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Faculty of Classics

 

Name Office phone Email address Job titles
Professor Stephen Oakley 01223 742995 spo23@cam.ac.uk Kennedy Professor of Latin, Fellow of Emmanuel College
Michael Okyere Asante moa24@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Dr Frisbee Sheffield, College: Downing, Title of Thesis: The Position of the Individual in Plato’s Republic through the Lens of Kwame Gyekye’s Moderate Communitarianism
Dr Rosanna Omitowoju 01223 335189 rso20@cam.ac.uk University Associate Professor, Fellow and Director of Studies at King's College, Director of Studies at Robinson College
Professor Robin Osborne 01223 335158 (Faculty) ro225@cam.ac.uk Emeritus Professor of Ancient History, Fellow at King's College
Dr Sara Owen 01223 332064 sso10@cam.ac.uk Affiliated Lecturer in Classics, Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Fitzwilliam College

Latest news

Prix des Libraires Payot 2026

23 June 2026

The Faculty is delighted to report that Prof. Josephine Quinn was awarded the Prix des Libraires Payot 2026 on June 18 for her book, Et le monde créa L'Occident (or, How the World Made the West).

Faculty wins University Outreach Award

22 May 2026

The Faculty is delighted to announce that we have been named the recipient of the University Outreach Award at Classics for All ’s 6th annual Impact Awards. The award recognises the Faculty’s extensive outreach and widening participation initiatives designed to break down barriers and make classical subjects accessible to...

Sapienza awards an honorary degree to Prof. Michael Reeve

23 June 2026

On Thursday, June 18, 2026 the Recorate's Senate Hall hosted the ceremony to confer an honorary degree in Philology, Literature and History of the Ancient World upon Prof. Reeve, a foreign member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. The honour was conferred in recognition of his extraordinary scholarly achievements in...

Report of the General Board on the outcome of the Academic Career Pathways (Research and Teaching) 2025–26 exercise

16 June 2026

The Faculty is delighted to report that, with effect from 1 October 2026 to the retiring age, the following will be appointed to University Associate Professorships (Grade 10) Dr Lea Niccolai, T Faculty of Classics Dr Henry Lawlor Spelman, CHR Faculty of Classics