I am a third-year doctoral candidate (2022–2026) in Ancient History under the supervision of Profs. Nino Luraghi and Philomen Probert. My thesis focusses on the Carian alphabet and the epigraphic cultures by which it is evidenced. I am particularly grateful to Corpus Christi College and the Lorne Thyssen Scholarship for funding my doctorate.
My broader research interests include the expression of cultural identity through writing; the material nature of writing, particularly stone epigraphy; the histories of alphabetic writing systems; Anatolian linguistics; and Carian (especially Hecatomnid) history. I have taught a range of topics across Greek, Roman, and Persian history at Oxford. Any work of mine can be found here: https://oxford.academia.edu/FionaPhillips
Beyond my doctoral research, I have recently been digitising the W.H. Buckler archive at Oxford's Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents (CSAD). In collaboration with Prof. Annick Payne (Ca'Foscari Venice, ERC Project CAncAn grant No.101088363) we are using this archive as the basis for an epigraphic edition of the Lydian-language corpus. Also at CSAD, I previously supported the second volume of the Corpus of Ptolemaic Inscriptions as research assistant.
