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New Appointment

I have been appointed an Affiliated Lecturer at the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge.

Speaking at the 2010 Conference

I will be speaking at the Classical Association 2010 Annual Conference in Cardiff (7th to 10th April). I will be speaking as part of a panel on Greek Epigraphy organized by Stephen Lambert.

Omnibus magazine article

I have written an article for schools’ Classics magazine Omnibus, published in October 2009, looking at the development of the sanctuary of Nemea under the auspices of Macedonian supremacy in Greece in the second half of the 4th century BC

The Real and the Imaginary

In July 2009, I organised with Prof Robin Osborne and Dr Julia Kindt a conference on Greek religion held in honour of Richard Gordon and his celebrated article on the real and the imaginary in ancient Greece. The two day conference brought together specialists in Greek religion from across the world.

The Venice Vogalonga Race

In May 2009, I took part in the Venice Vogalonga Race – a 35 km race around the Venetian Lagoon in a dragon boat to raise awareness of the damage done to Venice by motor boats and to raise money for Pants to Poverty. Click the images below to see the crew and I, the race down the grand canal, and our appearance in the local Italian newspapers.

Running the Paris Half-Marathon

In March 2009, I ran the Paris Half-Marathon. Click the images below to see me racing and recovering.

The Fourth Century BC

In Jan- March 2009, I gave a course of 8 lectures in the Cambridge Classics Faculty for Part Ib 2nd year ancient historians on the fourth century BC. The course focused on a re-assessment of the fourth century as a period of innovation rather than imitation, as it is currently often perceived.

HEAT Magazine - 'Buff or Boffin'

In early 2009, I appeared in HEAT magazine in an article entitled ‘Buff of Boffin’.

Resistance

In October and November 2008, I organised the Cambridge Classics’ Faculty Ancient History Research Seminars on the theme of ‘Resistance.’ Six scholars of the Greek and Roman world discuss what resistance means to them in their field of research.

Who were the Greeks?

In summer 2008, I offered a month-long lecture course as part of the Pembroke/Kings summer programme for US university students at Cambridge University. Throughout August, I gave a series of 12 lectures and 8 seminars exploring the development and importance of different cultural identities in ancient Greece and, in turn, how Greek identity has come to play a crucial role in our own world today. The teaching took place in Cambridge at the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Classics Faculty Cast Gallery, Kings College and at the British Museum in London. The course was attended by US students from Ivy League universities as a credit-approved part of their studies. For more information on this course, click here.

Panhellenism

In May 2008, I organised the Laurence Seminar at Cambridge University on the subject of “The discourses of political and cultural panhellenism in the Greek and Roman worlds”. In a world where notions of unity and common ground are at a premium, the two day conference was a great success with papers and round table discussion from scholars on the existence and nature of such notions of unity in the ancient world.

Running the Athens Marathon

In November 2007, I ran the Athens Marathon to raise money for the Stroke Association. In total I raised £1500.
Click photo of me running the marathon.

Crossing Costa Rica Coast to Coast

In March 2007, I took part in an expedition to bike, hike, raft and kayak across Costa Rica in 10 days to raise money for the Prince’s Trust, a charity working with disadvantage young people aged 14-30 in the UK. Our team raised nearly £17000 for the Charity. To read more about the expedition, click on the links to the PDFs explaining more about the challenge and read my training blog with photos from the expedition itself.
Expedition BLOG + Team Pythians relish the Challenge