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Lindsay Allen

Dr Lindsay Allen

Lecturer in Greek & Near Eastern History

Research interests

  • Classics

Biography

My first degree was in Classics (Oxford '97) and my PhD (UCL '02) looked at Achaemenid kingship in texts and material culture from the fourth century BC. I arrived at King's in 2005. I previously held research fellowships at Wolfson College, Oxford, the Warburg Institute and the British Museum. In the academic year 2008-09, I was a visiting scholar at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York.

Research Interests

  • The Near East, particularly the Achaemenid Persian empire (c. 550-330 BC) and pre-Islamic Iran.
  • History of scholarship and reception studies, particularly in relation to Persian history, the Ancient Near East and Alexander of Macedon.

My research and teaching interests lie mostly in the Near East, particularly the Achaemenid Persian empire (c. 550-330 BC) and pre-Islamic Iran. My research has expanded from Achaemenid Kingships in texts and material culture to include the history of scholarship and reception studies, particularly in relation to Persian history, the Ancient Near East and Alexander of Macedon. I would be interested in supervising PhD students in any of these areas.

For more details, please see my research profile.

Expertise and Public Engagement

    News

    Gifts exchanged between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West revealed

    Never-before-seen keepsakes collected in Iran by writer Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson are the focus of a new exhibition now open at...

    Pieces of sculpture from the ancient palace of Persepolis. ©National Trust Images James Beck

      News

      Gifts exchanged between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West revealed

      Never-before-seen keepsakes collected in Iran by writer Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson are the focus of a new exhibition now open at...

      Pieces of sculpture from the ancient palace of Persepolis. ©National Trust Images James Beck