Council of University Classical Departments

The Council of University Classical Departments (CUCD), founded in 1969, is the association of university departments in the United Kingdom in which Classics (the study of Greek and Roman antiquity) and related subjects are taught and researched. As such, it is one of the principal voices of Classics in the UK (alongside others such as the Classical Association, the Joint Association of Classical Teachers, and Friends of Classics), and the only one with a distinctive focus on Higher Education.

The Council is composed of a Representative of each member institution (there are currently 29), and normally meets once a year in November in London.Council minutes since 2010 The Standing Committee, with a membership of around 18, normally meets three times a year in London.Standing Committee minutes since 2009 The Council has published an annual Bulletin since 1972. for an index of contents up to 2005.

In recent years CUCD has been increasingly active in defending and advancing the position of Classics in the UK. On 17 March 2005 the Council, together with Friends of Classics, hosted a reception for parliamentarians and others in the Palace of Westminster, to promote the cause of classical subjects.CUCD Bulletin, 34 (2005), 19-20. CUCD maintains strong links with other Arts, Humanities, and Law subject associations, as well as with the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Classics. The former chair, Robin Osborne, has more than once spoken for the concerns of Humanities subjects in general.

Present and past chairs of CUCD (As recorded in the Bulletin; earliest years not recorded there.)

2018–present Prof. Helen Lovatt 2012-18 Prof. Greg Woolf 2006–12 Prof. Robin Osborne 2003–6 Prof. Graham Shipley 2001–3 Prof. Gillian Clark 1999–2001 Prof. Robert W. Sharples 1997–9 Prof. Christopher J. Rowe 1993–7 Prof. John S. Richardson 1991–3 Prof. P. E. Easterling 1988–91 Prof. T. P. Wiseman 1985–8 Prof. Donald C. Earl 1982–5 Prof. Trevor J. Saunders 1979–82 Prof. Fred Robertson 1976–9 Prof. Eric W. Handley 1973–6 Prof. George B. Kerferd 1972 Prof. H. C. Baldry

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