Who We Are

I grew up in Yorkshire and read Classics at Durham University.

I was subsequently awarded an AHRC scholarship to pursue doctoral studies at the University of Oxford. My DPhil research, supervised by Prof. Tobias Reinhardt, focused on the late-antique reception and transmission of the lost works of the Roman polymath Varro.

Having taught ancient history for St Benet’s Hall in the University of Oxford since 2008, I was appointed a College Lecturer and Director of Studies in Ancient History in 2014. In 2015, I joined the ERC-funded ‘Fragments of the Republican Roman Orators’ project at the University of Glasgow, and from 2017 lectured on a part-time basis in Classics and oversaw doctoral training across the university.

In 2020, I moved to the Republic of Ireland to take up a lectureship in Classics at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and in 2021, was appointed Research Fellow with the ERC-funded ‘Fragments of the Republican Roman Antiquarians’ project at University College London. In 2024, I joined the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Newcastle University as Lecturer in Classics.

Dr John Doe is a Lecturer in Classics at Newcastle University’s School of History, Classics and Archaeology. His research centres on the reception and transmission of Roman intellectual traditions, with particular focus on the work of Varro and other Republican antiquarians.

Originally from Yorkshire, Dr Doe read Classics at Durham University before undertaking doctoral study at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Professor Tobias Reinhardt. His DPhil explored the late-antique reception of the lost writings of the Roman polymath Varro.

Between 2008 and 2014, he taught Ancient History at St Benet’s Hall, Oxford, and was appointed College Lecturer and Director of Studies in Ancient History. In 2015, he joined the ERC-funded Fragments of the Republican Roman Orators project at the University of Glasgow, later combining his research with teaching and doctoral training responsibilities.

In 2020, Dr Doe moved to the Republic of Ireland to take up a lectureship in Classics at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He was appointed Research Fellow on the ERC-funded Fragments of the Republican Roman Antiquarians project at University College London in 2021, and joined Newcastle University as a full-time Lecturer in 2024.