On July 29th, 2016 the Women’s Classical Committee UK, with the support of the Council of University Classics Departments, hosted a workshop at the University of Birmingham titled ‘Classics and Feminist Pedagogy: Practical Tips for Teaching’ workshop. This is one of two reports that came out of that workshop and presents some practical tips for t…[Read more]

Book review of Ghosts: A Haunted History. Edited by Lisa Morton. London: Reaktion Books, 2015.

“Sensation Fiction and the Medical Context.” Cambridge Companion to Sensation, Andrew Mangham, ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2014. 182-195.

Arguably, the most famous myth told about Persephone is her abduction and marriage to Hades. The story clearly articulates the strong connection between marriage and death, and this episode became significant in both literature and religious practice in the wider classical Greek world. Reference to the story of Persephone’s abduction came to be u…[Read more]

This article looks at how Achilleus physically expresses his mourning following the death of Patroklos, in Homer’s Iliad.

The scholarly cataloguing and study of oral folktales, the evolution of Gothic fiction, the rise of the short story genre, the foundation of the Spiritualist movement, and the uncertainties and potentialities raised by scientific and technological advances, are some of the key influences in the fictional representation and uses of the ghost in…[Read more]