Lorna Hardwick is professor emerita of classical studies at the Open University.[1] She is a leading authority on classical reception studies and has published several books and articles on the subject, as well being the first editor of the Classical Receptions Journal.
Prof. Lorna Hardwick | |
|---|---|
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classics |
| Sub-discipline | Classical reception studies |
| Institutions | Open University University College London |
Career
editIn addition to teaching at the Open University, Hardwick has taught at University College London.[2] Hardwick's publications in the field of classical reception include Translating Words, Translating Cultures (2000) and New Surveys in the Classics: Reception Studies (2003) as well as a number of articles on drama and poetry.[1] She has a particular interest in the impact of various kinds of translation and adaptation on modern perceptions of Greece and Rome and in the reworking of classical material in post-colonial contexts (publications).[1]
From 2000 to 2005, Hardwick was subject director for classics and ancient history in the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology.[1] From 2005 to 2007 she served as president of the Joint Association of Classical Teachers.[1]
She is the editor of the Classical Receptions Journal[3] and co-series editor of 'The Classical Presences series' published by Oxford University Press.[4]
In 2014, she was a signatory in an open letter published in The Guardian expressing concern at the Open University's closure of regional offices.[5]
Select bibliography
edit- Rome in the Late Republic (with Michael Crawford, 1985, revised 1999); ISBN 0-7156-2928-X
- For 'Anyone who wishes': classical studies in the Open University, 1971-2002 (in The Teaching of Classics ed. James Morwood, Cambridge University Press, 2003) ISBN 9780521527637
- Translating words, Translating Cultures (Duckworth, 2004); ISBN 9780715629123
- A Companion to Classical Receptions (with Christopher Stray, 2007) ISBN 9781405151672
- Classics in Post-Colonial Worlds (with Carol Gillespie, 2007) ISBN 978-0-19-929610-1
- ‘Voices of Trauma: Remaking Aeschylus in the Twentieth Century’, (in S. E. Constantinidis, ed., The Reception of Aeschylus’ Plays through Shifting Models and Frontiers)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Professional biography, Lorna Hardwick". Open University. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "Translation in History Lecture Series – Professor Lorna Hardwick (The Open University)". UCL. 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ Hardwick, L. (2009). "Editorial" (PDF). Classical Receptions. 1 (1): 1–3. doi:10.1093/crj/clp008.
- ^ Author information (Classics in the Modern World). Classical Presences. Oxford University Press. 2013. ISBN 978-0-19-967392-6. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "Open University review threatens learning". The Guardian. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2017.