Doctoral researchers Back to 'CAHA research' The Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology has a vibrant postgraduate community, carrying out research in a broad range of areas. Profiles of some of our current doctoral researchers and details of their research are listed below: Hebe Barlow Doctoral Researcher PhD titleDegenerative arenas: an examination of the perceived negative influence of spectacular entertainments in the arenas of Ancient Rome and young adult dystopian literature of the Twenty-First century.SupervisorsDr Elena Theodorakopoulos and Dr Gideon NisbetCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Elizabeth Crump Doctoral Researcher PhD titleThe Discourse of Autocracy in Julio-Claudian Literature SupervisorsProfessor Diana Spencer and Dr Gareth SearsCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Cannon Fairbairn Doctoral Researcher Zoe Fox Doctoral Researcher CourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Kyriakos Fragkoulis Doctoral researcher PhD titleLate Roman Pottery from Dion, Greece: The Ceramic Evidence as a Means of Investigating the Historical, Social and Economic Transformations in a City of Central Macedonia during Late AntiquitySupervisorDr Archie DunnCourseByzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Sophie Gingell Doctoral Researcher CourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Lluís Jerez Bertolín Doctoral Researcher PhD titleRural Wage Labour in Late Antique North AfricaSupervisorsDr Gareth Sears and Dr Daniel ReynoldsCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Chris Knibbs Doctoral Researcher PhD titleFemale Exemplars in the Roman WorldSupervisorsDr Elena Theodorakopoulos and Dr Gareth SearsCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Wendy Jane Little Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe Epic Satan of Early Modern EnglandSupervisorsDr Philip Burton and Dr Jonathan WillisCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) David Marsh Doctoral Researcher PhD titleThe traders and consumers of Roman glass in ancient timesCourseArchaeology PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Anastasios Mikalef Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe press in the Ionian Islands during the British rule “1849-1864”SupervisorProfessor Dimitris TziovasCourseByzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Kerrie Myers Doctoral Researcher PhD titleAgents of Divinity in Mesopotamian Incantation Texts (2300-1600 BCE)CourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Ioannis D. Nakas Doctoral Researcher PhD titleThe construction, use and evolution of late Hellenistic and Roman harbours of the AegeanSupervisorsProfessor Henry Chapman and Dr Gareth SearsCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Jacqueline K. Ortoleva Doctoral researcher PhD titleSpace, Body, and Mind: A New Cognitive Approach to the Etruscan Painted Tomb in Tarquinia and OrvietoSupervisorPaul GarwoodCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Angela Parkes Doctoral researcher SupervisorDr Philip BurtonCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Ms Maria D. Petropoulou Doctoral Researcher PhD titleA Full Commentary on Selected Aeschylean Fragmentary PlaysSupervisorDr Elena TheodorakopoulosCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Amy Elizabeth Porter Doctoral Researcher SupervisorsDr Ken Wardle and Professor Henry ChapmanCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Sam Powell Doctoral Researcher PhD titleAncient Egyptian wooden funerary figures in UK collections as a reflection of societal shifts from the end of the Old Kingdom to the Late Middle Kingdom (2350-1802 BCE).SupervisorsDr Leire Olabarria and Professor Henry ChapmanCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Theodore Reeves Doctoral Researcher CourseArchaeology PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Valentina Santini Doctoral Researcher PhD titlePrivate Funerary Beliefs, Conceptions and Religion at Deir el-Medina and Tell el-Amarna: A ComparisonCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Anna Thorogood Doctoral Researcher PhD titleTranslating Troy: Trojan Mythology under the Emperor NeroSupervisorsProfessor Diana Spencer and Dr Gareth SearsCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Jennifer Turner Doctoral Researcher PhD titlePatterns in Text Placement and Performance: Statue biographies from the Third Intermediate PeriodCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Jessica Venner Doctoral Researcher PhD titleHortus ager pauperis erat: Subsistence and