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) Tyler Broome Doctoral Researcher PhD titleInformal Diplomacy in Ancient Rome: An Analysis of Role-Based Persuasion in Cicero's LettersSupervisorsDr Henriette van der Blom and Professor Asaf SiniverCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Cinzia DuBois Doctoral Researcher PhD titleA Classical #MeToo Movement: An Analysis of Retellings of Mythological Women Published After 2016SupervisorsDr Elena Theodorakopoulos and Dr Rachel SykesCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Cannon Fairbairn Doctoral Researcher PhD titleThe Role of Breastfeeding in Ancient Egyptian Religion and KingshipSupervisorsDr Leire Olabarria and Dr Katharine SykesCourseArchaeology PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning) Zoe Fox Doctoral Researcher PhD title"Free the trunk of the great oak from all that still spoils it": Demolition, Displacement, and Monumentality in Augustan and Fascist RomeSupervisorsProfessor Diana Spencer and Dr Lloyd JenkinsCourseClassics 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 PhD titlePrehistoric Pots, Peoples and Personhood; Exploring the Role of Ceramics in the Early Holocene Hunter-Gatherer Communities of the East BalticSupervisorsPaul Garwood and Dr David SmithCourseClassics 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 titleAn Exploration of the Virgilian Structure of the Aeneid and its Re-use in a Seiection of Earky Gunpowder Epics and Biblical EpicSupervisorsDr Philip Burton and Dr Jonathan WillisCourseClassics and Ancient History 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) Jonathan Mueller Doctoral Researcher PhD titleA Harmony of Opposition: Poetry and Philosophy in Platonic DialoguesSupervisorsDr Theodora Hadjimichael and Dr Philip BurtonCourseClassics and Ancient History 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) 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 PhD titleBeyond the border: Exploring the cult sites of Ancient Arkadia and LakoniaSupervisorsDr 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 PhD titleRe-classifying Iron Age marsh-fortsSupervisorsProfessor Henry Chapman and Dr David SmithCourseArchaeology 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 ComparisonSupervisorsDr Roger White and Dr Leire OlabarriaCourseClassics 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)
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)
Tyler Broome Doctoral Researcher PhD titleInformal Diplomacy in Ancient Rome: An Analysis of Role-Based Persuasion in Cicero's LettersSupervisorsDr Henriette van der Blom and Professor Asaf SiniverCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Cinzia DuBois Doctoral Researcher PhD titleA Classical #MeToo Movement: An Analysis of Retellings of Mythological Women Published After 2016SupervisorsDr Elena Theodorakopoulos and Dr Rachel SykesCourseClassics and Ancient History PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Cannon Fairbairn Doctoral Researcher PhD titleThe Role of Breastfeeding in Ancient Egyptian Religion and KingshipSupervisorsDr Leire Olabarria and Dr Katharine SykesCourseArchaeology PhD/MA by Research (On-Campus or by Distance Learning)
Zoe Fox Doctoral Researcher PhD title"Free the trunk of the great oak from all that still spoils it": Demolition, Displacement, and Monumentality in Augustan and Fascist RomeSupervisorsProfessor Diana Spencer and Dr Lloyd JenkinsCourseClassics 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 PhD titlePrehistoric Pots, Peoples and Personhood; Exploring the Role of Ceramics in the Early Holocene Hunter-Gatherer Communities of the East BalticSupervisorsPaul Garwood and Dr David SmithCourseClassics 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 titleAn Exploration of the Virgilian Structure of the Aeneid and its Re-use in a Seiection of Earky Gunpowder Epics and Biblical EpicSupervisorsDr Philip Burton and Dr Jonathan WillisCourseClassics and Ancient History 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)
Jonathan Mueller Doctoral Researcher PhD titleA Harmony of Opposition: Poetry and Philosophy in Platonic DialoguesSupervisorsDr Theodora Hadjimichael and Dr Philip BurtonCourseClassics and Ancient History 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)
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 PhD titleBeyond the border: Exploring the cult sites of Ancient Arkadia and LakoniaSupervisorsDr 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 PhD titleRe-classifying Iron Age marsh-fortsSupervisorsProfessor Henry Chapman and Dr David SmithCourseArchaeology 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 ComparisonSupervisorsDr Roger White and Dr Leire OlabarriaCourseClassics 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)