Congratulations to Oliver Gerlach, who successfully completed his PhD. In ‘Birth, Death, and Rebirth in Nonnus’ Dionysiaca and Paraphrase’ Ollie demonstrates the enormous rewards of reading against each other two texts which although by the same author have tended to be considered in isolation from each other. Nonnus of Panopolis dates to the 5th century…
Tag: Greek Literature
Late Hellenistic Greek Literature in Dialogue
Late Hellenistic Greek Literature in Dialogue, edited by Jason König and Nicolas Wiater, was published recently by Cambridge University Press. From the publisher’s website: Late Hellenistic Greek literature, both prose and poetry, stands out for its richness and diversity. Recent work has tended to take an author-by-author approach that underestimates the interconnectedness of the literary…
Four new appointments in the School of Classics
We are excited to announce the appointment of four new members of staff, all of whom will be joining the School from next academic year. Michael Carroll has been appointed as Lecturer in Greek Literature. Michael completed his PhD in Cambridge in 2014. He works broadly on classical Greek literature, especially on Aeschylus and Pindar,…
Four new posts in the School of Classics
The School of Classics invites applications for the following job vacancies: Permanent Lectureship in Greek Literature (from 1 September 2017) http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AXC166/lecturer-in-greek-literature-ac2036ml/ Closing date: 10 March Permanent Lectureship in any area of Classics (from 1 September 2017) http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AXC228/lecturer-in-classics-ac2035sb/ Closing date: 10 March Two-year Temporary Lectureship in Ancient History (from 1 September 2017) http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AXC243/temporary-lecturer-in-ancient-history-ac1869rxml/ Closing date: 24…
Philostratus’ Gymnasticus and beyond
Dr. Jason König discusses concepts of Olympic history and Olympic continuity in imperial Greek literature, in a lecture at the British Museum.
Dr König launches project website
The University of St Andrews is hosting a two-year BA/Leverhulme-funded research project on ‘Literary Interactions under Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian‘. The project brings together researchers with an interest in Nervan-, Trajanic- and Hadrianic-period literature (both Latin and Greek) to examine the texts and the literary culture of the period collectively. It explores the interface between…
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