Cundy Jody

Biography

Jody Cundy is a Hellenist with broad interests in the ancient Mediterranean, which include Greek literature, the archaeology of the Aegean, Greek religion, and the cultural history of Roman Greece. She holds a BA in Classical Civilizations from Concordia University in Montreal, and both an MA and PhD in Classics from the University of Toronto. Her research expertise encompasses both text and material culture and relates to topography, historiography, and travel writing. In particular, she has focused on constructions of space in paradoxography and travel narratives, and rhetorical strategies for reporting about marvels. She is currently working toward the publication of her doctoral thesis titled "THEAS AXION: Wonder, Place and Space in Pausanias' Periegesis Hellados," and a series of articles. Jody Cundy is a Hellenist with broad interests in the ancient Mediterranean, which include Greek literature, the archaeology of the Aegean, Greek religion, and the cultural history of Roman Greece. She holds a BA in Classical Civilizations from Concordia University in Montreal, and both an MA and PhD in Classics from the University of Toronto. Her research expertise encompasses both text and material culture and relates to topography, historiography, and travel writing. In particular, she has focused on constructions of space in paradoxography and travel narratives, and rhetorical strategies for reporting about marvels. She is currently working toward the publication of her doctoral thesis titled "THEAS AXION: Wonder, Place and Space in Pausanias' Periegesis Hellados," and a series of articles.

Research Interest

Historical Studies