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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: Human Nature in Plato’s Republic
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

Faculty wins University Outreach Award

22 May 2026

The Faculty is delighted to announce that we have been named the recipient of the University Outreach Award at Classics for All ’s 6th annual Impact Awards. The award recognises the Faculty’s extensive outreach and widening participation initiatives designed to break down barriers and make classical subjects accessible to...

Cambridge and Yale Postgraduates Explore Ancient Environments

20 May 2026

In late March, postgraduate researchers from the Cambridge Faculty of Classics travelled to Yale University for the second Yale-Cambridge Roman Empire Workshop. Held over three days in New Haven, Connecticut, the international conference brought together early-career scholars and senior faculty from archaeology, classics...

CANCELLED: Gray Lectures 2026

18 May 2026

Unfortunately, this year's J.H. Gray Lectures have been cancelled due to speaker ill-health. We are sorry for the short notice and for any inconvenience caused.

Phyle Project

5 May 2026

The Faculty is delighted to announce that Dr Daniel Sutton has won a Phyle Project Award, for scholars working on how democracy has been preserved, restored, or recovered across time. For more information please see the Phyle Project website .