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research overview |
<p>My original research was on Greek History, focussing in particular in Greek relations
with the Near East. Since 2001, my research has focussed upon the reception of Greece
and Rome in modern science fiction and fantasy. I have delivered numerous papers at
conferences and conventions, and written a number of articles and chapters. I organized
a conference on this subject,‘Swords, Sorcery, Sandals and Space’, which
took place in Liverpool in June/July 2013, and am working on a book,<em>Martial’s
Martians and Other Stories: Studies in Science Fiction and Fantasy and Greece and
Rome</em>(Harold Wood, Beccon Publications, forthcoming). I also review science fiction
works, and have edited a collection on<em>Doctor Who</em>. I am also planning a book
on<em>Screening Roman Britain</em>, to be written in collaboration with OU Associate
Lecturer Juliette Harrisson.</p><h2>Publications</h2><p>2015:‘“Wulf the
Briton”: Resisting Rome in a 1950s British Boys’ Adventure Strip’,
in L. Maurice (ed.),<em>The Reception of Ancient Greece and Rome in Children’s
Literature</em>. Leiden, E.J. Brill, pp. 280-290.</p><p>2015:‘Mr. Lucian in
Suburbia: Links between the<em>True History</em>and<em>The First Men in the Moon</em>’,
in B.M. Rogers and B.E. Stevens (eds),<em>Classical Traditions in Science Fiction</em>.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 105-120.</p><p>2014:‘The Pros and Cons
of Para-Academia’, in A. Wardrop& D. Withers (eds), <em>The Para-Academic
Handbook: A Toolkit for–Making–Learning–Creating–Acting</em>.
Bristol: HammerOn, pp. 243-249.</p><p>2014:‘Femme parfaite sur commande: Le
mythe de Pygmalion dans deux romans de science-fiction et fantasy’, in M. Bost-Fiévet&
S. Provini (eds),<em> L’Antiquité dans l’imaginaire contemporain:
Fantasy, science fiction, fantastique</em>. Paris: Classiques Garnier, pp. 205-213.</p><p>2013.‘Greek
Elements in the Sinbad Movies of Ray Harryhausen: A Lesson In Reception’, in
S.J. Green and P. Goodman (eds), <em>Animating Antiquity</em>, special issue
of <em>New Voices in Classical Reception</em>. <a href="http://www2.open.ac.uk/ClassicalStudies/GreekPlays/newvoices/proceedings/volume1/Keen-2013-formatted.pdf">Full
paper available online</a>.</p><p>2012:‘The best things come in threes: The
Triple Goddess in the works of Neil Gaiman’, in A. Burdge, J. Burke, K. Larsen
(eds.), <em>The Mythological Dimensions of Neil Gaiman</em>. New York:
Kitsune Books, pp. 125-130.</p><p>2012:‘Death and Transcendence in the“Forged”
Novels of Justina Robson’, <em>Vector: The Critical Journal of the British
Science Fiction Association</em> 269, pp. 7-9.</p><p>2011: <em>The Unsilent
Library: Essays on the Russell T Davies Era of the New Doctor Who</em> (ed.,
with Simon Bradshaw and Graham Sleight). London: Science Fiction Foundation.</p><p>2011:‘Putting
the Past into the Future: The <em>Time's Tapestry</em> sequence’, <em>Vector:
The Critical Journal of the British Science Fiction Association</em> 265, pp.
29-33.</p><p>2010:‘Sideways Pompeii! The use of a historical period to
question the Doctor’s role in history’, in Ross P. Garner, Melissa Beattie&
Una McCormack (eds.), <em>Impossible Worlds, Impossible Things: Cultural Perspectives
on Doctor Who, Torchwood, and The Sarah Jane Adventures</em>. Newcastle: Cambridge
Scholars Press, pp. 94-117.</p><p>2010:‘It’s about Tempus: Greece and
Rome in“classic” <em>Doctor Who</em>’, David C. Wright, Jr.
