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Classics and Public Policy: Perspectives from the United Kingdom book cover

1st Edition

Classics and Public Policy Perspectives from the United Kingdom

Edited By Arlene Holmes-Henderson Copyright 2026
156 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

156 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book is the first to connect Classics with Public Policy, opening up discussion of the study and application of Classics in, and for, policy communities across the United Kingdom. It confronts and dismantles existing dominant narratives that classicists do not ‘do’ policy and shows that, like any other skill, policy engagement can be taught. It provides examples from UK research and policy... Read more

Introduction

List of Contributors

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Foreword - Dr Peter Swallow MP

PART ONE

1 Classics and Cyber Security: How Homer and Hesiod Can Teach Us More About Cyber Security Than You Might Have Thought
PROFESSOR GENEVIEVE LIVELEY

2 Classics and Educational Policy
PROFESSOR ARLENE HOLMES-HENDERSON MBE

3 Classics and Relationships and Sexuality Education: Sex & History in Wales
PROFESSOR KATE FISHER AND PROFESSOR REBECCA LANGLANDS

4 Classic Collaboration Across Interdisciplinary Fields and Policy Landscapes
K.M. EARNSHAW

5 Ancient History for Today’s International Policy, Culture and Heritage
PROFESSOR ELENA ISAYEV

6 The Classics All-Party Parliamentary Group: A Story of Rebirth
GRÁINNE CASSIDY, PROFESSOR ARLENE HOLMES-HENDERSON MBE AND YUKI TSUJINO

7 From Classics to Campaigns: How a Historical Degree Opened my Eyes to Modern Politics
DR KIRSTY HARROD

PART TWO

8 Classics in the European Union: A Wake-up Call
JULIUS GRAACK

9 Classics in the Scottish Government
YUKI TSUJINO

10 From Fieldwork to Foreign Policy: Why Diplomacy Needs Archaeologists
RACHEL HEATHERLY

11 A Classicist Abroad: Antiquity and Diplomacy
SIR JOHN JENKINS KCMG LVO

12 Classics and Western Diplomacy
SIR SHERARD COWPER-COLES KCMG LVO

13 Greek, Public Service and Diplomacy: Beyond ‘Thucydides’ Trap’
DR JOHN KITTMER

14 Parsing the World: Classics and Foreign Service
JOHN RAINE CMG OBE

15 A Classicist in Office: Antiquity and Politics
SIR MICHAEL FALLON KCB

16 Classics at the Department for Education
ANDREW MCCULLY CBE

17 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Whitehall: Classics and the Road to Becoming a Policy Official
RUSHABH HARIA

18 Classics: An Anchor for Life in Politics
CHARLOTTE LESLIE

19 The Civil Service Classics Network: What Next for Classics and Public Policy?
YUKI TSUJINO

Index

Biography

Arlene Holmes-Henderson MBE is a Professor of Classics Education and Public Policy at Durham University and founder-director of the Durham Centre for Classics Education Research and EngagementS (CERES). In 2026, she was awarded the Classical Association Prize in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the promotion of Classics in the UK, including her pioneering work to better connect Classics and Public Policy.

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