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Academic staff
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Name |
Position and responsibilities |
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Associate Professor Head of Department |
Greek religion Mythology Thessaly Ethnos-identity animals in ancient thought |
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Teaching Fellow Admissions Tutor Languages Coordinator |
Latin language |
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| Dr David Carter |
Associate Professor Head of ISLI |
Greek drama Greek political thought |
d.m.carter@reading.ac.uk | |||
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On leave 2017-18 |
Greek and Latin languages Linguistics Literature Ancient education |
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Professor Director of Postgraduate Research Director of Taught Postgraduate Programmes (Autumn 2017) On leave Spring 2018 |
Plutarch Historiography Biography Greek prose literature Greek history |
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| Dr Andreas Gavrielatos |
Teaching Fellow Dissertations Coordinator and Outreach (Autumn Term 2017) |
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Professor Director of Teaching and Learning |
Greek tragedy and reception Postcolonial Classics |
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Assistant Professor On leave 2016-18 |
Early Christian Latin |
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| Dr Lucy Fletcher |
Teaching Fellow Dissertation Coordinator Library Liaison and International Affairs (including OS students) |
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Associate Professor Director of Taught Postgraduate Programmes Athena SWAN Champion On leave Autumn 2017 |
Reception studies History of scholarship Neoclassicism Philhellenism Political thought |
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Professor Senior Tutor Spring 2018 On leave Autumn 2017 |
Latin linguistics Roman drama Roman song and metre Roman epigraphy |
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Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies Research Division Leader, Research Seminars |
Ethnic identity Multilingualism Hellenistic history Graeco-Roman Egypt Bactria Papyrology Epigraphy
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Professor On leave 2016-19 |
Ancient economy Trade Roman villas Roman aquaculture Italic Hercules |
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School Director of Teaching and Learning Director of Open Online Courses |
Roman history Architecture Ancient books and libraries Digital reconstruction |
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Associate Professor Senior Tutor(Autumn 2017) Exams officer (Autumn-Spring 2017-18) On leave Summer 2018 |
Late antiquity Early Islam Byzantium Economy and society Ancient multilingualism Papyrology Greek epigraphy |
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Professor Head of School |
Classical to Late Antiquity Patristics History of exegesis and hermeneutics The thought of Augustine of Hippo and its reception |
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Professor On leave 2017-18
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Anatolia Egypt Religion Pilgrimage Theoria Transculturalism Origins Chorality Greek song |
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Professor Curator (Ure Museum) Outreach Officer IT CoP On leave Autmun 2017 |
Ancient art Iconography Material culture Art and society Greek vase painting Museum studies Digital Classics |
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Visiting Fellow in Modern Greek in the Centre for Hellenic Studies Teaching Fellow International Affairs(incl. OS students) Placement Officer Outreach Officer (Autumn 2017) |
Modern and ancient Greek language and literature Theatre and drama |
Support Staff
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Name |
Position |
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Mrs Anne Whitbread |
Programme Manager |
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Mr Patrick Holmes |
Student Support Co-Ordinator |
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Mrs Karon Curran |
Student Support Co-Ordinator |
Ure Museum
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Name |
Position |
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Jayne Holly-Wait |
Assistant Curator |
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Claudina Romero |
Education Officer |
Emeritus/Honorary staff
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Name |
Position |
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Professor Emeritus |
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Honorary Fellow of the Classics Department |
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Professor Emeritus |
Graduate Teaching Assistants
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| Mauro Serena | m.serena@reading.ac.uk |
| Lorenzo Livorsi | l.livorsi@reading.ac.uk |