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Faculty of Classics

 

Name Office phone Email address Job titles
Professor Renaud Gagné 01223 338130 rg404@cam.ac.uk Professor of Ancient Greek Literature and Religion, Fellow of Pembroke College
Dr Yannis Galanakis 01223 338879 (College) ig298@cam.ac.uk Associate Professor in Classics (Classical Art & Archaeology), Director of Archives, Fellow and Director of Studies at Sidney Sussex College
Quinton Gardiner qjg20@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Dr Frisbee Sheffield, College: Corpus Christi, Title of Thesis: Wonder in Plato and Aristotle
Professor Peter Garnsey 01223 339420 pdag1@cam.ac.uk Emeritus Professor of the History of Classical Antiquity, Fellow of Jesus College
Professor Ingo Gildenhard 01223 761005 ig297@cam.ac.uk Professor of Classics and the Classical Tradition, Fellow and Director of Studies at King's College
Dr Elena Giusti eg382@cam.ac.uk Assistant Professor of Latin, Fellow, College Lecturer and Director of Studies in Classics, St John's College
Professor Simon Goldhill 01223 331257 / 335169 sdg1001@cam.ac.uk Professor of Greek Literature and Culture, Fellow, King's College
Professor Emily Gowers 335150 (Faculty); 337869 (College) eg235@cam.ac.uk Chair, Faculty Board of Classics, Professor of Latin Literature, Fellow of St John's College
Dr Benjamin Gray bdg24@cam.ac.uk Assistant Professor in Classics (Ancient History)
Lorcan Greene lpag2@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Prof. Ingo Gildenhard, College: King's, Title of Thesis: Ovid’s Metamorphoses and the Platonic Corpus
Grace Gunning gmg38@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Prof. Rebecca Laemmle, College: Newnham, Title of Thesis: Reading Sophocles Through Chorality

Latest news

Kennedy Professorship of Latin

19 January 2026

The Faculty is delighted to announce that Professor Christopher Whitton has accepted election to the Kennedy Professorship of Latin from 1 October 2026.

Professor Nicholas Zair awarded Leverhulme Research Fellowship

8 January 2026

The Faculty is pleased to announce that Professor Nicholas Zair has been awarded a 3 year Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship from 2026-2029 for his project Understanding Oscan. The Fellowship will allow Nick to spend the next three years working on Oscan, which was spoken widely across Southern Italy between the fifth...

Assistant Professorships in Classics (Greek Literature)

16 December 2025

The Faculty is seeking to appoint two Assistant Professorships in Classics (Greek Literature) from 01 September 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter). Informal enquiries may be directed to Prof. Timothy Whitmarsh, Regius Professor of Greek . Closing date 19 January 2026. Further details are availble here

Dr Ben Gray, Assistant Professor in Classics (Ancient History)

20 October 2025

The Faculty is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Ben Gray ( Birkbeck, University of London) as Assistant Professor in Classics (Ancient History) from 1st January 2026.