Christopher Kelly (historian)

Christopher Kelly (b. 1964) is an Australian classicist and historian who specializes in the Roman Empire and the classical tradition. He is Master-elect of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and is due to begin his term as Master in Michaelmas term 2018.

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Kelly's first major work was Ruling the Later Roman Empire (2006). In The End of Empire (2009), characterized as a "semi-popular work", he took a revisionist view of Attila the Hun as a "thoughtful and effective political and military leader."

Kelly is a professor in classics and ancient history and fellow and director of classical studies at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. From 2006 to 2008, he held a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship. He was educated as an undergraduate in classics and law at the University of Sydney in Australia, and earned a doctorate at Trinity College, Cambridge. On 12 July 2017 he was elected Master of Corpus Christi College. His term as Master will begin in Michaelmas 2018.

Kelly was editor of the Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society and Cambridge Classical Journal from 2000 to 2006. He is currently editor of the Journal of Roman Studies and President of the Cambridge Philological Society. He is a past Chairman of the Faculty of Classics; and, while chair, was also responsible for the Faculty’s submission to REF2014 – Classics in Cambridge was ranked first in the country.

Kelly contributed to The Cambridge Ancient History and to Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World, edited by G.W. Bowersock, Peter Brown, and Oleg Grabar. He is an occasional reviewer for publications such as London Review of Books, Literary Review, and History Today.