Supervisor: Professor Caroline Vout
College: Newnham
Thesis (preliminary): The aesthetic experiences of Graeco-Roman sculpture and painting
Biography:
I am a first-year PhD student at Newnham College, where I also completed my BA and MPhil degrees. My current research involves tapping into the sensory potential of figurative art via Greek and Roman literature. I am interested in how ancient authors acknowledged and exploited the unique experiential power of sculpture and (/vs) painting.
Research Interests
• Visual narratives
• Classics and the sensory turn
• Ecphrasis and visual-verbal relations
• Ancient and modern sculptural display
• Greek and Roman funerary art
Other Professional Activities
• Co-convenor, Graduate Interdisciplinary Seminar, Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge (Lent Term 2021)
• Co-organiser, Visual Culture Reading Group, Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge (2020-2021)
Key Publications
Conference and Seminar Papers
• 'Seeing Statius' Silvae', Classics Research Seminar Series, Newnham College, University of Cambridge (May 2020)
• 'Sleeping Beauty? Re-evaluating the roles of Selene and Endymion on Roman sarcophagi', Graduate Interdisciplinary Seminar, Faculty of Classics, Cambridge (November 2020)
• Respondent to N. Weiss, 'Dustheatos: the phenomenology of pain in Prometheus Bound', Sensing Greek Drama: Then and Now, conference hosted by the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge (January 2021)
Access and Outreach
• Interview on the Bassai frieze: https://classicalstudies.support/2021/01/11/comfort-classics-charlie-pemberton/ (January 2021)
• 'Power, Pathos and Parody in Greek and Roman Art', presentation based on set sources for OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation
