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The Department of Classics is an academic division in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at
King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...
. It is one of the oldest and most distinguished university departments specialising in the study of classical antiquity in the
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.


History


Foundation

King's College was established in 1829 under the patronage of
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. Its
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outlined its mission as "the general education of youth in which the various branches of Literature and Science are intended to be taught, and also the doctrines and duties of Christianity ..inculcated by the United Church of England and Ireland." The College counted among its founders and benefactors the
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, who was
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at the time, and a number of other eminent politicians and theologians of the
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. The College included a Chair of Classical Literature as part of its foundational setup. Classical subjects, along with Law, Literature and Theology, were therefore taught at King's from the day it first formally opened its doors in 1831. The inaugural Professor of Classical Literature was the English scholar
Joseph Anstice Joseph Anstice (1808 – 29 February 1836) was an English classical scholar, and for four years professor of classical literature in King's College London. Biography Anstice born at Madeley Wood Hall, Madeley, Shropshire, second son of William An ...
, whose introductory lecture on the enduring significance of classical education marked the beginning of what is today the Classics Department.


The Tale of Troy

''The Tale of Troy'' is the title given to a series of famous performances in London between 1883 and 1887. George Charles Winter Warr, Professor of Classical Literature from 1879 to 1901, developed an adaptation of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'' entitled ''The Tale of Troy''. Four performances were scheduled in late May and early June 1883, two in English and two in the original Greek. The goal was to raise sufficient funds to secure premises in
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for the newly founded King's College Lectures for Ladies. Although originally planned on a modest scale, the end product was a lavish spectacle staged in the
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mansion of Sir Charles and Lady Freake. The plays were attended by prominent figures in scholarship, art, music, theatre and high society. The production was revived in May 1886, this time to raise funds for the extension of university teaching in London. This expanded version was moved to
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in
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and included the story of Orestes, adapted from Aeschylus's ''Oresteian Trilogy''. The Prince and Princess of Wales were also in attendance. The complete final version was published in 1887 under the title ''Echoes of Hellas'' with illustrations by
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.


The Koraes Chair

The Koraes Chair of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature was established at King's College in 1918 to serve as the focal point in Britain for Hellenic studies beyond antiquity. It was championed by the likes of the Anglo-Hellenic League and by
Eleftherios Venizelos Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos (, ; – 18 March 1936) was a Cretan State, Cretan Greeks, Greek statesman and prominent leader of the Greek national liberation movement. As the leader of the Liberal Party (Greece), Liberal Party, Venizelos ser ...
, then Prime Minister of the Hellenic Parliament and a close friend of King's College Principal
Ronald Montagu Burrows Ronald Montagu Burrows (16 August 1867 – 14 May 1920) was a British archaeologist and academic, who served as Principal of King's College London from 1913 to 1920. Early life He was born on 16 August 1867 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, th ...
. Burrows was himself a famous classical scholar and philhellene. The Koraes Chair is named in honour of Adamantios Koraes, the founding father of the modern Greek nation state. Its inauguration also marked the beginning of the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, which has itself since been merged into the Department of Classics. The Koraes Chair was recently held by
Roderick Beaton Sir Roderick Macleod Beaton, FBA, FKC (born 29 September 1951)
for a thirty-year period from 1988 to 2018. It is currently held by the Belgian-American scholar
Gonda Van Steen Gonda Aline Hector Van Steen (born 8 April 1964 in Aalst, Belgium) is a Belgian-American classical scholar and Linguistics, linguist, who specialises in ancient and modern Greek language and literature. Since 2018, she has been Koraes Professor o ...
.


Second World War

The
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were hidden directly underneath the department in the tunnels of the now-disused Strand station during the
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. They were only brought back to the
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in nearby
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in 1948, where they have remained since. The work of the original Chair of Classical Literature was split into two separate Chairs of Greek and Latin during this period.


Modern Era

The Centre for Hellenic Studies (CHS) was established at the Department in 1989 to promote research and scholarship of Hellenic history, culture and language. On
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in 2010, plans were announced for the CHS to include teaching alongside its research activities. Under these new arrangements the CHS also came to incorporate the Department of Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies. A public dispute arose in 2010 over plans to axe the last Chair of Paleography in the
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and wider English speaking world. Principal
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announced the controversial plans as part of a College restructuring project. The issue was debated as an
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in
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. The British parliamentarian
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visited the College in 2011 as
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to deliver a speech on the importance of classical education. In 2014, the Centre for Hellenic Studies merged its teaching and research activities with the Department of Classics. The CHS continues to be a prominent research centre of its own in the Arts & Humanities Research Institute (AHRI).


