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, Archaeology and Ancient History 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 Senior Lecturer 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 Ailsa Hunt Lecturer in Ancient History Roman religion and the cultural history of the Roman world; topics within reception studies Dr Claus Jurman Lecturer in Egyptology Ancient Egyptian history, society, culture and art, especially concerning Egypt during the 1st millennium BC Dr William Mack Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek History and Culture Ancient political institutions, interstate relations, the Greek city-states, and epigraphic culture Dr Gareth Sears Senior Lecturer in Ancient History Head of the Department of Classics, Ancient History and ArchaeologyDeputy 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 Dr Roger White Senior Lecturer in Archaeology Roman / Romano-British Archaeology and Industrial Heritage Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology staff research supervision areas Byzantine, Ottoman and modern Greek studies 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 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 Senior Lecturer 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 Ailsa Hunt Lecturer in Ancient History Roman religion and the cultural history of the Roman world; topics within reception studies
Dr Claus Jurman Lecturer in Egyptology Ancient Egyptian history, society, culture and art, especially concerning Egypt during the 1st millennium BC
Dr William Mack Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek History and Culture Ancient political institutions, interstate relations, the Greek city-states, and epigraphic culture
Dr Gareth Sears Senior Lecturer in Ancient History Head of the Department of Classics, Ancient History and ArchaeologyDeputy 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 Roger White Senior Lecturer in Archaeology Roman / Romano-British Archaeology and Industrial Heritage