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Catharine Edwards (historian)

British ancient historian and academic

Catharine Harmon Edwards FBA (born 27 May ) is a British ancient historian and academic. She is Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is a specialist in Roman cultural history and Latin prose literature, particularly Seneca the Younger.

Early life and education

Edwards was born on 27 May in Redruth, Cornwall, England.[1] She was educated at Clifton High School, a private school in Bristol.[1] She studied classics at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in [1][2] Her doctoral thesis was titled "Transgression and control: studies in ancient Roman immorality".[3]

Academic career

Edwards began her academic career as a junior research fellow at Selwyn College, Cambridge from to She then moved to the University of Bristol where she was a lecturer from She was promoted to senior lecturer in and to reader in [1]

Edwards joined Birkbeck College, University of London in as a lecturer.[1] She has been Professor of Classics and Ancient History since [2]

Edwards researches Roman cultural history and Latin prose literature, particularly Seneca the Younger. She also researches the reception of Classical antiquity in later periods.[2]

Edwards is the presenter of the three-part BBC series Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses: Empresses of Ancient Rome.[4] She has also contributed to BBC Radio 4's In Our Time series, on Cleopatra, Roman Britain, Virgil's Aeneid, Tacitus and the decadence of Rome, Pliny the Younger, The Augustan Age and Marcus Aurelieus.[2]

She served as president of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies from June to June [5] In , she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.[6]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ abcde"Edwards, Prof. Catharine Harmon, (born 27 May ), Professor of Classics and Ancient History, Birkbeck, University of London, since ". Who's Who . Oxford University Press. 1 December Retrieved 5 February
  2. ^ abcdCatharine ed 20 May at the Wayback Machine Birkbeck College. Retrieved 13 May
  3. ^Edwards, Catharine (). Transgression and control&#;: studies in ancient Roman immorality. E-Thesis Online Service (Thesis). The British Library Board. doi/CAM Retrieved 5 February
  4. ^Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses: Empresses of Ancient Rome, BBC. Retrieved 19 May
  5. ^"About the Society: Officers". Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. Archived from the original on 28 September Retrieved 4 September
  6. ^"Professor Catharine Edwards FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 23 September
  7. ^Shaw, Brent D. (October ), "The Politics of Immorality in Ancient Rome by Catharine Edwards", Book Reviews, Classical Philology, 89 (4): –, doi/, JSTOR&#;
  8. ^Pearcy, Lee T. (18 January ), "Catharine Edwards, Writing Rome: Textual Approaches to the City", Bryn Mawr Classical Review
  9. ^Talbert, Richard J. A. (March ), "Rome the Cosmopolis by Catharine Edwards, Greg Woolf", The International History Review, 27 (1): –, JSTOR&#;
  10. ^Burnett, Fred W. (January ), "Rome the Cosmopolis – Edited by Catharine Edwards and Greg Woolf", Religious Studies Review, 32 (1): 38–39, doi/j_2.x
  11. ^Trimble, Jennifer (9 August ), "Catharine Edwards, Greg Woolf, Rome the Cosmopolis", Bryn Mawr Classical Review
  12. ^Bartsch, Shadi (15 November ), "Dying to Make a Point", London Review of Books, 29 (22): 3–6
  13. ^Corbeill, Anthony (), "Catharine Edwards, Death in Ancient Rome", The American Historical Review, (5): –, doi/ahr
  14. ^Schrumpf, Stefan (28 December ), "Catharine Edwards, Death in Ancient Rome", Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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