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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

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.