Dr Ingo Gildenhard will be taking up the position of University Lecturer in Classics (Latin Literature) on 1 January 2013. He has degrees from Pomona College and Princeton University, and is currently Professor of Classics & the Classical Tradition in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University. His research interests range from Latin literature (with a special emphasis on Cicero, Virgil, and Ovid) to Roman culture (especially the political culture of the Roman republic and early principate) to the classical tradition and literary and social theory.