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Faculty of Classics

 

Name Office phone Email address Job titles
Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill aw479@cam.ac.uk Director of Research, Honorary Professor of Roman Studies
Matthew Ward mw838@cam.ac.uk W.H.D Rouse Junior Research Fellow, Christ's College
Professor James Warren Faculty 01223 761007; College 01223 339996 jiw1001@cam.ac.uk Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Fellow of Corpus Christi College
Dr Charles Weiss 01223 335194 (Faculty), 333265 (College) cw322@cam.ac.uk University Associate Professor, Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Clare College
Professor Tim Whitmarsh tjgw100@cam.ac.uk Regius Professor of Greek
Professor Christopher Whitton 01223 334252 clw36@cam.ac.uk Professor of Latin Literature, Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics, Emmanuel College
Leah Wild lw532@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Prof. Robin Osborne, College: Christ's, Title of Thesis (preliminary): Manufacturing Miniaturisation: The Making of Miniature Deities in the Greco-Roman World
Molly Willett mw855@cam.ac.uk Access & Outreach Coordinator
Molly Willett 07849 093021 mw855@cam.ac.uk Access & Outreach Coordinator
Dr Hannah Willey hrw28@cam.ac.uk Associate Professor of Classics (Ancient History), Fellow & Director of Studies in Prelim and 1A Classics at Murray Edwards
Dr Jo Willmott jcw25@cam.ac.uk Affiliated Lecturer, Director of Studies in Classics (part 1) at Corpus Christi College
Professor Peter Wilson pjw29@cam.ac.uk Fellow of Trinity College , William Ritchie Professor of Classics, The University of Sydney
Merten Wiltshire mgw55@cam.ac.uk Supervisors: Prof. Torsten Meissner and Dr Philippa Steele, College: Darwin, Title of Thesis (preliminary): The Visual and Linguistic Structure of Early Cretan Writing
Connor Purcell Wood cpw50@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Renaud Gagné, College: Trinity, Title of Thesis: Hesiod Unveiled: The 'other poet' among the exegetes

Latest news

The Kennedy Professorship of Latin

13 June 2025

The Board of Electors to the Kennedy Professorship of Latin invite applications for this Professorship from persons whose work falls within the general field of the Professorship to take up appointment on 1 September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. For more information see details here . Closing date: 8 September...

Masters Student wins Roman Society MA dissertation prize

28 May 2025

The Faculty is delighted to announce that Naomi Norden (King’s College) has won joint first place in the Roman Society MA dissertation prize for her 2024 MPhil thesis 'Creating complexity: Paratextuality and Intertextuality in the Works of Ausonius'. Congratulations Naomi!

St John's College Newell Lecture

27 May 2025

This year the St John's College Newell Lecture was delivered by Jackie Murray on the topic of Race and Injustice in Plato's Republic. You can watch a recording of the event here:

Marie Curie / BA postdoctoral fellowship schemes

19 May 2025

The Faculty of Classics invites potential applicants to the MSCA (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) and the British Academy’s Postdoctoral Fellowship schemes within areas relevant to our research clusters: Greek and Latin Literature, Greek and Roman Philosophy, Ancient History, C lassical Art and Archaeology, Classical and...