Professor Simon Malloch

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Professor of Latin Language and Literature
Bowra Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Wadham College

Qualifications: BA(Hons) PhD

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6340-0675

Link to college page: https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/people/prof-simon-malloch
Link to personal (academic) website: https://simonmalloch.wixsite.com/home

 

Academic Background

I took my undergraduate degree from the University of Western Australia and my PhD from St John’s College, Cambridge. I have held appointments in e.g. Munich, Cambridge, the British School at Rome (as a member of the Faculty of Archaeology, History, and Letters), and, before moving to Oxford in 2025, the University of Nottingham.

 

Research Interests

My main area of research is Latin prose literature, especially the Roman historians from the perspectives of language, style, methodology, transmission, and influence. Other interests: the literature and history of the late Roman Republic and early Principate; Roman constitutional history; and the classical tradition (the transmission, editing, and textual criticism of Latin texts; palaeography; the history of scholarship).

Research Keywords

Latin literature; Roman historiography; textual criticism; palaeography; history of scholarship

Teaching

Latin literature for Mods and Greats

Publications

Full Publications:

Selected Publications: Malloch_S_October 2025