Sarah Cullinan Herring

We are delighted to welcome Sarah Cullinan Herring to the KU Classics Department as our new Assistant Professor in Greek.

Dr Sarah Cullinan Herring read for a BA and an MSt in Classics at Oriel College, University of Oxford and a DPhil in Ancient Greek at University College, Oxford. From 2019-2024 Sarah was Hody Fellow in Classics at Wadham College, Oxford, where she was also College Dean. Prior to this she was a lecturer in Ancient Greek literature at Balliol and Trinity Colleges and Head of Classics at Winchester College.

Sarah’s research is focussed on Greek literature: she has published articles on Epic, Lyric and Hellenistic poetry and has a monograph forthcoming with Oxford University Press entitled "The Power of Performance: Embedded Songs in Greek Poetry." She has several articles forthcoming on gender fluidity in Greek literature, disability in Lucian's representation of sex workers and Clytemnestra's dream of breast-feeding a snake in Aeschylus' Libation Bearers. Her second book project focuses on epigenetic trauma in Greek and Roman tragedy.