Staff in the Department of Classics

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Academic staff
Associate Lecturers
Administrative Staff
Ure Museum
Emeritus/honorary staff

Academic staff

Name	Position and responsibilities	Research interests	Email
Dr Sam Agbamu	Lecturer in Classics / Leverhulme Postdoctoral Research Fellow Exams officer	Latin literature Roman History Race in antiquity Classical Reception	s.agbamu@reading.ac.uk
Professor Emma Aston	Professor of Classics Head of Department Research Division Lead	Greek religion Mythology Thessaly Ethnos-identity Animals in ancient thought	e.m.m.aston@reading.ac.uk
Mrs Jackie Baines	Lecturer in Classics Admissions Tutor Languages Coordinator Language Teachers' CoP	Latin language	j.baines@reading.ac.uk
Professor David Carter	Professor	Greek drama Greek political thought	d.m.carter@reading.ac.uk
Professor Eleanor Dickey	Professor of Classics International Affairs (including OS students)	Greek and Latin languages Linguistics Literature Ancient education	e.dickey@reading.ac.uk
Professor Timothy Duff	Professor of Greek Director of Postgraduate Research	Greek history Greek prose literature Greek and Latin Historiography Greek and Latin Biography Plutarch The New Testament	t.e.duff@reading.ac.uk
Dr Andreas Gavrielatos	Lecturer in Classics Library Liaison Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes	Latin Literature Latin Satire Seneca Ancient Onomastics Multiculturalism – Multilingualism	a.gavrielatos@reading.ac.uk
Dr Christa Gray	Lecturer in Classics Department Director of Teaching and Learning	Latin prose narrative Early Christianity Ancient oratory and rhetoric	c.m.gray@reading.ac.uk
Dr Doukissa Kamini	Lecturer in Classics Department Director of Academic Tutoring	Ancient Greek Language and Literature Literary and Textual Criticism Literary Linguistics Literary and Political Theory	doukissa.kamini@reading.ac.uk
Professor Rachel Mairs	Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies Exams Officer (On Research Leave Autumn 2022)	Ethnic identity Multilingualism Hellenistic history Graeco-Roman Egypt Bactria Papyrology Epigraphy	r.mairs@reading.ac.uk
Dr Tim Penn	Lecturer in Roman and Late Antique Material Culture	Roman and late antique archaeology Board games Death and burial Britain Italy Egypt North Africa Southwest Asia	tim.penn@reading.ac.uk
Professor Ian Rutherford	Professor of Classics Unit of Assessment Lead	Anatolia Egypt Religion Pilgrimage Theoria Transculturalism Origins Chorality Greek song	i.c.rutherford@reading.ac.uk
Professor Amy C. Smith	Professor of Classics Curator (Ure Museum)	Ancient art Iconography Material culture Art and society Greek vase painting Museum studies Digital Classics	a.c.smith@reading.ac.uk
Dr Dimitra Tzanidaki-Kreps	Visiting Fellow in Modern Greek in the Centre for Hellenic Studies		d.i.tzanidaki@reading.ac.uk

Associate Lecturers

Name	Modules	Email

Ellie Goddard	CL2DR - Ancient Drama	e.f.goddard@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Edward Ross	CL1L1 - Latin 1	e.a.s.ross@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Administrative Staff

Name	Position	Email
Eva Van Herel	Executive Administration Officer	eva.vanherel@reading.ac.uk
	Student Support Staff	ssc.hum@reading.ac.uk

Ure Museum

Name	Position	Email
Jayne Holly	Assistant Curator	ure.education@reading.ac.uk jayne.holly@reading.ac.uk

Emeritus/honorary staff

Name	Position	Email
Dr Jack Hanson	Visiting Research Fellow	j.w.hanson@reading.ac.uk
Professor Katherine Harloe	Visiting Professor	k.c.harloe@reading.ac.uk
Dr Gill Knight	Honorary Fellow of the Classics Department	g.r.knight@reading.ac.uk
Prof. Annalisa Marzano	Visiting Professor	a.marzano@reading.ac.uk
Professor Matthew Nicholls	Visiting Professor	m.c.nicholls@reading.ac.uk
Professor Tessa Rajak	Professor Emeritus	t.rajak@reading.ac.uk
Professor Barbara Goff	Professor Emeritus	b.e.goff@reading.ac.uk
Dr Claudina Romero	Visiting Research Fellow	c.romeromayorga@reading.ac.uk