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Faculty of Classics

 

Faculty Contacts

Director of Undergraduate Studies Dr Myrto Hatzmichali

Director of Postgraduate Studies Professor Christopher Whitton

Chief Secretary Ms Lina Undicino

Archivist Dr Rebecca Naylor

Curator Dr Susanne Turner

Librarian Ms Lyn Bailey

General enquiries: receptionist@classics.cam.ac.uk

Undergraduate enquiries:  ug@classics.cam.ac.uk

Postgraduate enquiries:  pg@classics.cam.ac.uk

Postgraduate admission enquiries:  pg-admissions@classics.cam.ac.uk

Questions about and corrections to this website (but not general enquiries) should be addressed to webmaster@classics.cam.ac.uk

 

Caucus Secretaries

(MT = Michaelmas Term, LT = Lent Term, ET = Easter Term)

A (Literature):  Professor Tim Whitmarsh

B (Philosophy): Dr Laura Castelli

C (History):  Dr Hannah Willey 

D (Art & Archaeology): Professor Alessandro Launaro

E (Linguistics): Professor James Clackson

X (Interdisciplinary): Professor Michael Squire 

 

College Contacts (Director of Studies)

Each College appoints a Director of Studies to take care of its undergraduates studying Classics. Directors of Studies arrange supervisions, and guide students through the complexities of the degree. The table below gives the names of current Directors of Studies, and the links will take you to a page with full contact details. Where the job is split, the information in brackets will tell you who is on duty in a particular term or for a particular part of the Tripos. Prospective undergraduate applicants should ordinarily approach the Director of Studies for Prelims or Part 1, if listed.

Christ’s College

Prof. Caroline Vout 

Churchill College

Dr Jerry Toner

Clare College

Dr Charles Weiss

Corpus Christi College

Dr Jo Willmott (Prelim, 1A & 1B), Prof. James Warren LT & ET II), Dr Chiara Martini (MT II)

Downing College

Dr Giulia Maltagliati (MT Prelim, IA; all LT, ET), Dr Frisbee Sheffield (MT IB, II)

Emmanuel College

Prof. Christopher Whitton 

Fitzwilliam College

Dr Sara Owen  

Girton College

Dr Helen Van Noorden

Gonville & Caius College

Prof. Alessandro Launaro 

Homerton College

Dr Myrto Hatzimichali

Hughes Hall

Dr Tori McKee

Jesus College

Prof. James Clackson 

King's College

Prof. Robin Osborne (Prelim, 1A & 1B), Dr Rosanna Omitowoju (II)

Lucy Cavendish College

Dr John Patterson (MT, LT), Dr Peter Martin (ET)

Magdalene College

Dr John Patterson (MT, LT), Dr Peter Martin (ET)

Murray Edwards College

Dr Hannah Willey 

Newnham College

Pembroke College

Dr Moreed Arbabzadah (Prelim & 1A), Prof Torsten Meissner (1B & II)

Peterhouse

Prof. Nick Zair

Queens' College

Dr Tomaz Potocnik 

Robinson College

Dr Rosanna Omitowoju

St. Catharine's College

Dr Charlie Weiss

St. Edmund's College

Dr David Friedman

St. John's College

Dr Elena Guisti (Prelim + IA)

Prof. Jo Quinn (Part IB + II)

Selwyn College

Dr Benedick McDougall

Sidney Sussex College

Dr Ben Kolbeck

Trinity College

Dr Lea Niccolai

Trinity Hall

Dr Robert Machado 

Wolfson College

Dr Robert Machado

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