Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Ancient History 2024

Clare Parry

Clare is going into her third year of PhD research and is this years committee chair. Clare's thesis is titled: 'Displaying Empire: Imperial Approaches to Power and Identity in Persia and the Near East'. Her research interests include:

- Ancient Persia, Egypt and the Near East

- Iconography and Material Culture

Sean Strong

Secretary

Sean is currently writing up his thesis to be submitted early in 2024. His thesis is titled: 'General and Rulers in Theophylact Simocatta's History: Ideals and Practices of Roman and Sassanian Leadership in an Age of Transition'. HIs research interests include: 

- Late Antiquity and Byzantium

- Arsacid and Sasanian Iran

Kieran Blewitt

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Kieran will be going into his second year of the PhD and his thesis title is: 'Soft Power and Civic Identity in Magna Graecia: Re-Evaluating the Revolts of the Second Punic War'. His research interests include:

- International Relations in Roman Italy

- Roman Historiography and Material Culture of Magna Graecia