Joshua Smith

Joshua Smith is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Johns Hopkins University, specializing in ancient scholarship and reading practices within Greek literature. He holds a PhD in Classics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2013) and has taught at institutions including the University of Chicago and Cornell College before joining Hopkins in 2015. His research integrates digital humanities methods with traditional philology, focusing on Homeric citation in ancient commentaries and poetic traditions like shield abandonment (rhipsaspia). Secondary interests include ancient medicine and lyric poetry.

Publications include co-authored works such as The Hippocrates Code (2016) and articles on Archilochus’ poetic traditions. His current projects explore intertextual Homeric analysis through digital tools. Smith’s work bridges classical philology with modern analytical frameworks, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to textual criticism.

No scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided materials. His advising and grant activities are not detailed here, though his research collaborations suggest involvement in funded projects related to digital humanities and ancient text analysis. No lab affiliations are mentioned, though his work likely intersects with computational linguistics or digital antiquity initiatives.