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Charlotte Spence joined the University of Oxford in October 2024 as a lecturer in Ancient History at St Hilda's College. She completed her PhD in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter, where her research focused on the conceptions of dead gods and ancient curse tablets. Charlotte studied Ancient History at the University of Birmingham. Her teaching reflects a chronological breadth of research, covering topics including Archaic Greek History, the reign of Emperor Hadrian, and the sociocultural dynamics of ancient periods. Charlotte is particularly interested in material culture and its role in teaching and understanding ancient societies. Her primary research continues to investigate ancient curse inscriptions, and she is currently working on a monograph that examines the Jewish and Christian dimensions of curse tablets in Late Antiquity. Additionally, she co-edits the Lived Realities in Ancient History series at Trivent Publishing.
St Hilda's College, University of Oxford • Oxford, England
Teaches various courses in Ancient History, focusing on topics from Archaic Greek History to Late Roman history.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.