Senior Lecturer in Classics and Digital Humanities

Director of Global Engagement for Classics, Ancient History, Religion & Theology

I am a member of the Department of Classics, Ancient History, Religion & Theology and the Digital Humanities Lab (DH Lab), with research interests in Latin Epigraphy. I am also an affiliated academic in the Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. As one of the authors of the EpiDoc Guidelines I am actively involved in the collaborative development of international standards for the encoding and publication of inscriptions and papyri. I have worked in the fields of Digital Humanities and Digital Classics for more than a decade, specialising in the analysis and digital publication of ancient textual materials.

As Director of Global Engagement I lead my department's international activities, and also contribute to our external partnerships in the DH Lab. In collaboration with colleagues at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan, I am currently leading an initiative for UG students to engage in the research and interpretation of digital archives.

I am currently Co-Investigator for the AHRC/DFG-funded project Connecting Late Antiquities, with Prof. Richard Flower (Exeter), Prof. Julia Hillner (Bonn) and Dr Gabriel Bodard (London).

Recently I have been Co-Investigator of UK-EI Digital Humanities Association: A Network for Research Capacity Enhancement, funded by the AHRC & Irish Research Council (with Jane Winters and Michelle Doran). This has led to the foundation of the UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association. With my colleague Jacqueline Christmas I have also held an Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Research Award for the project Reconsidering the Roman Workshop.

I have served as Treasurer of the European Association for Digital Humanities. I am a reviewer for the Pleiades Gazetteer of Ancient Places and one of the editors of the Digital Classicist wiki, and serve on the Linked Pasts Steering Committee and the EpiDoc Action Group.

Research supervision:

I am currently supervising PhD students and welcome enquiries from potential applicants who would like to work on digital humanities, digital classics, or epigraphy. If you are thinking of pursuing any of these areas, please feel free to contact me to discuss your plans.