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Our Experts in Residence are researchers who love to engage, entertain and inform a diverse audience about the ancient world. Look out for lots of great content dropping on our social media, blog, and the CA’s flagship podcast, The Classics Podcast.

Our Expert in Residence for 2025 is
Dr Louise O’Brien (University of Liverpool)

Louise recently completed her PhD in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, having gained her MA Egyptology and BA(Hons) in Egyptology & Classical Studies from the same institution. Her thesis ‘Portraits of Hybridity’ focused on mummy portrait panels from Roman Egypt, and investigated how cultural hybridity and identity was displayed through artistic culture in the Roman Fayum. This work also centred around museum display and ethics, particularly regarding the history of decontextualisation of artefacts by colonial archaeologists. Coming from a working-class background, she also has a passion for outreach and widening participation, and is particularly interested in getting more state school students involved in ancient history and inspiring younger people to study subjects they may not have been aware they could. Follow Louise on Instagram here.

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Louise O’Brien

Introducing Dr , our Expert in Residence! Louise recently completed her PhD in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, having gained her MA in Egyptology and BA(Hons) in Egyptology & Classical Studies from the...

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Han Parker

Enjoy our two part interview series with Hannah on Podcasters or Spotify: About Han After growing up in Saudi Arabia, Han studied Classical Civilisation at the University of Nottingham. Since graduating with a...

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Hardeep Dhindsa

Listen to our introductory interview with Hardeep over on The Classics Podcast And to our Q&A with Hardeep here: About Hardeep is a PhD researcher at King’s College London and is a...

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Lee Baker

Lee is a Classics teacher at St Aloysius’ College in Glasgow. He studied Classics and English Literature at the University of Glasgow (2010-2014), before completing a PGCE in Latin with Classics at the...

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Chella Ward

Marchella Ward (“Chella”) is Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University. Her research has two main strands. The first is her interest in bodies and the ways that they are made meaningful...

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Jessica Clarke

Jessica was our Expert in Residence for the first half of 2025. Get to know Jessica here: And enjoy her Q&A episode here: You can read Jessica’s blog for us here About Jessica...

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