Dr Trevor Fear

Biography

"I completed a BA in Classics at Bristol University (with an undergraduate dissertation on Catullus and Horace) before moving to Durham to write a M.Litt dissertation on Ovid’s Heroides. From Durham I went on to California to complete a PhD programme at the University of Southern California with a dissertation entitled, “Love's Economy: Aesthetics, Exchange and Youthful Poetics in Roman Elegy.” Whilst in the US I held a number of teaching posts at SUNY Buffalo, Iowa State University and at the University of California, Los Angeles. I took up a position with the Open University as a lecturer and Staff Tutor (based in Birmingham) in 2003. My research has principally focused on Latin poetry, and on Roman Love Elegy in particular. I have published a number of articles and book chapters on Catullus and Roman Elegy, and I was the guest editor for a special issue of Arethusa on Roman Elegy. More recently my research has moved towards Classical Reception and in particular the reception of Cleopatra, and I am currently working on a book on this topic for IB Taurus. Since 2010 I have been the editor of the OU hosted e-journal New Voices in Classical Reception Studies. This journal aims to promote the research of early career researchers and established researchers moving into the area of Classical Reception Studies."

Research Interest

Classical Studies