Simon Goldhill
Encyclopedia
Simon Goldhill is a professor of Greek literature and culture at the University of Cambridge
and a fellow
of King's College, Cambridge
.http://www.classicalassociation.org/CLASSICI/Cambridg.htm He is also Director of CRASSH, the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities
at the University of Cambridge
. He is best known for his work on Greek tragedy
.
In 2009 he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
.
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
and a fellow
Fellow
A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. The term fellow is also used to describe a person, particularly by those in the upper social classes. It is most often used in an academic context: a fellow is often part of an elite group of learned people who are awarded...
of King's College, Cambridge
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....
.http://www.classicalassociation.org/CLASSICI/Cambridg.htm He is also Director of CRASSH, the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities
The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities is an interdisciplinary research centre within the University of Cambridge for collaboration between researchers from the arts, social sciences and humanities...
at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. He is best known for his work on Greek tragedy
Tragedy
Tragedy is a form of art based on human suffering that offers its audience pleasure. While most cultures have developed forms that provoke this paradoxical response, tragedy refers to a specific tradition of drama that has played a unique and important role historically in the self-definition of...
.
In 2009 he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs.James Bowdoin, John Adams, and...
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Books
- Freud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Brontë's Grave, University of Chicago Press, 2011, ISBN 978-0-226-30131-0
- How to Stage Greek Tragedy Today, University of Chicago Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-226-30128-0
- The Temple of Jerusalem, Harvard University Press, 2005
- Love, Sex and Tragedy; How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives, University of Chicago Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-226-30117-4 Excerpt
- Language Sexuality Narrative: The Oresteia
- Reading Greek Tragedy
- The Poet's Voice
- Foucault's Virginity
- Being Greek Under Rome (editor)
- Who Needs Greek?
- The Invention of Prose
- Art and Text in Greek Culture (co-editor)
- Rethinking Revolutions (co-ed)
- Performance Culture in Ancient Athens (co-editor)
- The Temple of Jerusalem
- Jerusalem: City of Longing
- The End of Dialogue in Antiquity? (editor)
External links
- “The Perfect Body”, an excerpt from Love, Sex & Tragedy: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives.
- Professor Simon Goldhill, Cambridge
- The Sigmund H. Danziger, Jr. Memorial Lecture in the HumanitiesThe Sigmund H. Danziger, Jr. Memorial Lecture in the HumanitiesThe Sigmund H. Danziger, Jr. Memorial Lecture in the Humanities is an annual honorary bestowed upon an “established scholar of classical literature, who has made substantial contributions to the critical analysis of classical literature, or has been exceptionally skilled at inspiring an...
(The Sigmund H. Danziger, Jr. Memorial Lecture in the Humanities 2000-2001)