Location

The Department of Classics is located on the historic
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. It occupies a set of buildings at the corner of
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which are linked internally through a series of corridors and staircases. 169 Strand was purpose-built for College use in 1928 above the disused Strand station and features the old King's coat of arms on its facade. The
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stood on this site from 1832 until its demolition in 1905. 170 Strand contains offices, teaching rooms and the department common room with a balcony overlooking the street. 171 Strand is a corner house with retail operating on ground floor level. Academic offices extend along 39 to 41
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. The King's College London Rifle & Pistol Club (KCLRPC) has occupied the
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underground tunnels beneath the department as their shooting range since the 1920s. The vaults at the rear of the
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buildings house the old Roman Baths on Strand Lane.


Reputation

In the most recent
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(2014), the department ranked 7th out of 22 in the
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for research. The
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ranked Classics at King's as 11th nationally in 2019, and in its 2022 Guide, it ranked Classics as 16th and history (inclusive of ancient history) at 10th. In 2018, the
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ranked the department at 5th nationally and 21st globally. In the Guardian University Guide, Classics & ancient history at King's was rated 22nd out of 26 in 2020, rising to 15th out of 25 in 2021.


Traditions

The King's Greek Play has been an annual tradition since 1953. It is the only dramatic production in the
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to be performed every year in the original
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language. The production has also previously toured
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and
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. The Department of Classics houses a physical archive of related materials and recordings. Every year on the first Thursday of February, the department hosts its annual Runciman Lecture named in honour of
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. The lectures were established in the early 1990s and funded in perpetuity by the Czech count and artist Nicholas Egon. The event is traditionally preceded by an Orthodox Vespers in the College Chapel on the Strand. The Jamie Rumble Memorial Fund was established in 2013 through a major donation from a former student. The Rumble Fund sponsors field trips where students have the opportunity to engage directly with the classical lands in their studies. Travel destinations have so far included
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and
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, with future trips to sites in
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,
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,
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and
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proposed. The Rumble Fund also subsidises an annual guest lecture in classical art. The Department of Classics also supports the Iris Project, an educational charity designed to promote study of the classical world to
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in the
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. Students in the department have the opportunity to teach Latin to disadvantaged children. Student life in the department is administered by the Classics Society (formerly the Classical Society). The Society publishes a journal titled the ''New Satyrica''. A new undergraduate research journal, ''Kerberos'', was also launched in 2018. There is a common room at 170
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which previously housed the departmental library. The Classics Society hosts an annual Winter Ball.


