Professor Greg Woolf FSA FSA Scot FBA |
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Nationality | United Kingdom |
Title | Director of the Institute of Classical Studies (2015-present) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater |
Christ Church, Oxford Trinity College, Cambridge |
Thesis title | Cultural change in central France under Roman rule (1991) |
Academic work | |
Discipline |
Ancient history Archaeology |
Sub discipline |
History of the Roman Empire Classical archaeology Iron Age Europe |
Institutions |
University of Leicester Christ's College, Cambridge Magdalen College, Oxford Brasenose College, Oxford Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford University of St Andrews University of London Institute of Classical Studies |
Gregory "Greg" Woolf, FSA, FSA Scot, FBA is a British ancient historian, archaeologist, and academic. He specialises in the late Iron Age and the Roman Empire. Since January 2015, he has been the Director of the Institute of Classical Studies, and Professor of Classics at the University of London. He has previously taught at the University of Leicester and the University of Oxford. From 1998 to 2014, he was Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews.
From 1981 to 1985, Woolf studied ancient and modern history at Christ Church, Oxford. He graduated from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1985; as per tradition, this was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA (Oxon)) degree. From 1985 to 1990, he undertook postgraduate research in classics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1990. His doctoral supervisors were Peter Garnsey, Keith Hopkins, Ian Hodder, and Sander van der Leeuw. His doctoral thesis was titled "Cultural change in central France under Roman rule".