Dr Dylan James

Dr Dylan James grew up with tales of Greek myth and Roman feats of engineering from his dad and wanted to learn more about these fascinating cultures that flourished so long ago. Taking Classics at St Andrew’s turned his interest into a passion, and later a career. He is now an ancient Greek historian working internationally.

Dylan completed his doctorate at Oxford in 2019 and has since held a series of international research fellowships, most recently at Harvard’s Center of Hellenic Studies in Washington DC. In October, he will move back to the UK to take up an EU-funded Marie Curie Fellowship at the University of Reading. His project will look at the neglected role of indigenous guides in ancient Greek and Roman imperialism. Dylan is completing his current book project on bilingualism in Classical Greece, with his ultimate go al to become a university professor, preferably in Australasia. He believes studying Classics has made him a more engaged global citizen, helps him process information critically, write and think more clearly, not make assumptions about a person or culture, and understand his place in the world. Dylan is grateful to St Andrew’s teachers, Hamish Faulls and Sarah Long, for their inspirational teaching, passion for Classics, and helping to set him on his path.