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Royal Holloway, University of London

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4.08/20/2025

Challenges students to reach their potential.

5.04/30/2025

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About Christos

Christos Kremmydas is Professor and Head of the Department of Classics at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is also associated with the Centre for Oratory and Rhetoric and the Hellenic Institute. His research interests include Greek social, political, and legal history, oratory and rhetoric, historiography, epigraphy, papyrology, and textual criticism. Kremmydas served as a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton from January to May 2017, during which he held the Elizabeth and J. Richardson Dilworth Fellowship. He was Principal Investigator for a Humboldt Foundation Senior Research Fellowship from 1 July 2018 to 31 July 2020. From 2017 to 2021, he was a Council Member of the International Society for the History of Rhetoric. Previously recognized as Reader in Ancient History, his scholarly work welcomes prospective research students in these areas. His current research examines strategies of rhetorical deception in speeches from the law courts of Classical Athens, exploring how speakers manipulated narratives, facts, and logical arguments to prevail in legal disputes.