College:
New College
Thesis title:
Judean Pillar Figurines: Methodology, Materialism, and Meaning-Making.
Funded by OOC AHRC DTP.
Supervisors:
Professor Laura Quick and Professor Katherine Southwood
Educational background:
MA Religion, King's College London (2022-2023), distinction. Awarded the McCaul MA prize for highest average results in the Old Testament. Dissertation supervised by Professor Paul Joyce: 'Can we really read the Song of Songs as Feminist? Re-evaluating Feminist Arguments from the Song of Songs.'
BA Philosophy and Theology, University of Oxford, Worcester College (2019-2022), first class honors. Awarded Worcester College Academic scholarship.
Research interests:
Hebrew Bible; archaeology of the Hebrew Bible; women and gender; anthropology; 'popular religion.'
Teaching:
Undergraduate tutorials in Introduction to the Old Testament and Gender and Power in the Biblical Texts.
Dissertation tutorials for third year undergraduate.
Krasis teaching fellow at the Ashmolean Museum.
Object-based teaching qualification through the Ashmolean Museum.
Papers and conferences:
'Judean Pillar Figurines: Materialism and Meaning-Making,' EABS conference, Leuven, July 2026.
'Judean Pillar Figurines,' SOTS conference, Nottingham, July 2026.
'Judean Pillar Figurines and Clay-Crafting,' Renewed Philology, Yale University, April 2026.
Talk at book launch panel for Jacqueline Vayntrub’s book ‘Body Language,’ March 2026.
Presentation on thesis research at The New College Salon, February 2026.
Recent Publications:
2026, Book review for New Blackfriars: John Barton (ed.) Understanding the Hebrew Bible: Essays by Members of the Society for Old Testament Study. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2025. Pp. vii + 430. Hardback. £119. ISBN: 978-0-19-284578-8.
2025, Book review for New Blackfriars: John S. Bergsma, The Bible and Marriage: The Two Shall Become One Flesh. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2024. Pp. vii + 270. Paperback. £19.99. ISBN: 9781540961846.
Editing
Edited the Hebrew transliterations in Professor Sue Gillingham’s Penguin commentary, The Psalms: A Companion, published 2026.
