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Department of Classics and Ancient History

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Head of Department

NameTitle
Professor Roy GibsonProfessor

Academic Staff

NameTitle
Dr Caroline BarronAssistant Professor
Dr Erica BexleyAssociate Professor
Dr Giulia BonasioAssistant Professor
Dr Christopher De LisleAssistant Professor
Dr George GazisAssociate Professor
Dr Andrea GiannottiTeaching Fellow
Dr Nathan GilbertAssociate Professor
Professor Nora GoldschmidtProfessor
Professor Edith HallProfessor
Professor Peter HeslinProfessor
Professor Arlene Holmes-HendersonProfessor of Classics Education and Public Policy MBE
Professor Phillip HorkyProfessor
Professor Jennifer IngleheartProfessor
Dr Lucy JacksonAssociate Professor
Dr Anna JudsonAssistant Professor
Professor Ted KaizerProfessor
Professor Polly LowProfessor
Dr Kostas LygourisTeaching Fellow
Dr Katherine McDonaldAssociate Professor
Dr Sarah MilesAssociate Professor
Dr James OakleyTeaching Fellow
Dr Liam PrestonTeaching Fellow
Professor Edmund RichardsonProfessor
Professor Alberto RigolioProfessor
Dr Edmund ThomasAssociate Professor
Justine WolfendenAssistant Professor (Teaching)
Professor Ioannis ZiogasProfessor

Research Staff

NameTitle
Dr Karl DahmLeverhulme Early Career Fellow
Marta Garcia-MorcilloResearch Fellow
Dr Jacob LollarBritish Academy International Fellow
Dr Mara NicosiaPostdoctoral Research Fellow: BA Newton International Fellow
Dr Sofia PuchkovaAcademic Visitor
Dr Alessandro VatriPost Doctoral Research Associate
Dr Rosie WylesPostdoctoral Research Associate

Emeriti and Honorary Appointments

NameTitle
Dr Thomas CowardHonorary Fellow
Edward HarrisEmeritus Professor
Dr Kathryn LomasHonorary Research Fellow
Simona MartoranaHonorary Fellow
Prof Christopher RoweEmeritus Professor
Prof Martin SmithEmeritus Professor
Prof Anthony WoodmanEmeritus Professor

Research Postgraduates

NameTitle
Marta AntolaResearch Postgraduate
Giulia BernardiniCombined Role
Matilde BertiTeaching Assistant (Casual)
Kathrine BertramStaff
Priscilla BuongiornoTutorials (Ptt)
Pietro CannatellaTeaching Assistant (Casual)
Nikolaos CheimarasResearch Postgraduate
Dr Anactoria ClarkeResearch Postgraduate
Thomas CouldridgeTeaching Assistant (Casual)
Roberto Di TuccioTeaching Assistant (Casual)
Emily DunnResearch Postgraduate
Alison EwinsResearch Postgraduate
Meg FinlaysonResearch Postgraduate
Katerina GottardoTutorials (Ptt)
Fani GoutsiouResearch Postgraduate
Matthieu IsbellResearch Postgraduate
Lorenzo IulianoResearch Postgraduate: Q8A001
Nosheena JabeenResearch Postgraduate
Dr Rory McInnes-GibbonsPost Doctoral Research Associate
Siobhan McShanePart-Time Teacher
Maria MennutiCombined Role
Aaron QuillResearch Postgraduate
Nicola ReevesResearch Postgraduate
Francesca SalvatoriPart-Time Teacher
Lucy SmithPart-Time Teacher
Caitlin SpencerPart-Time Teacher
Magdalena StanilovaDurham Student Ambassador
Elina TzokaCombined Role

Administrative staff 

Name Position Email
Ms Abigail Shovlin Department Manager classics.manager@durham.ac.uk 
Mrs Leanne Haikney Learning and Teaching Manager

classics.ltmanager@durham.ac.uk
Mrs Charlotte Spokes Operations Administrator classics.opsadmin@durham.ac.uk
Miss Rebecca Fraser Learning and Teaching Administrator (UG) classics.ugadmin@durham.ac.uk
Mrs Jayne Ayre Learning and Teaching Administrator (PG) classics.pgadmin@durham.ac.uk

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