About us

The WCC

The Women’s Classical Committee was founded in the UK in 2015, following the lead of the Women’s Classical Caucus in the USA and the Society for Women in Philosophy in the UK.

You can find the current committee here.

Aims

The Women’s Classical Committee was founded in 2015 in the United Kingdom. Our aims are as follows:

• Support those who identify as women, non-binary people, and people of other marginalised genders in classics*
• Promote feminist and gender-informed perspectives in classics
• Raise the profile of the study of women, non-binary people, and people of other marginalised genders in antiquity and classical reception
• Advance equality and diversity in classics

* 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, Ancient History and Archaeology.

People of any gender expression or identity who support these aims are welcome to attend events, become members and to put themselves forward for office.

We seek to achieve these aims by working independently and with other organisations.  Our activities include:

• Proposal and sponsorship of regular panels at the Classical Association and other UK-based significant conferences for the discipline
• Financial support for members to cover the cost of travel, childcare and other expenses related to their scholarly activities
• Creation and sharing of resources for teaching both feminist approaches within Classics and women in antiquity
• A mentoring programme for PhD students and early-career academics
• Promotion of the positive representation and presence of women on-line

The WCC’s founding members (with their affiliations at the time) were:

• Dr Rosa Andujar, University College London (Steering committee, 2015-17)
• Dr Carol Atack, University of Oxford/University of Warwick (Treasurer)
• Dr Emma Bridges, Open University (Part-time and alt-ac liaison)
• Dr Susan Deacy, University of Roehampton (Disability liaison, staff and post-PhD)
• Dr Jane Draycott, University of Wales Trinity St David (ECR liaison)
• Rhiannon Easterbrook, University of Bristol (Graduate liaison)
• Dr Lisa Eberle, University of Oxford (Steering committee, 2015)
• Dr Liz Gloyn, Royal Holloway University of London (Administrator)
• Dr Katherine Harloe, University of Reading (Co-chair, 2015-16)
• Chloe Hixson, University College London (Disability liaison, post-grads)
• Dr Lucy Jackson, King’s College London (Steering committee, 2015-17)
• Joanna Johnson, Head of Classics, Solihull School (Schools liaison)
• Dr Victoria Leonard, Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London (Co-chair, 2015)
• Prof. Helen Lovatt, University of Nottingham (Steering committee, 2015-16)
• Dr Katherine McDonald, University of Cambridge (ECR liaison)
• Dr Amy Russell, University of Durham (Steering committee, 2015-17)
• Dr Irene Salvo, University of Göttingen (LBGTQI liaison)
• Prof. Amy Smith, University of Reading (Email list and website)
• Dr Efrossini Spentzou, Royal Holloway University of London (Part-time and alt-ac liaison)
• Dr Elena Theodorakopoulos, University of Birmingham (Steering committee, 2015-17)