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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
Dr Matthew Ward mw838@cam.ac.uk Teaching Associate in Classics
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: Women and Miniaturization at Greek Sanctuaries
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: The Epigraphy and Palaeography of Cretan Hieroglyphic
Connor Purcell Wood cpw50@cam.ac.uk

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...

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.

“Decoding the Desert” and “Middleton’s Architectural Odysseys” now on CUDL

29 September 2025

Two collections from the Faculty Archives, the photographs of archaeologists Richard Norton and Richard Goodchild in Libya, and notebooks of Victorian architect J. H. Middleton, have been digitised and are available to view on the Cambridge University Digital Library. A gift from the family of Professor Joyce Reynolds -...