Dr. James Corke Webster

Biography

James Corke-Webster is a classicist and historian with specific interests in early Christian and late antique history and literature. He studied Classics and Theology at Oxford, Cambridge, and Manchester, taking a Fulbright Scholarship at Berkeley. He held lectureships at Edinburgh and Durham before moving to King's College London in 2017. His research encompasses early Christian history, alongside topics such as historiography, hagiography, epistolography, and persecution. He argues that the narrative of early Christian history utilized events and individuals from Christianity's past to create a vision tailored to Eusebius' fourth-century context. He is involved in editing collections and projects focusing on various aspects of Roman governance and historiography. Corke-Webster teaches a range of modules from Level 4 to Level 7 in the Department of Classics, with a focus on Roman history during the late Republican, early high imperial, and late antique periods. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and the Higher Education Authority, and has contributed significantly to public outreach efforts in secondary and tertiary education.

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