Members

Meet the members of the A. G. Leventis Centre for Greek Studies.

Professor Thomas Ahnert (History), Professor of Intellectual History
Professor Michael Angold (History), Professor Emeritus of Byzantine History
Professor Judith Barringer (Classics), Professor Emerita of Greek Art & Archaeology
Dr Fedor Benevich (Philosophy), Senior Lecturer in Arabic Philosophy
Dr Louise Blanke (Classics), Senior Lecturer in Late Antique Archaeology
Dr Petros Bouras-Vallianatos (History), Honorary Fellow in History
Dr Tom Brown (History), Honorary Fellow in History
Professor Douglas Cairns (Classics), Professor of Classics
Dr Damian Caluori (Philosophy), Senior Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy
Dr Lilah Grace Canevaro (Classics), Senior Lecturer in Classics
Professor Mirko Canevaro (Classics), Professor of Greek History
Dr Mike Carr (History), Senior Lecturer in Late Medieval History
Dr Thomas Clements (Classics), Postdoctoral Research Associate
Professor Jim Crow (Archaeology), Professor Emeritus of Roman and Byzantine Archaeology
Dr Kimberley Czajkowski (Classics), Senior Lecturer in Ancient History
Professor Benedikt Eckhardt (Classics), Professor of the History of the Ancient Mediterranean World
Professor Andrew Erskine (Classics), Professor of Ancient History
Professor Niels Gaul (Classics), A. G. Leventis Professor of Byzantine Studies
Dr Lina Girdvainyte (Classics), Lecturer in Ancient History
Dr Anthony Gorman (IMES), Senior Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History
Dr Huw Halstead (History), Lecturer in Public History
Dr Benjamin Harriman (Classics), Lecturer in [Ancient] Greek Literature and Philosophy
Dr Matthew Hewitt (Classics), Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Theodore Hill (Classics), British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Ms Rachel Hosker (Information Services), Deputy Director of the Centre for Research Collections
Dr Inna Kupreeva (Philosophy), Senior Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy
Dr Max Leventhal (Classics), Lecturer in Greek
Dr David Lewis (Classics), Senior Lecturer in Greek History
Dr Calum Maciver (Classics), Senior Lecturer in Classics
Dr Nik Matheou (History), Lecturer in Global Medieval History
Professor Margaret Mullett (Classics), Honorary Professor of Byzantine Literature
Dr Donncha O’Rourke (Classics), Senior Lecturer in Classics
Dr Paul Parvis (Divinity), Lecturer in Patristics
Dr Sara Parvis (Divinity), Senior Lecturer in Patristics
Dr Nicolette Pavlidis (Classics), Lecturer in Greek Archaeology
Dr Richard Rawles (Classics), Senior Lecturer in Greek
Professor Benjamin Russell (Classics), Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire
Dr Marco Santini (Classics), Lecturer in Ancient History
Dr Anja Slawisch (Classics), Senior Lecturer in Classical Archaeology
Dr Michalis Sotiropoulos (History & Classics), Lecturer in Modern Greek Studies (History)
Dr Katerina Stergiopoulou (Classics), Lecturer in Modern Greek Studies (Language & Literature)
Dr Yannis Stouraitis (Classics), Senior Lecturer in Byzantine History
Dr Dimitris Theodossopoulos (History of Architecture), Lecturer in Architectural Technology and Conservation
Dr Simon Trépanier (Classics), Senior Lecturer in [Ancient] Greek Literature and Philosophy
Dr Jessica Varsallona (Classics), British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Bilal Adıgüzel, ‘Patterns of resistance and subversion in the middle Byzantine empire: Niketas David Paphlagon in context’
  • Maylla E. Bisson, ‘Sanctuaries and metal workshops in the Greek Mediterranean: techniques and economic practices in the shadow of worship from the Geometric to the Classical period’
  • Graham Blackbourne, ‘Self, witness and perception in archaic Greece’
  • Lucas Butler, ‘Geography and Roman identity in the middle Byzantine period’
  • Veronica Capriotti, ‘Democracy and the sea in the Greek polis’
  • Lucilla Crespi, ‘Fable and simile in Homer’
  • Matteo Demartis, ‘Decree proposers in Hellenistic democracy’
  • Giulia Fanesi, ‘Rule of law in ancient Greece, Rome and beyond’
  • Callum Hendleman, ‘Constructing and addressing female voices in late Byzantine literary culture: from epistolography to ethopoeia’
  • Sophie Jacôme, ‘Tragedy as a mask: politically engaged twenty-first century productions of ancient tragedy’
  • Panayiotis Karageorgopoulos, ‘Public employment in the Athenian polis between 507–307 BCE’
  • Defangyu (Charles) Kong, ‘Empresses Eirene and Wu Zetian: examining imperial authority in early medieval Byzantium and China through the angle of female rule’
  • Shinichi Kubo, ‘Reading as encountering: classicising learning from the Greek Fathers through the Byzantine literary tradition’
  • Giulia La Cognata, ‘Honours for doctors in Hellenistic Greece’
  • Dominic Laverick, ‘Cosmos and dreams in Aeschylus’s Oresteia’
  • Minaghan Li, ‘Masses and elites in archaic Greek legislation’
  • Juan Navarro, ‘Reading the image: an interdisciplinary study of the iconography of Clazomenian sarcophagi’
  • Roberto Russo, ‘Class struggle in Sicily and Magna Graecia’
  • Daiki Sano, ‘Lament for lost Anatolia: narrative structure, political thought and the performance of imperial decision-making in George Pachymeres’ History’
  • Antonios Stamiris, ‘Pleasure, pain, and emotion in ancient Greek philosophy’
  • Jiangtao Xiong, ‘Ghosts in Homeric epic and tragedy’
  • Oliver Zizzari, ‘Dokimasia and value in ancient Greece’

Niels De Ridder, DAAD Prime Fellow, University of Cologne (Visiting Scholar, The University of Edinburgh, 2026/7)

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