and Allan W. Austin (eds.), <em>Space and Time: Essays on Visions of History
in Science Fiction and Fantasy Television</em>. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland,
pp. 100-115.</p><p>2009:‘Euripides Bound: Hal Duncan’s use of Greek tragedy’, <em>Vector:
The Critical Journal of the British Science Fiction Association</em> 260, Summer
2009, pp. 16-20.</p><p>2008:‘Alternate histories of the Roman empire in Stephen
Baxter, Robert Silverberg and Sophia McDougall’,<em>Foundation: The International
Review of Science Fiction</em> 102, Spring 2008, pp. 71-86.</p><p>2006:‘1994: <em>Vurt</em> –
Jeff Noon. Feathers into an Underworld’, in Paul Kincaid (ed., with Andrew
M. Butler),<em>The Arthur C. Clarke Award: A Critical Anthology. </em> Daventry:
Serendip Foundation, pp. 97-107.</p><p>2006:‘Homoeroticism in <em>Troy</em> and <em>Alexander</em>’, <em>CA
News</em> 34 (June 2006), pp. 1-2.</p><p>1998: <em>Dynastic Lycia: a political
history of the Lycians and their relations with foreign powers, c. 545-362 B.C.</em>
Leiden: Brill.</p><h3>Reviews</h3><p>2010: Review of Laurie Maguire, <em>Helen
of Troy: From Homer to Hollywood</em>, <em>Classical Review</em>, n.s. 60.2,
pp. 589-591.</p><p>2009:‘City at the Edge of Time by Greg Bear’, <em>Strange
Horizons Reviews</em>, 4 February 2009. <a href="http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2009/02/city_at_the_end.shtml">Read
this review online</a>.</p><h3>Conference and Seminar Papers</h3><p>2011:‘On
second thoughts, let’s not go to Camelot: situating the“historical Arthur”
through casting in <em>King Arthur</em> and <em>The Last Legion</em>’,‘Cinema
and Antiquity 2001-2011’, University of Liverpool, July 2011. This document
is available online from <a href="http://www.academia.edu/1046540/On_second_thoughts_lets_not_go_to_Camelot_situating_the_historical_Arthur_through_casting_in_King_Arthur_and_The_Last_Legion">Academia.edu</a>.</p> |
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biography |
<p>I’ve been a student of the ancient world since beginning studying Latin at
school in 1976. I gained an M.A. in Ancient History and Greek from the University
of Edinburgh in 1987, and Ph.D. in Ancient History from the University of Manchester
in 1993, delivering a thesis on<em>A Political History of Lycia and its Relations
with Foreign Powers during the‘Dynastic’ Period, c. 545–362 B.C.</em>In
2012 I gained a Post-Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice from the Open University.</p><p>I
was a Part-Time Student Assistant Tutor at the University of Manchester from 1990
to 1994, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ancient Greek History at Queen’s University
Belfast from 1994 to 1997, Foreign Expert in Classics at the Northeast Normal University,
Changchun, People’s Republic of China from 1997 to 1998, and Visiting Lecturer
at Royal Holloway, University of London from 1998 to 1999. I then spent a period working
in industry before returning to full-time academia in 2011.</p><p>I have been an Associate
Lecturer for the Open University since 2000. I currently teach A330<em>Myth in the
Greek and Roman Worlds</em>and A863<em>MA Classical Studies Part 1</em>. I have previously
taught AA309<em>Culture, Identity and Power in the Roman Empire</em>, A219<em>Exploring
the Classical World</em>, AA310<em>Film and Television History</em>, and A397<em>Continuing
Classical Latin</em>.</p><p>I am also a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Roehampton,
an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame’s London Global
Gateway, and a Part-Time Lecturer at Middlesex University. I used to edit<em>CA News</em>for
the Classical Association, and am a committee member for the British Science Fiction
Association and the Science Fiction Foundation.</p> |
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Description |
<p>I’ve been a student of the ancient world since beginning studying Latin at
school in 1976. I gained an M.A. in Ancient History and Greek from the University
of Edinburgh in 1987, and Ph.D. in Ancient History from the University of Manchester
in 1993, delivering a thesis on<em>A Political History of Lycia and its Relations
with Foreign Powers during the‘Dynastic’ Period, c. 545–362 B.C.</em>In
2012 I gained a Post-Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice from the Open University.</p><p>I
was a Part-Time Student Assistant Tutor at the University of Manchester from 1990
to 1994, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ancient Greek History at Queen’s University
Belfast from 1994 to 1997, Foreign Expert in Classics at the Northeast Normal University,
Changchun, People’s Republic of China from 1997 to 1998, and Visiting Lecturer
at Royal Holloway, University of London from 1998 to 1999. I then spent a period working
in industry before returning to full-time academia in 2011.</p><p>I have been an Associate
Lecturer for the Open University since 2000. I currently teach A330<em>Myth in the
Greek and Roman Worlds</em>and A863<em>MA Classical Studies Part 1</em>. I have previously
taught AA309<em>Culture, Identity and Power in the Roman Empire</em>, A219<em>Exploring
the Classical World</em>, AA310<em>Film and Television History</em>, and A397<em>Continuing
Classical Latin</em>.</p><p>I am also a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Roehampton,
an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame’s London Global
Gateway, and a Part-Time Lecturer at Middlesex University. I used to edit<em>CA News</em>for
the Classical Association, and am a committee member for the British Science Fiction
Association and the Science Fiction Foundation.</p> |