Sian Lewis

Dr Sian Lewis is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Classics at the University of St Andrews. She holds a DPhil from University College, Oxford, and has held academic positions at Trinity College Dublin, St John's College Oxford, Swansea University, and Cardiff University before joining St Andrews in 2004. Her research focuses on ancient Greek political/sociocultural history with emphases on gender studies, human-animal interactions, and innovative methodological approaches to ancient evidence.

• Teaching modules include:
  • Animals in the Greco-Roman World
  • Greek Painted Pottery
  • Women in Ancient Societies
  • Athenian/Spartan Theban History
• Research projects include the Zoa Politika study of animal-human interactions across Greek poleis and the Ancient Mediterranean Animals Network database initiative.

Her influential publications include The Athenian Woman: An Iconographic Handbook (2002) and co-authored The Culture of Animals in Antiquity (2017). Current research explores ancient animal regionality through interdisciplinary collaboration between classicists, archaeologists, and environmental scientists.