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Kathryn Stevens is an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford and a Tutorial Fellow in Ancient History at Corpus Christi College. Her academic background includes a BA from Oxford and an MPhil and PhD from Cambridge. She has held postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Copenhagen and Trinity College, Cambridge, before moving to Oxford in 2020. Her main research interests center on Greek and Mesopotamian cultural and intellectual history, with a particular focus on the Hellenistic period. Notably, her 2019 monograph 'Greece Babylonia: Hellenistic Intellectual History in Cross-Cultural Perspective' explores the interconnections between Greek and Babylonian scholarship in the Hellenistic era. Stevens also collaborates with Johannes Haubold and John Steele on Ancient Egyptian astronomical records, contributing to volumes that highlight interactions between Greek and Near Eastern cultures. In teaching, she supervises a full range of students from undergraduate to doctoral levels in Greek history and historiography, with a specific emphasis on Hellenistic studies.
Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford • Oxford, England
Teaching and supervising students in ancient history, focusing on Greek and Mesopotamian intellectual traditions.
Trinity College, University of Cambridge • Cambridge, England
Conducted research in Classics and Ancient History.
University of Copenhagen • Copenhagen, Denmark
Researcher in Ancient History.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.