Classicist
Elizabeth Gloyn is a Reader in Latin Language and Literature at Royal Holloway, the University of London and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.[1] Her research focuses on the intersection between Latin literature, ancient philosophy (particularly Stoicism) and gender studies; as well as topics of classical reception, and the history of women in the field of Classics.[1][2]
Education and career
Gloyn completed her BA and MPhil at Newnham College Cambridge, and received a PhD from Rutgers (the State University of New Jersey) in 2011.[2]
Between 2011 and 2013, she was a Teaching Fellow at the University of Birmingham, before moving to Royal Holloway.[1][2] Prior to her current appointment as Reader in Latin Languages and Literature in 2020, Gloyn acted as a Lecturer (2013–2018) and a Senior Lecturer at Royal Holloway.[3]
Gloyn is also a founding member of the Women's Classical Committee (UK) and served as Administrator from 2015 to 2022;[4] and an Editorial Consultant for the online Companion to The Worlds of Roman Women.[2] She was a trustee of the Classical Association from 2017 to 2022.[5]
Research and select publications
According to Gloyn, her research interests are "pretty broad".[2] She has published widely on topics including Seneca the Younger, classical reception, the history of Classics, and issues of social and familial history within Latin literature more broadly.[1][2][6]
She is the author of two books:
- (2019) Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture, London: Bloomsbury Academic.[7][8][9]
- (2017) The Ethics of the Family in Seneca, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.[10][11][12][13]
Her other recent publications include:
- (2019) "We Are What We Keep: The 'Family Archive', Identity and Public/Private Heritage", with Anna Woodham, Laura King, Vicky Crewe and Fiona Blair. Heritage & Society.[14]
- (2018) "The Ties That Bind: Materiality, Identity and the Life Course in the 'Things' Families Keep", with Anna Woodham, Laura King and Vicky Crewe. Journal of Family History 43.2: 157–176.[15]
- (2016) "This Is Not A Chapter About Jane Harrison: Classicists at Newnham College, 1882–1922". In Women Classical Scholars. Unsealing the Fountain from the Renaissance to Jacqueline de Romilly, eds. E. Hall and R. Wyles. Oxford University Press: 153–175.[16]
- (2014) "Show Me The Way To Go Home: A Reconsideration of Seneca's De Consolatione ad Polybium". The American Journal of Philology135.3: 451-480.[17]
- (2013) "Reading Rape in Ovid's Metamorphoses: A Test-Case Lesson". Classical World 106.4: 676–681.[18]
Alongside her academic research, Gloyn also writes and publishes in non-traditional formats, including her personal blog entitled 'Classically Inclined'.[19] Publications of this kind include:
- (2019) 'Invisible barriers keep many academics from the media', WonkHE.[20]
- (2016) 'Seneca's Guide To Relaxing.' Iris Online.[21]
