Staff in Classics

Before coming to Edinburgh, I studied for my BA (Hons.) (2015) and MA (2016) degrees at the University of Exeter and completed a PhD (2020) at the University of Liverpool with the generous support of the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership).

I held temporary posts at Liverpool as a Lecturer in Classical Literature and Roman History/Culture and a University Teacher in Classics and Ancient History, and taught Latin and Ancient Greek to GCSE-level to local state school students as part of the Liverpool Schools Classics Project.

On the rare occasion that I'm not thinking about Classics, I enjoy listening to music, playing in orchestras and chamber ensembles, drawing, and playing polo.

Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology, Classics, and Egyptology, University of Liverpool

Summary of research interests

• Language & Literature

• Imperial Latin Epic
  • Particularly Lucan's Bellum Civile, Statius' Thebaid, and Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica
• Civil War Literature
• Didactic Poetry
  • Particularly Manilius' Astronomica
• Ancient Aesthetics
• Ancient Historiography
• The Ancient Cosmos

I am currently preparing my doctoral thesis for publication and working on a number of articles on Lucan and Manilius.

Pre-Honours

• Latin 1D
• Latin 2A
• Latin 2B
• Roman World 1A

Honours

• Civil War and the Roman Imagination
• Neronian and Flavian Verse