# Kevin Wong PhD Candidate in Classical Philology ![Kevin Wong updated 12/25](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2025-12/_DSC3289%20Kevin%20Wong%20%20-%20Copy.JPG?itok=xsH9i1AS) email laptop\_windows [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinwwl/) Research interests: classical reception in video games and new media; game studies; media studies; commercial and creative path dependencies in ancient and modern cultural production; ancient athletics, gladiatorial games, and competition; epic, myth, and historiography in fantasy worldbuilding; cross-cultural receptions in Eastern and Western media; online rhetoric and livestreaming; antiquity, virtual worlds, and immersive technologies; livestreaming and digital sophistry; Latin elegy and technologically-mediated love Dissertation title: “Multiplayer Classicism: Replaying Epic from Greco-Roman Antiquity to Online Gaming Culture” Secondary field: Science, Technology, and Society (STS) MSt in Classical Languages and Literature, University of Oxford, 2022 BA in Literature and Liberal Arts, Yale-NUS College, 2021 LLB (Bachelor of Laws), National University of Singapore, 2021 - ## People Role [Graduate Students](/people-role/graduate-students) [Classical Philology](/people-role/classical-philology)