Josephine Crawley Quinn
Josephine Crawley Quinn | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 September 1973 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis | Imperialism and Culture in North Africa: The Hellenistic and Early Roman Eras |
| Doctoral advisor | Erich Gruen |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classics |
| Sub-discipline | Ancient History |
| Institutions | British School at Rome St John's College, Oxford Worcester College, Oxford St John's College, Cambridge |
Josephine Crawley Quinn (born 10 September 1973) is an Irish historian and archaeologist, working across ancient Mediterranean history. Appointed on 1 January 2025, she is the first woman to hold the Professorship of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge, and is a fellow at St. John's College. Quinn was previously Professor of Ancient History in the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford and Martin Frederiksen Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at Worcester College, University of Oxford.