Classics Faculty

Irene Peirano Garrison

peirano@fas.harvard.edu

Interim Chair 2026–27

Pope Professor of the Latin Language and Literature

Margaret Andrews

margaretandrews@fas.harvard.edu

Assistant Professor of Classics

Kathleen M. Coleman

kcoleman@fas.harvard.edu

Director of Undergraduate Studies 2026–27

James Loeb Professor of the Classics

Senior Research Curator, Harvard Art Museums

Emma Dench

dench@fas.harvard.edu

McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics

Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

David Elmer

delmer@fas.harvard.edu

Eliot Professor of Greek Literature

Faculty Dean of Eliot House

Emily Greenwood

emilygreenwood@fas.harvard.edu

James F. Rothenberg Professor of the Classics

On leave fall 2026

Director of Graduate Studies spring 2027

Paul Kosmin

pjkosmin@fas.harvard.edu

Philip J. King Professor of Ancient History

On leave fall 2026

Rachel Love

rachel_love@fas.harvard.edu

Associate Professor of Classics

On leave 2026–27

Gregory Nagy

gnagy@fas.harvard.edu

Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature

Peter Osorio

posorio@fas.harvard.edu

Assistant Professor of Classics

Jeremy Rau

rau@fas.harvard.edu

Diebold Professor of Indo-European Linguistics and Philology

Panagiotis Roilos

roilos@fas.harvard.edu

George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and of Comparative Literature

On leave spring 2027

Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature

Mark Schiefsky

mjschief@fas.harvard.edu

On leave fall 2026–27

C. Lois P. Grove Professor of the Classics

Irene Soto Marín

irenesotomarin@fas.harvard.edu

Associate Professor of Classics

On leave 2026–27

Adrian Stähli

staehli@fas.harvard.edu

Professor of Classical Archaeology

Richard F. Thomas

rthomas@fas.harvard.edu

Director of Graduate Studies fall 2026

George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics

On leave spring 2027

Naomi A. Weiss

nweiss@fas.harvard.edu

Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies

Professor of the Classics

Jan Ziolkowski

jmziolk@fas.harvard.edu

Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin

On leave spring 2027