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) Alessandro Carabia Doctoral researcher PhD titleSpace, population and economy in a frontier region: Liguria in the context of the Western Byzantine provinces AD 500-700CourseByzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies 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) Stephanie Novasio Doctoral researcher PhD titleSearching for Identities: a meeting of text and material culture in the Byzantine Life Course CE 1204-1453SupervisorProfessor Leslie BrubakerCourseByzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies 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) Ben Salisbury Doctoral Researcher PhD titleBefore Public Opinion: The Role of Tribunes of the Plebs in Creating, Manipulating, and Responding to Popular Sentiment, c. 70 - 49 BCSupervisorsDr Henriette van der Blom and Dr Hannah CornwellCourseClassics and Ancient History 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) Tulay Yesiltas Doctoral researcher PhD titleWhite Wares: An Art Historical and Archaeological Approach to Medieval CeramicsSupervisorDr Archie DunnCourseByzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies 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)
Alessandro Carabia Doctoral researcher PhD titleSpace, population and economy in a frontier region: Liguria in the context of the Western Byzantine provinces AD 500-700CourseByzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies 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)
Stephanie Novasio Doctoral researcher PhD titleSearching for Identities: a meeting of text and material culture in the Byzantine Life Course CE 1204-1453SupervisorProfessor Leslie BrubakerCourseByzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies 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)
Ben Salisbury Doctoral Researcher PhD titleBefore Public Opinion: The Role of Tribunes of the Plebs in Creating, Manipulating, and Responding to Popular Sentiment, c. 70 - 49 BCSupervisorsDr Henriette van der Blom and Dr Hannah CornwellCourseClassics and Ancient History 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)
Tulay Yesiltas Doctoral researcher PhD titleWhite Wares: An Art Historical and Archaeological Approach to Medieval CeramicsSupervisorDr Archie DunnCourseByzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)