Women's Classical Committee Publications

Women's Classical Committee Publications

The Women’s Classical Committee was founded in 2015 in the United Kingdom with the following aims:

• Support women* in classics**
• Promote feminist and gender-informed perspectives in classics
• Raise the profile of the study of women in antiquity and classical reception
• Advance equality and diversity in classics

*By ‘women’ we include all those who self-define as women, including (if they wish) those with complex gender identities which include ‘woman’, and those who experience oppression as women.
** By ‘classics’ we understand the study of the ancient Mediterranean world and its reception, including but not limited to scholarship by students and post-holders in academic departments of Classics and Ancient History.
People of any gender expression or identity who support these aims are welcome to become members and to put themselves forward for office.

• 1. Victoria Leonard and Liz Gloyn (2016) ‘The Women’s Classical Committee: Origins and Visions,’ Classical Association blog.
• 2. Victoria Leonard and Liz Gloyn (2016) ‘The Women’s Classical Committee: Origins and Visions,’ republication for CUCD Bulletin. [Link to publication] [Opens PDF]
• 3. Victoria Leonard and Irene Salvo (2016) with contributions from Emma Bridges, Kate Cook, Lisa Eberle, Katherine McDonald and Amy Russell, ‘Women in Classics in the UK: Numbers and Issues.’ [Link to publication]
• 4. Victoria Leonard and Irene Salvo (2016) with contributions from Emma Bridges, Kate Cook, Lisa Eberle, Katherine McDonald and Amy Russell, ‘Women in Classics in the UK: Numbers and Issues,’ republished by CUCD Bulletin. [Link to publication] [Opens PDF]
• 5. Lucy Jackson and Victoria Leonard (2016) ‘Launching the Women’s Classical Committee,’ CUCD Bulletin. [Opens PDF]
• 6. Lucy Jackson and Victoria Leonard (2016) ‘Launching the Women’s Classical Committee, UK,’ VIDA (Blog of the Australian Women’s History Network) [Link to publication]
• 7. Emma Bridges, Victoria Leonard, and Claire Millington, ‘Editing a Fairer Wikipedia: The Women’s Classical Committee Editathon,’ Classics and Social Justice blog [Link to publication]
• 8. Victoria Leonard, ‘How We Doubled the Representation of Female Classical Scholars on Wikipedia,’ Times Higher Education, 11 June 2017 [Link to publication]
• 9. Ellie Mackin, Kate Cook and Rebecca Fallas, ‘Classics and Feminist Pedagogy: Practical Tips for Teaching,’ CUCD Bulletin 2017. [Link to publication]
• 10. Ellie Mackin, Kate Cook and Rebecca Fallas, ‘Practical Tips for Feminist Pedagogy in Classics,’ CUCD Bulletin 2017. [Link to publication]
• 11. Victoria Leonard, ‘Raising women up: visibility, foremothers, and role models in UK higher education,’ London Connection, April 2018 [Link to publication]
• 12. Victoria Leonard, ‘Women in UK Higher Education: Visibility, Foremothers, and Role Models (II)’, The Bedford Centre Blog. For Women’s & Gender History. [Link to publication]
• 13. Victoria Leonard, ‘Female scholars are marginalised on Wikipedia because it’s written by men,’ Guardian 12.12.2018. [Link to publication]