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Faculty of Classics

 

Name Office phone Email address Job titles
Nigel Thompson 01223 335193 administrator@classics.cam.ac.uk Administrative Officer
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
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 (preliminary): The Divine in Ancient Historiography

Latest news

Exhibition awarded 5 stars

23 July 2024

The new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Paris 1924: Sport, Art, and the Body , Co-curated by Classics' Carrie Vout has been awarded 5 stars by the Guardian. "Timed to coincide with next week’s return of the Olympics to the French capital – is a revelation from first to last. You soon begin to realise that those Games...

VIEWS project Visiting Fellowships

20 May 2024

We invite applications for two funded VIEWS project Visiting Fellowships, with a deadline of 30th June 2024. For further details please follow this link.

Dr Richard Duncan-Jones FBA 1937-2024

19 May 2024

The Faculty is saddened by news of the death of Dr Richard Duncan-Jones FBA FSA. He had been a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College since 1963 where he was a college lecture in Classics and Director of Studies for many years.

New appointment in Latin literature

15 May 2024

The Faculty is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Elena Giusti as a new Assistant Professor of Latin literature. She will join the Faculty in the new academic year. Elena will be joining from the University of Warwick, where she is currently Associate Professor of Latin . She works broadly on Roman literature and...