October and November 2021. For more details, see

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    Sep 2

    Earlier this year, to celebrate the first anniversary of our launch, we held a panel discussion with about our experiences as BIPOC classicists and ideas for the future of the discipline. The recording is now on YouTube - enjoy & share widely!

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    Aug 28

    🚨 LAUNCH ALERT! 🚨 Today we announce the launch of a new website, , representing neurodiversity in Classics. Please explore - and share as widely as possible, on and off Twitter! 1/4

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    Sep 1

    Would you like to get involved with ? Even if you've never edited before, you're welcome! We're editing together on Zoom on Wednesday 22 September 13.00-15.00 BST. DM or email womensclassicalcommittee@gmail.com for joining details

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    Aug 27

    Check out her page here: . Image of those beautiful mosaics from her page, but we'd love to feature her picture

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    Aug 27

    Borka Dragojević-Josifovska (in Serbian: Борка Драгојевић-Јосифовска) (1910 - 2004) was a Bosnian archaeologist, museum curator, numismatist& philologist. She was Prof of Classical Philology at Ss. Cyril & Methodius University of Skopje, & she worked on class arch in N Macedonia

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    Aug 27

    Käthe Bosse-Griffiths (1910 – 1998) was an eminent Egyptologist. Born in Germany, she moved to Britain as a political refugee and married a Welshman. She became a writer in the Welsh language, and made a unique contribution to Welsh literature (featured at head)

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    Aug 27

    ...& The Etruscans (1975).

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    Aug 27

    Dora Jane Hamblin (1920 – 1993) was an American journalist and editor. She was the Rome bureau chief for Life magazine in Rome from 1956 to 1960. She wrote Pots and Robbers (1970), Buried Cities and Ancient Treasures (1973), The First Cities (1973), The Appian Way (1974)...

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    Aug 27

    Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich is a German philologist. She specializes in medieval and neo-Latin literature, and the medieval reception of Ovid. She didn't have her own page, she was only mentioned on her husband's page 🙃

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    Aug 27

    ... especially the work of the Nigerian dramatist Femi Olofisan

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    Aug 27

    Olakunbi Ojuolape Olasope is a Prof of Classics at the University of Ibadan. She is an expert on Roman social history, Greek and Roman theatre, & Yoruba classical performance culture. Olasope is known for her work on the reception of classical drama in West Africa...

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    Aug 27

    Kalliope (Greek: Καλλιόπη) was an Indo-Greek queen & wife of Hermaeus, a Western Indo-Greek king of the Eucratid Dynasty. He ruled the territory of Paropamisade in the Hindu-Kush region. Their reign dates from the first quarter of the first century BC

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    Aug 27

    Abigail Brundin is Prof. of Italian & the first female Director of the British School in Rome. She is an expert on the literature and culture of Italy in the renaissance & early modern periods.

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    Aug 27

    Josephine Platner Shear (1901 - 1967) was an American classical archaeologist and numismatist, who was excavation and numismatic lead for the Agora excavations, Athens. See her page here:

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    Aug 27

    This August, made great strides forward to improve the representation of classicists (broadly conceived) who identify as women and non-binary online. We created or edited ✨8✨ articles, read on to meet these heroes...

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    Aug 31

    Just doing some admin to tell members the sign-up for mentoring triads for 2021-22 is now open - paid up members of the WCC UK can sign up at

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    Aug 26

    We had a great editing session today, with lots of new pages for women in classics (broadly conceived), thread coming at the end of the month! ☀️🎓✨

    This is today! You're welcome to join us, even if you just want to find out more about the initiative rather than get involved with editing, we'd love to chat!
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    Aug 26

    This is today! You're welcome to join us, even if you just want to find out more about the initiative rather than get involved with editing, we'd love to chat!

    The next editing meet-up is happening on ✨Thursday 26 August, 13.00-15.00✨We're editing together on Zoom & we would love for you to join in. We can assist with training if needed, or answer questions, chew over ideas, & offer a sociable & friendly space!
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