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Staff

R. Anderson, E. Buckley, J. Coderch, J. Coulston, E. Gee, N. Goldschmidt, S. Halliwell, J. Harries, J. Hesk, A. Koenig, J. Koenig, M. Lavan, S. Lewis, A.Long, K. Pollmann, F. Racine, R. Rees, C. Smith, R. Sweetman, N. Wiater, G. Woolf.

Dr Ralph Anderson

Director of Teaching, Exams Officer, Subhonours Advisor

anderson Greek religion, ritual and magic; anthropological theories of religion and the lived experience of religion and magic in the ancient world.

rta1@st-andrews.ac.uk

01334 462619

Room C29

Dr Emma Buckley

Subhonours Advisor,
CL Programme Convener

 

Dr Buckley Latin literature of the early imperial era, esp. post-Virgilian epic and drama; the reception of Virgil and Ovid in the Medieval, Renaissance and Early Modern periods.

eb221@st-andrews.ac.uk

01334 462622

Room C25

 

Dr Juan Coderch

Senior Language Tutor in Greek and Latin

 

Dr Juan Coderch Greek and Latin languages at all levels

jc210@st-andrews.ac.uk

01334 462611

Room C27

Dr Jonathan C N Coulston


Ancient History Programme Convener

 

coulston Archaeology of the Roman empire, Roman art, the City of Rome, ancient warfare, Roman military equipment, Roman army, Asiatic steppe nomad cultures

jcnc@st-andrews.ac.uk

01334 462612

Room S14

Dr Emma Gee

On research leave 2011-13

emma gee Latin Literature;
Ancient Astronomy;
Reception of ancient astronomy and literature in the Renaissance

ergg@st-andrews.ac.uk

01334 462621

Room S12

Dr Nora Goldschmidt coulston Latin literature, esp. Ennius and Virgil; Roman epic and cultural memory; Reception.

ng24@st-andrews.ac.uk

01334 462603

Room s17

Prof. F Stephen Halliwell

Head of School

halliwell

Greek literature, especially tragedy and comedy; Greek philosophy, especially Plato and Aristotle; Greek poetics and aesthetics; the Classical Tradition, especially theories of poetry and art.

fsh@st-andrews.ac.uk

01334 462617

Room S9

Prof. Jill D Harries

 

 

harries History of the Later Roman Empire, especially Roman Gaul; Roman legal culture and society; Church Historians and the Rise of Christianity

jdh2@st-andrews.ac.uk

01334 462613

Room C31

 

Dr Jon P Hesk

Greek Programme Convener, Director of Postgraduate Studies (sem 2)

hesk Greek literature and culture, esp. Homer, tragedy, comedy, oratory and rhetorical theory, the Sophists, Athenian democracy and ideology, ancient political theory, ancient and modern literary theory.

jph4@st-andrews.ac.uk

01334 462620

Room S2

 

Dr Alice Koenig

Admissions Officer (sem 1)

On leave sem 2

 

weeks

Latin literature, especially 1st C. AD; imperial politics (Augustus to Trajan); Latin technical and scientific writing.

alice.koenig@st-andrews.ac.uk

01334 462607

Room S18

Dr Jason Koenig

Deputy Head of School, Director of Research

konig

Greek and Roman literature and culture, especially Greek literature of the imperial period; ancient athletics

jpk3@st-andrews.ac.uk

01334 462618

Room S16

Dr Myles Lavan

Study abroad

myles lavan Roman society and culture, especially imperialism, slavery and patronage; Roman historiography; the theory and practice of cultural history.

mpl2@st-andrews.ac.uk

01334 462610

Room C22

Dr Sian Lewis

Admissions Officer (sem 2), Honours advisor

 

lewis Greek political and social history, especially tyranny, iconography and women's history, and communications.

sl50@st-andrews.ac.uk

01334 462605

Room: S15

Dr Alex Long

Dr Long Greek and Roman philosophy, particularly Plato, Stoicism and ancient political thought

agl10@st-andrews.ac.uk

01334 461607

Room S13

Prof. Karla F L Pollmann pollmann Greek & Latin literature, esp. epic and satire; early Christian literature, esp. history of hermeneutics and exegesis; history of mentality in antiquity; reception of ancient thought in later periods; Erasmus of Rotterdam.

