Dr Liz Gloyn

 

Teaching Fellow in Latin Literature

Classics and Ancient History

Contact details

University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

About

My research interests focus on the intersections between Latin literature, ancient philosophy, social history and gender studies. I also work on classical reception, particularly in film.

Qualifications

  • PhD, Classics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA: The ethics of the family in Seneca.
  • M.Phil, Classics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA.
  • M.Phil, Classics, Newnham College, Cambridge University.
  • B.A. (Hons) in Classics, Newnham College, Cambridge University

Teaching

  • Augustan and Imperial Literature in Context, spring 2012.
  • Religion, Myth and Ritual, 2011-12.
  • Ancient Epic, 2011-12.
  • The Ancient Novel, autumn 2011 and spring 2012.
  • Latin IV, spring 2012.

Research

My current research projects are:

  • A book manuscript on the ethics of the family in Seneca’s philosophical work.
  • An article on Seneca’s Stoic approach to exile.
  • An article on gender, space and danger in the 1981 and 2010 Clash of the Titans films.

Other activities

  • Library representative for the IAA

Publications

  • Forthcoming: ‘She’s Only A Bird in a Gilded Cage: Freedwomen at Trimalchio’s Dinner Party.’ Classical Quarterly 62.1, May 2012.
  • Forthcoming: 4 entries (1,953 words) for the Virgil Encyclopedia, eds. R. Thomas and J. Ziolkowski, Wiley-Blackwell (forthcoming) on Andromache (350 words), consolatio (400 words), familial relationship (592 words, with Tim O’Sullivan), reception, theories of (408 words), stepmothers (203 words).
  • 2011: ‘Teaching Sex and Gender in the Ancient World.’ Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy 11.2: 25-35.
  • 2010: ‘ “It Had, Indeed, More Than Its Share of Pleasant Things”: Classical Allusion and Hope Mirrlees’ Lud-in-the-Mist.’ CA News 42: 12-15

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