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The Faculty of Classics would like to congratulate our Early Career Researchers who have secured new positions elsewhere in the UK and abroad. We thank Il-Kweon, Michael, Tom, Ludo, and Lea for all their contributions to our Classics community and wish them the very best for the next steps in their careers.

Dr Il-Kweon Sir has been appointed to a lectureship in the Department of Classical Studies at Western University in Ontario.

Dr Michael Loy has been appointed to a lectureship in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Durham.

Dr Thomas Matthews Boehmer has been appointed to a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester. He will be working on ‘Big Data and the Roman Dead: Archaeological Explorations around Age and Agency’.

Dr Ludovico Pontiggia has been appointed to a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. His project will focus on epic poetry in the Late Antique period.

Dr Lea Cantor has been appointed to a lectureship in the History of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield which she will take up in September 2025.



Latest news

Teaching Associate in Classical Art and Archaeology

27 February 2026

The Faculty of Classics is seeking to appoint a temporary Teaching Associate in Classical Art and Archaeology from 1 October 2026 for twelve months. The post is open to those at any stage of their career, with a primary research and teaching interest in any area of Classical Archaeology. The Faculty is particularly...

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.