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Faculty of Classics

 

Biography

Tim was A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture from 2014 to 2023, when he became Regius Professor of Greek. He is Editor in Chief of the fifth edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary.

Research

Tim works on all areas of Greek literature and culture, with a particular emphasis on the culture of Greeks under the Roman Empire. He has also written on religion and atheism in the ancient world, and on identity issues.

Publications

Key publications: 

He has written a number of books including Greek Literature and the Roman Empire (2001), The Second Sophistic (2005), Narrative and Identity in the Ancient Greek Novel: Returning Romance (2011), Beyond the Second Sophistic: Adventures in Greek Postclassicism (2014), Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World (2015), Dirty Love: The Genealogy of the Ancient Greek Novel (2018), Achilles Tatius, Leucippe and Clitophon I–II: Edited with Commentary (2020) and Rome's Age of Revolution: Christians in a Classical World (2024).

Teaching and Supervisions

Research supervision: 

He is a specialist in Greek literature and culture of all periods, but particularly the Roman Empire.

Regius Professor of Greek
Professor Tim  Whitmarsh

Contact Details

Faculty of Classics
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge
CB3 9DA
tjgw100@cam.ac.uk
Takes PhD students
Not available for consultancy

Affiliations

Latest news

AHRC CDP studentship - Acquiring the Mediterranean: exploring local agencies in the acquisition of antiquities from Greece and the Ottoman Empire by Charles Newton at the British Museum, 1861–1886.

9 May 2024

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship Acquiring the Mediterranean: exploring local agencies in the acquisition of antiquities from Greece and the Ottoman Empire by Charles Newton at the British Museum, 1861–1886. The Faculty of Classics and the British Museum are excited to announce a fully funded...

Celebrating ECR successes

1 May 2024

The Faculty of Classics would like to congratulate our Early Career Researchers who have secured new positions elsewhere in the UK and abroad. We thank Il-Kweon, Michael, Tom and Ludo for all their contributions to our Classics community and wish them the very best for the next steps in their careers. Dr Il-Kweon Sir has...

Professor Caroline Vout's Olympic Exhibition in the News

18 April 2024

This summer Professor Caroline Vout is co-curating an Olympic Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, 'Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body' which looks back on the pivotal moment, 100 years ago, when traditions and trailblazers collided, fusing the Olympics’ classical legacy with the European avant-garde spirit. It was a...

Mary Beard to give The Sir Robert Rede’s Lecture 2024

18 April 2024

This year Professor Dame Mary Beard is due to give The Sir Robert Rede's Lecture on Friday 3 May 2024. She will speak on the topic 'The boy who breathed on the glass at the British Museum': what, or whom, is the past for?' If you would like to attend the event, you are most welcome but booking is essential: register for...