Classics Faculty

Emma Dench

Emma Dench

McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics
Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Research interests: Roman Republican and early Imperial history; questions of identity in the ancient world; Roman...

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University Hall 3 North
p: 617.496.1956
Office Hours: By appointment
Emily Greenwood

Emily Greenwood

James M. Rothenberg Professor of the Classics and of Comparative Literature
Research interests: ancient Greek prose literature, Greek historiography, classical reception studies, black studies, postcolonial literature and theory
Boylston 224
p: 617.998.2430
Office Hours: Wednesday 12–1 and by appointment
Alexander Riehle

Alexander Riehle

Associate Professor of Classics
On leave 2023–24

Research interests: Byzantine literature, especially rhetoric and epistolography; sociology of literature; textual criticism and editorial theory

Boylston 226
p: 617.496.0970
Office Hours: By appointment
Panagiotis Roilos

Panagiotis Roilos

George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and of Comparative Literature

Research interests: postclassical Greek literature and culture; comparative poetics; reception studies; cultural politics;...

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Boylston 231 and Widener 475
p: 617.495.7783
Office Hours: Wednesday 3–5 p.m. in Widener 475; and by appointment via Zoom
Mark Schiefsky

Mark Schiefsky

C. Lois P. Grove Professor of the Classics
Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies

Research interests: the history of ancient philosophy and science, especially medicine and mechanics

By appointment
Irene Soto Marin

Irene Soto Marín

Assistant Professor of Classics
Research interests: Roman and Late Antique Egypt; ancient economies with a focus on trade, taxation, and production; numismatics; papyrology; archaeology
Boylston 227
p: 617.495.9301
Office Hours: Tuesday 10:30–1130, Wednesday 2–3, and by appointment

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