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Faculty of Classics

 

Name Office phone Email address Job titles
Nigel Thompson 01223 335193 administrator@classics.cam.ac.uk Assistant Registrary
Dr Rupert Thompson 01223 335649 rjet1@cam.ac.uk Senior Lecturer in Classics (Philology and Linguistics), Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Selwyn College, University Orator
Dr Dorothy J. Thompson 01223 354588 djt17@cam.ac.uk Retired Newton Trust Lecturer in Ancient History, Fellow of Girton College
Dr Jerry Toner jpt14@cam.ac.uk Fellow and Director of Studies at Churchill College, Director of Studies at Hughes Hall
Christos Tsitsiridakis ct679@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Dr Frisbee Sheffield, College: Christ's, Title of Thesis (preliminary): Rhetoric and Oblivion in Plato's Phaedrus
Dr Susanne Turner 01223 335153 smt41@cam.ac.uk Curator, Museum of Classical Archaeology
Sebastian Tyrrall sjt203@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Prof. Robin Osborne, College: Jesus College, Title of Thesis: The Divine in Ancient Historiography

Latest news

Teaching Associate in Classical Art and Archaeology

27 February 2026

The Faculty of Classics is seeking to appoint a temporary Teaching Associate in Classical Art and Archaeology from 1 October 2026 for twelve months. The post is open to those at any stage of their career, with a primary research and teaching interest in any area of Classical Archaeology. The Faculty is particularly...

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...

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.