Josephine Crawley Quinn (born 1973) is an historian and archaeologist, working across Greek, Roman and Phoenician history.
Since the 1st of January 2025 she is the first woman to hold the Professorship of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge, and is a fellow at St. John's College.
[1][2] Quinn was previously Professor of Ancient History in the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford and Martin Frederiksen Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at Worcester College, University of Oxford.
[4] She then obtained an MA (1998) and PhD (2003) in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of California, Berkeley.
[8] She has published numerous articles and two co-edited volumes, the Hellenistic West, and The Punic Mediterranean.