Victoria Rimell (born 1974) is a British classicist and Professor of Latin at the University of Warwick. Among her publications are books on Ovid, Martial and Petronius.
Victoria Rimell | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | King's College, Cambridge King's College, London |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classics |
| Sub-discipline | Latin Literature |
| Institutions | Roma La Sapienza Warwick University |
Career edit
Rimell studied Classics at King's College, Cambridge where she received a BA and an MPhil degree. She then moved to King's College, London, graduating with a PhD in 2001. After working at University College, Oxford, and Cambridge University, she took up a position at Sapienza University of Rome in 2004.[1] Since 2016, she has worked at Warwick University as an Associate Professor and, from 2018, as a Professor.[2] She also serves on the council of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.[3] In 2020, she was elected a member of the Academia Europaea.[4]
Selected publications edit
- Petronius and the Anatomy of Fiction, Cambridge University Press, 2002
- Ovid’s Lovers: Desire, Difference, and the Poetic Imagination, Cambridge University Press, 2006[5]
- Martial’s Rome: Empire and the Ideology of Epigram, Cambridge University Press, 2008[6]
- The Closure of Space in Roman Poetics: Empire’s Inward Turn, Cambridge University Press, 2015
References edit
- ^ "Victoria Rimell". uniroma1.it. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Professor Victoria Rimell". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Council Members". romansociety.org. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Academy of Europe: Victoria Rimell". The Academy of Europe. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ James, Sharon (October 2007). "(V.) Rimell Ovid's Lovers. Desire, Difference, and the Poetic Imagination" (PDF). The Classical Review. 57 (2): 402–4. doi:10.1017/S0009840X07000698. S2CID 162769166.
- ^ Neger, Margot (October 2010). "Rimell (V. ) Martial's Rome. Empire and the Ideology of Epigram" (PDF). The Classical Review. 60 (2): 469–70. doi:10.1017/S0009840X10000661. S2CID 163795793.
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