Stephen Oakley

Stephen Oakley is the Kennedy Professor of Latin at the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Classics, and a Fellow of Emmanuel College. His research focuses on Greek and Latin literature and Ancient History, with a particular emphasis on intertextuality and paratextuality in classical works. He contributes to the Faculty's research clusters in Greek and Roman Philosophy, Classical Art and Archaeology, and Classical and...

Recent academic activities include involvement in Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) and British Academy postdoctoral fellowship schemes, as well as delivering lectures like the St John's College Newell Lecture on topics such as race and injustice in Plato's Republic. He is also engaged with public-facing initiatives like the 'Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ Tour' and 'Localizing the Indigenous, Globalizing the Classics' events.

His teaching responsibilities include supervisions and courses within the Faculty of Classics, and he maintains active participation in the academic community through seminars, publications, and museum initiatives.