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Faculty of Classics

 

Name Office phone Email address Job titles
Leo Palmer lnp24@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Prof. Josephine Crawley Quinn, College: Clare Hall, Title of Thesis (preliminary): Classical Greek Anarchy
Theo Palmer tp513@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Dr Laura Castelli, College: Christ's, Title of Thesis (preliminary): Plato's Sophist
Josey Parker jp776@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Prof. James Clackson, College: Peterhouse, Title of Thesis: The Evolution of Latinitas in Renaissance Italy
Oliver Parkes ojhp2@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Prof. Tim Whitmarsh, College: King's, Title of Thesis: Temporality in the Sibylline Oracles
Dr John Patterson 01223 335169 jrp11@cam.ac.uk Senior Lecturer in Classics (Ancient History), Fellow and Director of Studies at Magdalene College, Director of Studies at Lucy Cavendish College
Dr Rachel Phillips rep57@cam.ac.uk Affiliated Researcher
Harvey Phythian hcp41@cam.ac.uk Teaching Associate in Classics, King's College
Dr Jessica Plant jp694@cam.ac.uk Research Fellow, Clare College
Dr Dominic Pollard dp753@cam.ac.uk British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Dr Adrian Popescu 01223 332949 ap345@cam.ac.uk Affiliated Lecturer in Numismatics
Dr Tomaz Potocnik tp577@cam.ac.uk British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Jamie Lisa Prescott lp591@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Prof. James Warren, College: Magdalene, Title of Thesis: The Portrayal of Epicurus in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura
Clare Pryor cgvyyp2@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Prof. Philip Hardie, College: Christ's, Title of Thesis: The Sublime in the Latin Literature of Late Antiquity

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.