Mr Kieran Blewitt
(he/him)
Graduate Tutor
Overview
I am PhD researcher interested in appyling international relations to the ancient world. I focus on the interaction between the Greek and Italic communities of southern Italy and Rome between the 4th-1st century BC.
I am also a seminar tutor and committee member for the 2024 AMPAH conference.
Research
Research Interests
- Soft power and constructivism in international relations
- Second Punic War (218-201 BC)
- Civic Identity in Magna Graecia
- Hegemony in Republican Roman Italy
Teaching
- The Near East, Greece, and Rome, 1000-323 BCE
- Investigating the Ancient World
Research themes
Specialisms
- Classical Greek and Roman history
- International relations
- Punic Wars