commercial production in the urban gardens of first century AD PompeiiSupervisorsDr Gareth Sears and Professor Diana SpencerCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Hebe Barlow Doctoral Researcher PhD titleDegenerative arenas: an examination of the perceived negative influence of spectacular entertainments in the arenas of Ancient Rome and young adult dystopian literature of the Twenty-First century.SupervisorsDr Elena Theodorakopoulos and Dr Gideon NisbetCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Elizabeth Crump Doctoral Researcher PhD titleThe Discourse of Autocracy in Julio-Claudian Literature SupervisorsProfessor Diana Spencer and Dr Gareth SearsCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Zoe Fox Doctoral Researcher CourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Kyriakos Fragkoulis Doctoral researcher PhD titleLate Roman Pottery from Dion, Greece: The Ceramic Evidence as a Means of Investigating the Historical, Social and Economic Transformations in a City of Central Macedonia during Late AntiquitySupervisorDr Archie DunnCourseByzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Sophie Gingell Doctoral Researcher CourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Lluís Jerez Bertolín Doctoral Researcher PhD titleRural Wage Labour in Late Antique North AfricaSupervisorsDr Gareth Sears and Dr Daniel ReynoldsCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Chris Knibbs Doctoral Researcher PhD titleFemale Exemplars in the Roman WorldSupervisorsDr Elena Theodorakopoulos and Dr Gareth SearsCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Wendy Jane Little Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe Epic Satan of Early Modern EnglandSupervisorsDr Philip Burton and Dr Jonathan WillisCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
David Marsh Doctoral Researcher PhD titleThe traders and consumers of Roman glass in ancient timesCourseArchaeology PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Anastasios Mikalef Doctoral researcher PhD titleThe press in the Ionian Islands during the British rule “1849-1864”SupervisorProfessor Dimitris TziovasCourseByzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Kerrie Myers Doctoral Researcher PhD titleAgents of Divinity in Mesopotamian Incantation Texts (2300-1600 BCE)CourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Ioannis D. Nakas Doctoral Researcher PhD titleThe construction, use and evolution of late Hellenistic and Roman harbours of the AegeanSupervisorsProfessor Henry Chapman and Dr Gareth SearsCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Jacqueline K. Ortoleva Doctoral researcher PhD titleSpace, Body, and Mind: A New Cognitive Approach to the Etruscan Painted Tomb in Tarquinia and OrvietoSupervisorPaul GarwoodCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Angela Parkes Doctoral researcher SupervisorDr Philip BurtonCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Ms Maria D. Petropoulou Doctoral Researcher PhD titleA Full Commentary on Selected Aeschylean Fragmentary PlaysSupervisorDr Elena TheodorakopoulosCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Amy Elizabeth Porter Doctoral Researcher SupervisorsDr Ken Wardle and Professor Henry ChapmanCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Sam Powell Doctoral Researcher PhD titleAncient Egyptian wooden funerary figures in UK collections as a reflection of societal shifts from the end of the Old Kingdom to the Late Middle Kingdom (2350-1802 BCE).SupervisorsDr Leire Olabarria and Professor Henry ChapmanCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Theodore Reeves Doctoral Researcher CourseArchaeology PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Valentina Santini Doctoral Researcher PhD titlePrivate Funerary Beliefs, Conceptions and Religion at Deir el-Medina and Tell el-Amarna: A ComparisonCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Anna Thorogood Doctoral Researcher PhD titleTranslating Troy: Trojan Mythology under the Emperor NeroSupervisorsProfessor Diana Spencer and Dr Gareth SearsCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Jennifer Turner Doctoral Researcher PhD titlePatterns in Text Placement and Performance: Statue biographies from the Third Intermediate PeriodCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Jessica Venner Doctoral Researcher PhD titleHortus ager pauperis erat: Subsistence and commercial production in the urban gardens of first century AD PompeiiSupervisorsDr Gareth Sears and Professor Diana SpencerCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)