Find a research supervisor in urbanism and the ancient city In 'Staff' StaffStaff by research area Back to 'Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology' Staff in the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology who supervise PhD/MA by Research in the area of urbanism and the ancient city. Dr Andrew Bayliss Senior Lecturer in Greek History Athenian politics, Alexander the Great, the early Hellenistic period, and Sparta Dr Henriette van der Blom Reader in Ancient History Republican politics in the City of Rome, Roman oratory, all aspects of Cicero, and Roman approaches to the past Dr Hannah Cornwell Lecturer in Ancient History Roman History, especially political aspects of the Roman Republic and Early Principate, Imperial ideology, International Relations and diplomacy, and interdisciplinary approaches to history and material culture Dr Archie Dunn Teaching Fellow in Byzantine Archaeology Late Roman and Byzantine archaeology; archaeology of the later medieval Aegean world; regional histories and economic history of the Byzantine world Dr William Mack Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek History and Culture Ancient political institutions, interstate relations, the Greek city-states, and epigraphic culture Dr Maeve McHugh Lecturer in Classical Archaeology I am an archaeologist with expertise in the Greek Archaic to Classical periods. I work with historical and archaeological data to reconstruct the lives of rural non-elite individuals and communities in the Greek world to learn more about the interrelationships between physical, social, and cultural landscapes. Dr Gareth Sears Senior Lecturer in Ancient History Deputy Head of the School of History and Cultures Urbanism in the Roman Empire; North African society and history during the Roman period; Christianity and christians in North Africa (pre AD. 450); paganism and syncretism in the later Roman Empire Dr David Smith Senior Lecturer in Environmental Archaeology Environmental archaeology (especially archaeological insect faunas) and/or the development of past landscapes and past economies Professor Diana Spencer Professor of ClassicsDean of Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences (2014-2018; 2019-) Latin literature and cultural identity (first centuries BCE/CE) The city of Rome in ancient and modern literature and culture Translation in ancient Rome, and translation of Latin texts Reception of Rome in historical fiction Dr Ken Wardle Senior Lecturer Minoan and Mycenaean civilization, Greek prehistory, Macedonia Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology staff research supervision areas Byzantine, Ottoman and modern Greek studies Egyptology Heritage History, literature and culture of Classical and Hellenistic Greece History, literature and culture of the Late Republic and Early Empire History of rhetoric Inter-state religion in the Ancient World Mortuary and Funerary Archaeology Prehistoric and early historic Europe Reception of the Ancient World Religion and ritual Urbanism and the ancient city Wetland archaeology and environments of Northwest Europe
Dr Andrew Bayliss Senior Lecturer in Greek History Athenian politics, Alexander the Great, the early Hellenistic period, and Sparta
Dr Henriette van der Blom Reader in Ancient History Republican politics in the City of Rome, Roman oratory, all aspects of Cicero, and Roman approaches to the past
Dr Hannah Cornwell Lecturer in Ancient History Roman History, especially political aspects of the Roman Republic and Early Principate, Imperial ideology, International Relations and diplomacy, and interdisciplinary approaches to history and material culture
Dr Archie Dunn Teaching Fellow in Byzantine Archaeology Late Roman and Byzantine archaeology; archaeology of the later medieval Aegean world; regional histories and economic history of the Byzantine world
Dr William Mack Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek History and Culture Ancient political institutions, interstate relations, the Greek city-states, and epigraphic culture
Dr Maeve McHugh Lecturer in Classical Archaeology I am an archaeologist with expertise in the Greek Archaic to Classical periods. I work with historical and archaeological data to reconstruct the lives of rural non-elite individuals and communities in the Greek world to learn more about the interrelationships between physical, social, and cultural landscapes.
Dr Gareth Sears Senior Lecturer in Ancient History Deputy Head of the School of History and Cultures Urbanism in the Roman Empire; North African society and history during the Roman period; Christianity and christians in North Africa (pre AD. 450); paganism and syncretism in the later Roman Empire
Dr David Smith Senior Lecturer in Environmental Archaeology Environmental archaeology (especially archaeological insect faunas) and/or the development of past landscapes and past economies
Professor Diana Spencer Professor of ClassicsDean of Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences (2014-2018; 2019-) Latin literature and cultural identity (first centuries BCE/CE) The city of Rome in ancient and modern literature and culture Translation in ancient Rome, and translation of Latin texts Reception of Rome in historical fiction