Roy Gibson (classicist)
Roy Gibson | |
|---|---|
| Board member of | The Journal of Roman Studies |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classics |
| Sub-discipline | Latin Literature |
| Institutions | University of Manchester Durham University |
Roy Gibson is a British Classicist and Professor at Durham University. Specialising in Latin Literature, he has worked extensively on the imperial period, with a focus on Ovid and Pliny the Younger. Gibson is also the joint-chair of the Classical Association[1] and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Roman Studies.[2]
Career[edit]
Gibson studied Classics at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, leading to a BA (1987) and later a PhD (1993). He then went on to become a Research Fellow at the same college. From 1994, he worked at the University of Manchester and was promoted to a professorship in 2004. In 2018, Gibson was appointed Professor of Latin at Durham University.[3]
Selected publications[edit]
- The Classical Commentary: Histories, Practices, Theory, edited with C. S. Kraus, Brill, 2002[4]
- Ovid, Ars Amatoria, Book 3, Cambridge University Press, 2003[5]
- The Art of Love. Bimillennial Essays on Ovid's "Ars Amatoria" and "Remedia Amoris", edited with S. Green and A. Sharrock, Oxford University Press, 2006[6]
- Excess and Restraint: Propertius, Horace, and Ovid’s Ars Amatoria, Institute of Classical Studies, 2007[7]
- Pliny the Elder: Themes and Contexts, edited with R. Morello, Brill, 2011[8]
- Reading The Letters of Pliny the Younger: An Introduction, with Ruth Morello, Cambridge University Press, 2012[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "CA Governance". classicalassociation.org. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Editorial board". cambridge.org. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Prof Roy Gibson". dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ Reviews of The Classical Commentary: JSTOR 4135029; JSTOR 25067767
- ^ Reviews of Ovid, Ars Amatoria, Book 3: JSTOR 30222111; JSTOR 25067765; JSTOR 4132997; JSTOR 4352941
- ^ Reviews of The Art of Love: JSTOR 20482378; JSTOR 20430707; JSTOR 23041709; JSTOR 43939244
- ^ Reviews of Excess and Restraint: JSTOR 25651746; JSTOR 25472033; JSTOR 10.5184/00098353.105.1.76; doi:10.1017/S0075435800002100
- ^ Reviews of Pliny the Elder: Themes and Contexts: JSTOR 43286841; JSTOR antiqclassi.81.267
- ^ Reviews of Reading The Letters of Pliny the Younger: JSTOR 24774768; doi:10.1163/1568525X-12341737; doi:10.1017/S007543581400080X; doi:10.1017/S0009840X1300067X
