Gender
Most of the texts, art and architecture that survive from the ancient world were created by men. And, as several of the posts below discuss, they have sometimes been leveraged by men in the 21st century to support misogynistic, homophobic and other discriminatory viewpoints. However, the Classical world is also full of material that can help us unsettle assumptions about gender and sexuality, call out gender inequalities, explore the causes of gender-based violence, promote trans rights, champion inclusion, and celebrate diversity. To find out more, you can browse some of the ‘Applied Classics’ projects and reflections below…
Dialogues between Ancient and Modern Women
In this blog, UG student Lilliana Mitchell discusses her journey as an Applied Classicist and the…
Gaming Antiquity to Critique Modern Ideologies
In this blog, UG student Isabelle Meadows-Gibb discusses what she has learnt about Applied Classics…
Mythogyny
Undergraduate students Emma Brown, Helena Chowdhury-Westlake and Lilliana Mitchell were part of the 2025 Modern…
The Hippolytus Initiative
In 2022, a group of two students, Emily Speed and Duncan Tarboton, created the Hippolytus…
Misogyny, Myth and Modern Classics
Lily Talbot is a third-year student in the School of Classics, taking our Classics for…
Antigone Rising