The College congratulates Daniel Hanigan on his new Research Fellowship at Trinity College. Daniel came to Corpus as a Gates Scholar after earning his undergraduate and MPhil degrees at the University of Sydney, where he began his studies in mathematics before turning to Ancient History after taking the subject as an elective and finding it fascinating. 

Under the supervision of Professor Tim Whitmarsh, Daniel completed his PhD at Corpus last September with the thesis 'Constructing the coast in Imperial Greek Periplography'. During his studies, he published several articles about his research, including one in the journal Classical Quarterly, a collaboration with Grant Kynaston on reinterpreting a Greek poem from the second century attributed to an anonymous author referred to as Pseudo-Scymnus. For his academic work he was awarded the Griffiths Roman Prize, whish is given 'to reward and encourage excellence by a resident member of the College in the field of Roman studies'. He is now a Praeceptor in Classics at Corpus and teaches ancient Latin and Greek. 

Daniel's role at Trinity, a Junior Research Fellowship under Title A, commences in October 2024 and will last for four years. His current research focusses on the relationship between geography, literature, and empire in ancient Greece. He says, "I am mostly interested in the way(s) in which the Greek authors of the Roman Empire challenged, complicated, and sometimes cooperated with the vision of 'empire without end' that featured so prominently in the propaganda of the Augustan (and post-Augustan) empire. I am currently working on a book about the seacoast in the imperial Greek geographical imagination and beginning a project on the new vision(s) of the cosmos generated by the Christian intellectuals of late antiquity." 

Congratulations to Daniel, and we are very pleased he will be continuing as Praeceptor to teach our undergraduates.