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Theodora Jim

Associate Professor in Ancient Greek History, Faculty of Arts

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Biography

After completing both my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the University of Oxford, I held a Society of Scholars Fellowship at the University of Hong Kong, followed by a permanent lectureship in Ancient History at Lancaster University. I joined the Classics Department at Nottingham in January 2019. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a winner of the Philip Leverhulme Prize in Classics.

Expertise Summary

My research focuses on Greek polytheism and comparative religions. I am also interested in Greek Epigraphy, Greek culture, and Anthropology.

Teaching Summary

I have taught a wide range of subject in Greek history, society and culture, and I have always believed that the study of Classics should be open to everyone.

I would welcome enquiry from graduate students interested in Ancient Greek history, and especially in Greek religion, society and culture.

Research Summary

I am an Ancient Historian working on the religion and culture of Ancient Greece. Actively engaged in anthropological approaches and questions of religious psychology, I enjoy studying Greek Religion… read more

Recent Publications

  • THEODORA S. F. JIM, 2017. 'Private Dedications to Philip V and other Hellenistic Kings' Classical Quarterly. 68, 429-443
  • THEODORA S. F. JIM, 2017. '“Salvation” and Ancient Mystery Cults' Archiv für Religionsgeschichte. 18, 255-281
  • THEODORA S. F. JIM, 2015. 'Can Soteira be Named? The Problem of the Bare Trans-divine Epithet' Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 195, 63-74
  • JIM, SF, 2014. Sharing with the gods: aparchai and dekatai in ancient Greece Oxford : Oxford University Press.

Current Research

I am an Ancient Historian working on the religion and culture of Ancient Greece. Actively engaged in anthropological approaches and questions of religious psychology, I enjoy studying Greek Religion in comparative and interdisciplinary contexts. I am interested in the concept of soteria in Ancient Greece, and how it compares with that in Christianity. I am the author of the OUP monographs Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece (2022) and Sharing with the Gods: Aparchai and Dekatai in Ancient Greece (2014). I am also the Principle Investigator of a Leverhulme Research Project on comparing Greek and Chinese polytheism.

  • THEODORA S. F. JIM, 2017. '“Salvation” and Ancient Mystery Cults' Archiv für Religionsgeschichte. 18, 255-281
  • THEODORA S. F. JIM, 2017. 'Private Dedications to Philip V and other Hellenistic Kings' Classical Quarterly. 68, 429-443
  • THEODORA S. F. JIM, 2015. 'Can Soteira be Named? The Problem of the Bare Trans-divine Epithet' Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 195, 63-74
  • THEODORA S. F. JIM, 2014. 'On Greek Dedicatory Practices: The Problem of hyper' Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies. 54, 616-637
  • THEODORA S. F. JIM, 2014. 'Aparchai in the Thasian List of Theoroi' Classical Quarterly. 64, 13-24
  • JIM, SF, 2014. Sharing with the gods: aparchai and dekatai in ancient Greece Oxford : Oxford University Press.
  • THEODORA S. F. JIM, 2013. 'The Religious Dispute in Thucydides 1.25.4' Classical Quarterly. 63, 537-542
  • THEODORA S. F. JIM, 2012. 'Naming a Gift: the Vocabulary and Purposes of Greek Religious Offerings' Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies. 52, 310-337

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