kfp@st-andrews.ac.uk

01334 462615

Room S19

 

Dr Felix Racine

Subhonours Co-ordinator

felix racine

Cultural and intellectual history of the Roman and Byzantine empires; ancient and medieval travel and geography; history of childhood and education.

fr21@st-andrews.ac.uk

01334 462616

Room C32

Dr Roger D Rees

Latin Programme Convener

 

Dr Rees Latin panegyric, Virgil, Catullus, the history and culture of late antiquity; the reception of Latin literature in modern English verse; praise discourse in Roman society.

rdr1@st-andrews.ac.uk

01334 462685

Room S1

 

Prof. Christopher J Smith

On secondment as Director of the British School at Rome, 2009-14

 

smith Archaic Greek and Italian history and archaeology, esp. issues of state formation and ritual; late Roman Republic; Greek & Roman historiography, esp. fragmentary historians; growth of Roman imperialism.

cjs6@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

 

Dr Rebecca J Sweetman

Director of Postgraduate Studies (Semester 1), on leave (semester 2)

sweetman

Greek and Roman Archaeology, especially archaeology of Roman & Late Antique Crete, Late Antique Peloponnese (especially Sparta), archaeology of Late Antique religion and Roman provinces.

rs43@st-andrews.ac.uk

Dr Nicolas Wiater nicolas wiater Late Hellenistic & early Imperial Greek literature & culture; Greek intellectual culture & cultural identity; modern theoretical approaches & ancient literature; representations of violence in early Greek poetry.

nw23@st-andrews.ac.uk

Room S19

Prof Gregory Woolf

On research leave 2009-13

woolf

Cultural history of the Roman Empire; ancient economic
and social history; ancient literacy; Roman provincial
archaeology; Roman Gaul. Ancient Science, Provincial
Cults.

gdw2@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Casual Teaching Staff

Dr Sam Newington Sam Newington

Teaches on:

AN1001, AN2003,CL1004, CL1005, CL2004, GK1005, GK1006, GK2001, GK2002, GK4114

PhD Thesis: "Hesiod's Theogony"

sjn21@st-andrews.ac.uk

Room C30

01334 462606

 

Administrative and Support Staff

Mrs Margaret Goudie Secretary to Senior Staff; Postgraduate Applications, Publicity, Conference arrangements, FOI, Data Protection

mg@st-andrews.ac.uk

Room S5

01334 462608

(am only)

Mrs Irene Paulton paulton Responsible for Administration of the School

iep@st-andrews.ac.uk

Room S8

01334 462600

Ms Mary Woodcock Kroble woodcock kroble Computing Officer

mlw2@st-andrews.ac.uk

Room S20

01334 461768

Mrs Carol Wright carol wright Assistant Secretary, including disabilities, health and safety and library. Works term time only. caw10@st-andrews.ac.uk

Room S5

01334 462608

Enquiries

Please feel free to contact members of our staff with specific queries. General enquiries should be directed to the School Secretary.

Associates

Dr Michel M Austin Greek Social and Economic History; the History of the Hellenistic world
Dr Michael Bishop Roman arms and armour; Roman military archaeology; Roman roads; Corbridge; Vegetius; Archaeological publishing; Electronic publishing technology
Prof. Elizabeth M Craik Greek Tragedy; Religion and Myth; Regional and Social History of Greece; Medicine.
Prof. Matthew Dickie Greek and Roman literature and culture; Greek and Roman Magic
Dr Alisdair Gibson Julio-Claudian principates with a particular interest in Claudius;
Rhetoric/declamation, the voice and dysfluency;
Roman constitutional history; Robert Graves and cultural history
Prof. Adrian Gratwick Republican and Augustan Latin literature; Greek and Roman drama, esp. Plautus and Terence; Greco-Roman mathematics and science; metre and stylometry in Latin verse; history of the Latin language; translation from Greek and Latin as an art.
Prof. Alan Henry Athenian Epigraphy
Prof. Harry Hine

Latin language and literature, particularly the younger Seneca, and Latin philosophical, scientific and technical writing; Roman intellectual life, especially Roman ideas about the natural world; the development of the language and style of Latin prose in the early empire.

MG