by Lilah Grace Canevaro, Mirko Canevaro, Henry Stead, Eris Williams-Reed The CUCD Equality and Diversity Report published in 2020 offered a valuable insight into the ‘current state of the discipline’ and has since prompted some productive actions across the UK and beyond. At the outset, the report indicated that its analysis focused on gender and READ MORE
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Working-Class Classics: Myths, Stories and Experiences
Lilah Grace Canevaro and Mirko Canevaro, University of Edinburgh ‘Working-Class Classics: A Conversation’ took place on Thursday 22nd April. The event featured 10 speakers and was attended by over 60 people. The presentations were impassioned, the discussion equally so, and the sharing of war stories had a powerful impact. We heard from undergraduates, postgraduates, postdocs and READ MORE
Classics and the Unprotected Characteristic: Towards a Network of Working-Class Classicists
Lilah Grace Canevaro and Mirko Canevaro, University of Edinburgh Class is not listed as a protected characteristic in the Equality Act 2010. Class is not necessarily visible, and it is not always talked about. But class plays a crucial role in both access to university and the university experience. The class divide is particularly evident READ MORE
Book review: The Class Ceiling: Why it Pays to be Privileged
Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison 2019, Policy Press (Bristol University Press) Friedman and Laurison shift the debate from ‘getting in’ to ‘getting on’. They show that our class origins don’t just disappear the minute we enter the workplace. Class origins are ‘sticky’, and the playing field never really levels. There is a 16% class pay READ MORE