Professor Tim Whitmarsh
- Regius Professor of Greek
Available to supervise doctoral students
Contact
Location
- Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA, tjgw100@cam.ac.uk
About
Tim is Regius Professor of Greek, having previously held the positions of A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture (Cambridge) and Professor of Ancient Literatures (Oxford).
He chairs the British Academy's Classics Section, and sits on the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Classics.
He co-edits the book series Classics in Theory (Oxford University Press) and Cambridge Classical Studies (Cambridge University Press).
Until 2025 he was Editor in Chief of the fifth edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary.
He is an Honorary Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Research
Tim works on all areas of Greek literature and culture, with a particular emphasis on the culture of Greeks under the Roman Empire. He has also written on religion and atheism in the ancient world, and on identity issues.
He is a specialist in Greek literature and culture of all periods, but particularly the Roman Empire.
Teaching and supervision
Available to supervise doctoral students