Claire's DPhil project (supervisor: Fiona Macintosh) charts the 20th century's philosophical and popular understandings of 'authenticity' and how these have been applied to classical tropes across this period - particularly those used to express a perceived 'authentic' connection with classical antiquity. The thesis considers the use of 'classic' and 'authenic' as constructs signifying value, and how both emerge in the socio-political and intellectual climate of the early 20th century - though it also examines the evolution and impact of thinking around authenticity and classics down to the present day. She has a particular interest in how authenticity resonates in the work of Christopher Logue, Kae Tempest, and EM Forster, and has published on the latter. Claire co-presents the podcast Reimagning Ancient Greece and Rome
