Biography
My PhD in classical linguistics, funded by the Gates Cambridge Trust, focuses on the effect of accentual paradigms on the composition of Late Antique Greek poetry. My broader research concerns the points of contact Latin and Greek shared with the Semitic languages and cultures of the Mediterranean area, especially with regard to Christianity after Nicaea and the first centuries of Islam.
Prior Education:
- MPhil Classics (Distinction), Peterhouse, University of Cambridge
- MIslStud Islamic Law and Fiqh (Distinction, Charles Sturt Medal), Charles Sturt University
- LLB (Honours Class I), University of Sydney
- BA Classics (Honours Class I, University Medal), University of Sydney
- DipLangStud Arabic Language and Cultures, University of Sydney
Research
- Linguistics of Latin and Greek (focusing on phonology and graphemics)
- Language contact between Greek and Semitic languages (Arabic, Syriac, Ge'ez) in Late Antiquity
- Christian-Muslim relations
- Legal traditions of the Abrahamic religions within pluralist secular systems
- Colonial legal systems
Publications
- (2023) 'Latin Transcriptions of Islamic Formulas in Medieval Iberian Texts on Muḥammad', Al-Qanṭara: Revista de Estudios Árabes 44(1) https://doi.org/10.3989/alqantara.2023.001
- (2022) (with Daniel Hanigan) 'Autopsy and Didactic Authority: Rethinking the Prologue of the Periodos to Nicomedes', Classical Quarterly 72(2): 558-572 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009838822000684
- (2018) 'Jesus as God's Word: A Comparative Study in Islamic and Christian Theologies', Australian Journal of Islamic Studies 3(2): 68-85 https://doi.org/10.55831/ajis.v3i2.117
- (2016) 'Old Age: The New Sappho and the Mimnerman Tradition', Classicum 42(1): 2-13
- (2020) (with Rebecca Brown) ‘Implementing the Law of the Sea: The case of Russia in arbitrations under UNCLOS’ in Marta Chantal Ribeiro, Fernando Loureiro Bastos and Tore Henriksen (eds) Global Challenges and the Law of the Sea (Cham: Springer): 287-317
Teaching and Supervisions
I provide supervisions at various colleges in Latin language; Greek language; the history of Late Antiquity; and classical and comparative philology and linguistics. I teach Latin and Greek language classes in the Faculty of Classics as a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant (PTA). I also provide teaching for outreach programmes, including the Sutton Trust Summer Schools and the Cambridge Higher Aspirations Scheme.
I am an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA).
Other Professional Activities
- Conference Administrator (Programme Secretary), The Classical Association (2022-2023)
- Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition:
- Team Advisor, University of Cambridge (2021-2022)
- Team Advisor, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (2018-2019)
- Research Assistant, Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project (2021)
- Conference Team Member, Cambridge International Law Journal (2020-2021)
- Student Director, International Law Students Association (2019-2020)
- Admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales (since 2022)
- Member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple (since 2023)