People


Academics

*
Joseph Anstice Joseph Anstice (1808 – 29 February 1836) was an English classical scholar, and for four years professor of classical literature in King's College London. Biography Anstice born at Madeley Wood Hall, Madeley, Shropshire, second son of William An ...
, Professor of Classical Literature (1831-1835) *George Charles Winter Warr, Professor of Classical Literature (1879-1901) *
Arnold Joseph Toynbee Arnold Joseph Toynbee (; 14 April 1889 – 22 October 1975) was an English historian, a philosopher of history, an author of numerous books and a research professor of international history at the London School of Economics and King's Colleg ...
, Koraes Professor of Modern Greek & Byzantine History, Language & Literature (1919-1924) * Edwyn Robert Bevan, Lecturer in Hellenistic History and Literature (1922-1933) *
Leonard Robert Palmer Leonard Robert Palmer (5 June 1906, Bristol – 26 August 1984, Pitney, Somerset) was author and Professor of Comparative Philology at the University of Oxford from 1952 to 1971. He was also a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. Palmer made so ...
, Professor of Classical Literature (1945-1946), Professor of Greek Language & Literature (1946-1952) *
Romilly James Heald Jenkins Romilly James Heald Jenkins (1907 – 30 September 1969) was a British scholar in Byzantine and Modern Greek studies. He occupied the prestigious seat of Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature at King's C ...
, Koraes Professor of Modern Greek & Byzantine History, Language & Literature (1946-1960) * Reginald Pepys Winnington-Ingram, Professor of Greek Language & Literature (1953-1971) *
Howard Hayes Scullard Howard Hayes Scullard (9 February 1903 – 31 March 1983) was a British historian specialising in ancient history, notable for editing the '' Oxford Classical Dictionary'' and for his many published works. Life and career Scullard's father ...
, Professor of Ancient History (1959-1970) * Cyril Alexander Mango, Koraes Professor of Modern Greek & Byzantine History, Language & Literature (1963-1968) * Donald MacGillivray Nicol, Koraes Professor of Modern Greek & Byzantine History, Language & Literature (1970-1988) * Alan Cameron, Professor of Latin Language & Literature (1972-1977) * John Barron, Professor of Greek Language and Literature (1971–1980), Head of Department (1972–1984), Dean of the
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(1976–1980), Director of the
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(1984–1991), Dean of the Institute of Advanced Study (1989–1991) * Averil Millicent Cameron, Professor of Ancient History (1978-1989) * Geoffrey Waywell, Professor of Classical Archaeology (1987-2004) *
Roderick Beaton Sir Roderick Macleod Beaton, FBA, FKC (born 29 September 1951)
, Koraes Professor of Modern Greek & Byzantine History, Language & Literature (1988-2018) * Michael Silk, Emeritus Professor of Classical & Comparative Literature *
Judith Herrin Judith Herrin (; born 1942) is an English archaeologist, byzantinist, and historian of Late Antiquity. She was a professor of Late Antique and Byzantine studies and the Constantine Leventis Senior Research Fellow at King's College London (now ...
, Constantine Leventis Senior Research Fellow *
Charlotte Roueché Charlotte Roueché (née Wrinch) (born 1946) is a British academic who specialises in the analysis of texts, inscribed or in manuscripts, from the Roman, Late Antique, and Byzantine periods. She is particularly interested in those from the Asia ...
, Professor Emeritus of Digital Hellenic Studies * Mary Beard, Lecturer in Classics (1979-1983) *William Fitzgerald, Professor of Latin Language & Literature *
Edith Hall Edith Hall, (born 4 March 1959) is a British scholar of classics, specialising in ancient Greek literature and cultural history, and professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University. She is a Fellow of the Bri ...
, Professor of Classics *
Gonda Van Steen Gonda Aline Hector Van Steen (born 8 April 1964 in Aalst, Belgium) is a Belgian-American classical scholar and Linguistics, linguist, who specialises in ancient and modern Greek language and literature. Since 2018, she has been Koraes Professor o ...
, Koraes Professor of Modern Greek & Byzantine History, Language & Literature


Alumni

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Alfred John Church Alfred John Church (29 January 1829 – 27 April 1912) was an English classical scholar. Church was born in London and was educated at King's College, London, and Lincoln College, Oxford. He took holy orders and was an assistant-master at Merch ...
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* Alex Beard, Chief Executive of the
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*
Alfred John Church Alfred John Church (29 January 1829 – 27 April 1912) was an English classical scholar. Church was born in London and was educated at King's College, London, and Lincoln College, Oxford. He took holy orders and was an assistant-master at Merch ...
, Professor of Latin at
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(1880-1888) * Anthony Crockett,
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(2004-2008) *Donald William James Woodman, Headmaster of
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(1946-1973) *
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, author and archaeologist *Edward Perchard, Editor of Resource Media *Emily Parker, Tours & Choir Manager at
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*Francesca Spiegel, academic at
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*Jack Baldwin, West End actor *Jacob Lipton, Programme Director of the Systemic Justice Project,
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*Jacob Samuel Klein, Associate Professor of Philosophy,
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*John Manners-Bell, Chair of the Logistics and Supply Chain Global Agenda Council of the
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*John Psaropoulos, Editor-in-chief of
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(1999-2009) *Julia Jordan, lecturer at
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*Marie Louise Cookson, narrator and voice over artist * Matthew Phipps Shiell, writer *Nona Shepphard, Associate Director at the
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*Michael Harley, pastor and committee member of the
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*
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, Bishop of Portsmouth *Ralph Jackman, writer *
Roger Bland Roger Farrant Bland, (born 3 April 1955) is a British curator and numismatist. At the British Museum, he served as Keeper of the Department of Portable Antiquities and Treasure from 2005 to 2013, Keeper of the Department of Prehistory and Europ ...
, former curator at the
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and Senior Fellow of the
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,
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*
Virginia Woolf Adeline Virginia Woolf (; ; 25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English writer and one of the most influential 20th-century modernist authors. She helped to pioneer the use of stream of consciousness narration as a literary device. Vir ...
, writer and pioneering
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See also

* Faculty of Arts & Humanities at King's College London


References


External

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