Edith Hall#
©Michael-Wharley
| Membership Number: | 3701 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.edithhall.co.uk |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2021 - present Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University
- 2012 - 2021 Professor of Classics, King's College London
- 2006 - 2012 Professor of Classics, Royal Holloway, London
- Earlier posts at Cambridge, Oxford, Durham and Reading Universities
Fields of Scholarship
- Ancient Greek social and intellectual history
- Ancient Greek literature
- Ancient Greek and Roman peformance culture
- Tragedy and comedy
- Ethnicity, gender and class
- Reception of ancient Greece and Rome
Honours and Awards
- 1988 Hellenic Foundation Price
- Member of the British Academy
- Chairman of the Gilbert Murray trust
- Humboldt Research Award 2013
- Judge, Stephen Spender Prize for Literary Translation
- Runner-up for Criticos Prize
- Runner-Up for Theatre Society Prize
- 2012 President of the Guildford Classical Association
- 2015 Academia Europaea Erasmus Medal
