In our final post for the Australasian ‘take over,’ we hear from Tanika Koosmen, a PhD candidate at The University of Newcastle, who researches comparative folk narratives concerning the werewolf … Read More
Australasian BLOG TAKEOVER #7
Our second article this month comes from Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans at the University of Newcastle. Michael is a Professor of Drama but has a long relationship with the Classics … Read More
Australasian BLOG TAKEOVER #6
In our sixth takeover post we hear from Connie Skibinski, a PhD candidate at the University of Newcastle whose research interests include ancient mythology and classical reception. Connie is currently … Read More
Australasian BLOG TAKEOVER #5
This month we also hear from Dr. Ruth McKimmie, who is undertaking her second PhD at the University of Newcastle. Drawing on her first PhD in Psychology, Ruth’s honours project … Read More
Australasian BLOG TAKEOVER #4
In this instalment of the Australasian Blog Takeover, we hear from Dr Anne Rogerson, Charles Tesoriero Senior Lecturer in Latin, University of Sydney. Anne works on the Aeneid and its … Read More
Pericles at Play: An Archaeological Report on Year One
by Tom Willis and the Pericles at Play team and contributors Trench 1: Pericles at Play has been active for a year now, digitally printing and disseminating prose, poetry, and translations … Read More
Australasian BLOG TAKEOVER #3
John Davidson lives in Wellington, having retired as Professor of Classics at Victoria University of Wellington in 2010. He has published extensively on ancient Greek literature and mythology and was … Read More
Australasian BLOG TAKEOVER #2
This month we’re featuring pieces about Classical Reception in New Zealand! First, Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson from the University of Oxford discusses the book, Athens to Aotearoa: Greece and Rome in … Read More
Australasian BLOG TAKEOVER #1
© Clare Youngman: From the collaborative project, ‘Antipodean Antiquities’ – Watt Space Gallery, 2016. It’s terrifically exciting to have been invited to take part in the Australasian ‘takeover’ of the … Read More
Hippocrates as fan fiction
by Helen King (Professor Emerita of Classical Studies at Open University) Classical reception still tends to ignore the technical literatures of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Maybe there’s a sense … Read More