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Research overview
Homeric epic (including the poetics of extended similes); Greek comedy, especially Aristophanes; Greek attitudes to laughter; Greek tragedy and the theory of tragedy; Greek theatre practice, including masks; Plato, especially the Republic and Platonic attitudes to poetry and art; Aristotle, especially the Poetics and Rhetoric; fourth-century B.C. Greek oratory and rhetoric; Greek literary criticism and aesthetics; Longinus On the Sublime; Classical Tradition, especially in the fields of aesthetics and poetry; Nietzsche and the Greeks.
Academic/Professional Qualification
MA DPhil Oxon; FBA FRSE
Keywords
- PA Classical philology
- Greek literature; Greek poetic and aesthetic theory; Classical Tradition.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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“Where are you going and where have you come from?” The problem of beginnings and endings in Plato
Halliwell, S., 7 Dec 2020, Framing the dialogues: how to read openings and closures in Plato. Kaklamanou, E., Pavlou, M. & Tsakmakis, A. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 10-26 (Brill's Plato studies series; vol. 6).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Justifying the world as an aesthetic phenomenon
Halliwell, S., Dec 2018, In: Cambridge Classical Journal. 64, p. 91-112Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tolstoy, Opera, and the Problem of Aesthetic Seduction
Halliwell, F. S., Nov 2018, Tolstoy and his Problems: Views from the Twenty-First Century. Medzhibovskaya, I. (ed.). Northwestern University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Was Aristotle a literary historian?
Halliwell, F. S., 2017, Griechische Literaturgeschichtsschreibung: Traditionen, Probleme und Konzepte. Grethlein, J. & Rengakos, A. (eds.). Berlin: de Gruyter, p. 189-211 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Plato, Poetry and the Problems of Hermeneutics
Halliwell, F. S., 2016, Reflections on Plato's Poetics: Essays from Beijing. Benitez, R. & Wang, K. (eds.). Academic Printing and Publishing (AP Publishing), p. 39-54Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Projects
- 2 Finished
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EP/E500269/1 Academic Fellowship - class: Academic Fellowship
Halliwell, S. (PI) & Woolf, G. (CoI)
1/07/07 → 30/06/12
Project: Fellowship
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'Perspectivism and the Homeric Simile' (2nd Martin West Memorial Lecture), Oxford University
Halliwell, F. S. (Speaker)
1 Mar 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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'Pseudo-Longinus Beyond the Affective Fallacy': invited paper for seminar series on emotions in Greek and Latin literature, Institute of Classical Studies, London
Halliwell, F. S. (Speaker)
26 Nov 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Research seminar, 'Inside and Outside the Mind: the Greek Poetics of Inspiration': Cambridge English Faculty series on Poetics Before Modernity
Halliwell, F. S. (Speaker)
7 Feb 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Research paper, 'Justifying the world as an aesthetic phenomenon', Cambridge Philological Society
Halliwell, F. S. (Speaker)
16 Mar 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Keynote lecture, 'Longinus and Quintilian: Graeco-Roman Perspectives on the Nature of Criticism', Leiden Conference on Greek Literary Criticism and Latin Texts
Halliwell, F. S. (Speaker)
7 Dec 2017 → 8 Dec 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Prizes
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Halliwell, F. S. (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Election to learned society
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Townsend Visiting Professor, Cornell University
Halliwell, F. S. (Recipient), 17 Sept 2012
Prize: Appointment
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Election as Fellow of the British Academy
Halliwell, F. S. (Recipient), Jul 2014
Prize: Election to learned society
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Bishop Wardlaw Professor, University of St Andrews
Halliwell, F. S. (Recipient), Oct 2014
Prize: Appointment
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