Doctoral researchers

The Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology has a vibrant postgraduate community, carrying out research in a broad range of areas. Profiles of some of our current doctoral researchers and details of their research are listed below:

Hebe Barlow

Hebe Barlow

Doctoral Researcher

PhD title
Degenerative arenas: an examination of the perceived negative influence of spectacular entertainments in the arenas of Ancient Rome and young adult dystopian literature of the Twenty-First century.
Supervisors
Dr Elena Theodorakopoulos and Dr Gideon Nisbet

Zoe Fox

Zoe Fox

Doctoral Researcher

PhD title
"Free the trunk of the great oak from all that still spoils it": Demolition, Displacement, and Monumentality in Augustan and Fascist Rome
Supervisors
Professor Diana Spencer and Dr Lloyd Jenkins

Sophie Gingell

Sophie Gingell

Doctoral Researcher

PhD title
Prehistoric Pots, Peoples and Personhood; Exploring the Role of Ceramics in the Early Holocene Hunter-Gatherer Communities of the East Baltic
Supervisors
Paul Garwood and Dr David Smith

Haley Goren

Haley Goren

Doctoral Researcher

PhD title
Funerary Practices of the British Beaker Peoples: an osteo-archaeological assessment of individuals excavated in Southern Britain
Supervisors
Paul Garwood and Professor Sam Giles

Reuben Hutchinson-Wong

Reuben Hutchinson-Wong

Doctoral Researcher

PhD title
Alteration to existing mortuary spaces and additional burials during the Old Kingdom through early Middle Kingdom (c.2686–c.1991 BCE).
Supervisor
Dr Leire Olabarria

Kerrie Myers

Kerrie Myers

Doctoral Researcher

PhD title
Agents of Divinity in Mesopotamian Incantation Texts (2300-1600 BCE)

Sam Powell

Sam Powell

Doctoral Researcher

PhD title
Ancient Egyptian wooden funerary figures in UK collections as a reflection of societal shifts from the end of the Old Kingdom to the Late Middle Kingdom (2350-1802 BCE).
Supervisors
Dr Leire Olabarria and Professor Henry Chapman