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Faculty of Classics

 

Name Office phone Email address Job titles
Yfke Van Der Heijden yv211@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Dr Myrto Hatzimichali, College: Peterhouse, Title of Thesis: What is Platonic Phusis? An investigation into Nature’s Role in the Political Texts
Professor Caroline van Eck 01223 332978 cav35@cam.ac.uk Professor of Art History; Fellow of King's College
Erik Van Kesteren emv32@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Dr Frisbee Sheffield, College: Girton, Title of Thesis Preliminary): Nature and Education in Plato and Aristotle
Dr Helen Van Noorden 01223 767500 (Faculty), 760350 (College) hav21@cam.ac.uk Wrigley Fellow, Director of Studies and College Associate Professor in Classics, Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Classics
Anna Vangelatou av654@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Dr Yannis Galanakis, College: Magdalene, Title of Thesis: Acquiring the Mediterranean: exploring local agencies in the acquisition of antiquities from Greece and the Ottoman Empire by Charles Newton at the British Museum, ca. 1861-1886
Vaiva Vasiliauskaite vv329@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Prof. Renaud Gagné, College: Newnham, Title of Thesis: Theology of Space in the Ancient Greek Hymnic Tradition
Professor Caroline Vout 01223 767501 (Faculty), 334923 (College) cv103@cam.ac.uk Professor of Classics, Director of the Museum of Classical Archaeology , Fellow in Classics at Christ's College and Director of Studies in Classics

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.