Staff in the Department of Classics

Academic staff
Administrative Staff
Ure Museum
Emeritus/honorary staff

Academic staff

Name	Position and responsibilities	Research interests	Email
Dr Sam Agbamu	Lecturer in Classics Departmental Director of Recruitment and Admissions	Latin literature Roman History Race in antiquity Classical Reception	s.agbamu@reading.ac.uk
Professor Emma Aston	Professor of Classics Assessment Lead	Greek religion Mythology Thessaly Ethnos-identity Animals in ancient thought	e.m.m.aston@reading.ac.uk
Associate Professor Jackie Baines	Associate Professor of Classics Languages Coordinator	Latin language Artificial Intelligence	j.baines@reading.ac.uk
Professor David Carter	Professor of Classics Department Director of Teaching and Learning Placement Year & Study Abroad	Greek drama Greek political thought	d.m.carter@reading.ac.uk
Professor Eleanor Dickey	Professor of Classics Placement Year & Study Abroad	Greek and Latin languages Linguistics Literature Ancient education	e.dickey@reading.ac.uk
Professor Timothy Duff	Professor of Greek University AHRC Lead	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 PGT Programme Director	Latin Literature Latin Satire Seneca Ancient Onomastics Multiculturalism – Multilingualism	a.gavrielatos@reading.ac.uk
Dr Christa Gray	Head of Department Lecturer in Classics	Latin prose narrative Early Christianity Ancient oratory and rhetoric	c.m.gray@reading.ac.uk
Dr Dylan James	Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Postdoctoral Fellow		d.s.james@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 Middle Eastern Studies Research Division Lead	Ethnic identity Multilingualism Hellenistic history Graeco-Roman Egypt Bactria Papyrology Epigraphy Middle East	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
Dr Edward Ross	Lecturer in Classics Social Media Lead Dissertations Coordinator	Ancient Religion Hellenistic History Artificial Intelligence Buddhism Bactria Central Asia South Asia East Asia	edward.ross@reading.ac.uk
Professor Ian Rutherford	Professor of Classics Library Liaison	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) Research Leave until January 2026	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.tzanidaki-kreps@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	jayne.holly@reading.ac.uk ure@reading.ac.uk
Katharine Clint	Learning Coordinator	k.a.clint@reading.ac.uk ure.education@reading.ac.uk
Professor Amy C. Smith	Museum Curator	a.c.smith@reading.ac.uk

Emeritus/honorary staff

Name	Position	Email
Professor Barbara Goff	Professor Emeritus	b.e.goff@reading.ac.uk
Professor Katherine Harloe	Visiting Professor	k.c.harloe@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