Karen ní Mheallaigh is Professor of Classics and Director of Graduate Studies at Johns Hopkins University with a research specialism in ancient fiction.[1]

Karen ní Mheallaigh
NationalityIrish
Academic background
Alma materTrinity College Dublin
Johns Hopkins University
Academic work
DisciplineClassics

Education

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Ní Mheallaigh received her BA in 1997 and a PhD in Classics from Trinity College Dublin in 2005.[1]

Career

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Ní Mheallaigh taught at Liverpool (2004–2005), Swansea (2005–2007) and Exeter (2007–2020) before taking up her position at The Johns Hopkins University in 2020.[1] She has also held a fellowship from the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the UK (2011–2012) and a Marie Curie fellowship at the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), Denmark (2014–2016), where she worked on the project "Discovering the ancient scientific imagination".[1][2]

Selected publications

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Monographs:

  • The Moon in the Greek and Roman imagination: selenography in myth, literature, science and philosophy. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020.[3][4]
  • Reading fiction with Lucian: fakes, freaks and hyperreality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.[5][6]

Edited books:

  • Cueva, E., G. Schmeling, P. James, K. ní Mheallaigh, S. Panayotakis, N. Scippacercola. 2018. Re-Wiring the Ancient Novel. Volume 2: Roman Novels and other important texts. Ancient Narrative Supplement 24.2. Groningen.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Karen ní Mheallaigh". Department of Classics. Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Karen ní Mheallaigh". aias.au.dk. Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  3. ^ ní Mheallaigh, Karen (2020). The Moon in the Greek and Roman Imagination: Myth, Literature, Science and Philosophy. Greek Culture in the Roman World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108685726. ISBN 978-1-108-48303-2. S2CID 225166914.
  4. ^ "The Moon in the Greek and Roman imagination: Selenography in myth, literature, science and philosophy". Classics. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Reading fiction with Lucian: Fakes, freaks and hyperreality". Classics. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  6. ^ Kim, Lawrence (2016). "(K.) Nì Mheallaigh Reading Fiction with Lucian. Fakes, Freaks and Hyperreality. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. xii + 305. £65./$99. 9781107079335". The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 136: 211–212. doi:10.1017/S0075426916000343. ISSN 0075-4269. S2CID 164178710.
  7. ^ Publisher, The (26 November 2018). "Frontmatter". Ancient Narrative: I–VII. ISSN 1568-3532.
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