Evgeniia Ganberg
BA (National Research University, St. Petersburg), MPhil (Cantab), PhD (Cantab)
College roles
Special Supervisor in English
Biography
Dr Evgeniia Ganberg has recently completed a PhD in English at Trinity College, her dissertation was awarded Members’ English Fund Award (English Faculty, 2024) and James H. Williams Award (Trinity College, 2025).
Before coming to Cambridge, Evgeniia gained a BA with honours in Comparative Literature at National Research University “High School of Economics” in St Petersburg (2019). Her Cambridge journey started with an MPhil in Medieval and Renaissance Literature in the Covid year of 2020-21.
Research Interests
Dr Evgeniia Ganberg is an early modernist with a special interest in classical reception. Her doctoral thesis explored the comic treatment of the myth of the Trojan War in early modern England, arguing that it was the period’s widespread fascination with exemplarity that made the comic approach to this foundational story so popular. Evgeniia’s work on Troy and beyond has appeared in the Renaissance Studies journal and several edited volumes. Evgeniia’s upcoming project will focus on socio-political reception of the myths of the Graeco-Roman pantheon.