Dr Edward Bispham

I did a BA in Literae Humaniores and a D.Phil. in Ancient History at Jesus College, Oxford.  I then took up a a Rome Scholarship at the British School at Rome, whence I moved to teach Ancient History at Edinburgh, before returning to Oxford in 1998.

I am interested in all areas of antiquity, the classical world and its interlocutors; I teach most ancient history undergraduate papers. For the past decade and a half I have been thinking about how historians should and can use archaeological data, and vice versa. I have been very lucky to be able to go to the mountains in central Italy and think about this while other people shovel large amounts of soil around; I still dabble from time to time in fieldwork projects. After a year on secondment to the University as an administrator I am looking forward to getting back into full-time research and teaching.  My most recent work has brought me back to writing about the Social War, where it all began.