Gumpert’s work focuses on the persistence of classicism and catastrophic thinking in post-classical literature, art and architecture, and popular culture. He is the author of Grafting Helen: The Abduction of the Classical Past (2001), The End of Meaning: Studies in Catastrophe (2012), and The Accident Waiting to Happen (2015). He is currently working on a study of representations and imitations of the Parthenon, entitled Parthenogenesis.