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Liz Gloyn

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

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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

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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]

Media and public engagement

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Gloyn has featured in the following print, radio, podcast, and television broadcasts:

  • (2019) Guest interviewee on 'Woman's Hour', BBC Radio 4, interviewed by Jane Garvey.[22]
  • (2019) 'Talking head' for Monsters are Real documentary-short, released as a featurette on the DVD of Godzilla: King of Monsters (Warner Bros.).[23]
  • (2019) Guest interviewee on The History of Ancient Greece Podcast.[24]
  • (2019) Guest interviewee on The Endless Knot.[25]
  • (2018) Interviewed about Stoicism for episode 2 of BBC 4's Hacking Happiness ('Self-Harm Nation').[26]
  • (2017) 'Talking head' for five episodes of Myths and Monsters, a television series for 3DD Productions; released on Netflix UK/US/Canada on 23 December 2017.[27]
  • (2016) Interviewed for article in the Independent, 'Why do bridesmaids all dress the same?', on Roman marriage traditions.[28]

Gloyn has also spoken at several public events, including:

  • (2018) "Lessons in Stoic Leadership from Seneca", Stoicon 2018, London.[29]
  • (2018) "Do Fictional Monsters Reflect Our Reality?", The Royal Institution, London.[30]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Dr Elizabeth Gloyn - Research - Royal Holloway, University of London". pure.royalholloway.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "About me". Classically Inclined. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  3. ^ "LinkedIn Profile".
  4. ^ "Committee". WCC-UK. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  5. ^ "THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION - Charity 313371". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Academic publications". Classically Inclined. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  7. ^ Bloomsbury.com. "Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  8. ^ Morgan, Cheryl (30 September 2019). "Tracking Classical Monsters". Salon Futura. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  9. ^ Bracke, Evelien. "CLASSICS, MONSTERS AND POPULAR CULTURE - (L.) Gloyn Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture. Pp. x + 228, ills. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. Paper, £19.99 (Cased, £65). ISBN: 978-1-350-10961-2 (978-1-7845-3934-4 hbk)". The Classical Review: 1–3. doi:10.1017/S0009840X20000426. hdl:1854/LU-8655041. ISSN 0009-840X. S2CID 216291638.
  10. ^ "The Ethics of the Family in Seneca | Ancient philosophy". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  11. ^ "The Ethics of the Family in Seneca – Bryn Mawr Classical Review". Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  12. ^ Reydams-Schils, Gretchen (24 July 2017). "Review of The Ethics of the Family in Seneca". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN 1538-1617.
  13. ^ Star, Christopher (April 2018). "VIEWS OF THE FAMILY IN SENECA THE YOUNGER - (L.) Gloyn The Ethics of the Family in Seneca. Pp. xii + 249, fig. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Cased, £75, US$99.99. ISBN: 978-1-107-14547-4". The Classical Review. 68 (1): 97–99. doi:10.1017/S0009840X18000045. ISSN 0009-840X. S2CID 165702743.
  14. ^ Woodham, Anna; King, Laura; Gloyn, Liz; Crewe, Vicky; Blair, Fiona (2 September 2017). "We Are What We Keep: The "Family Archive", Identity and Public/Private Heritage". Heritage & Society. 10 (3): 203–220. doi:10.1080/2159032X.2018.1554405. ISSN 2159-032X.
  15. ^ Gloyn, Liz; Crewe, Vicky; King, Laura; Woodham, Anna (1 April 2018). "The Ties That Bind: Materiality, Identity, and the Life Course in the "Things" Families Keep". Journal of Family History. 43 (2): 157–176. doi:10.1177/0363199017746451. ISSN 0363-1990. PMC 5858636. PMID 29593371.
  16. ^ Women Classical Scholars: Unsealing the Fountain from the Renaissance to Jacqueline de Romilly. Classical Presences. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 27 December 2016. ISBN 978-0-19-872520-6.
  17. ^ "Show Me The Way To Go Home - Research - Royal Holloway, University of London". pure.royalholloway.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  18. ^ "Reading Rape in Ovid's Metamorphoses: A Test-Case Lesson. - Research - Royal Holloway, University of London". pure.royalholloway.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  19. ^ "Classically Inclined". Classically Inclined. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  20. ^ "Invisible barriers keep many academics from the media". Wonkhe. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  21. ^ "Iris Classics Centre at Cheney - Seneca's Guide To Relaxing". eoccc.org.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  22. ^ "Woman's Hour - Teen sex therapy. Surrogacy Laws. Classical monsters. Singer Lisa Simone. - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  23. ^ Godzilla: King of the Monsters- Monsters are Real, retrieved 19 August 2020
  24. ^ Podcast, The History of Ancient Greece-. "**Special Guest Episode on Classical Monsters and Popular Culture w/Liz Gloyn**". Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  25. ^ "Episode 75: Tracking Monsters, with Liz Gloyn". The Endless Knot. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  26. ^ "Hacking History". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  27. ^ Myths & Monsters, retrieved 19 August 2020
  28. ^ Schrier, M. W.; Alverson, B. (18 July 2016). "A Cautionary Tale About a Bridesmaids DRESS". Hospital Pediatrics. 6 (8): 501–503. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2015-0287. ISSN 2154-1663. PMID 27432611.
  29. ^ "Stoicon 2018". YouTube.
  30. ^ "Do fictional monsters reflect our reality?". www.rigb.org. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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