​Lecturer

​​MA, PhD (Classical Literature), Stellenbosch

Office: Arts 343 
Email: [email protected] 

Curriculum Vitae
 

Areas of Specialisation

• Latin Literature from the Golden Era (specialising in Catullus, Vergil, Horace, Ovid)
• Gender identity in the Ancient Mediterranean world.
• Ecofeminist application to literary analysis, particularly poetry.
• Group identities in the Mediterranean world.
• Human-land relationships.
• “Belonging” and power in Latin literature.
   

Current Projects

• Women, nature and “other” in the works of Vergil
• Postcolonialism and its focus on power in Latin literature 

Courses taught

• Latin 178, 214, 244, 318, 348
• Classical Legal Culture 114, 144
• Medical Terminology Short Course
• Latin Honours (Vergil, Seneca)

Selected Publications

• 2026    Qualis coniecta cerva: a postcolonial ecofeminist reading of Dido and Camilla in Vergil’s Aeneid.  Monograph. Brill (Forthcoming).
• 2026    Foundationally Feminine: A postcolonial ecofeminist reading of the foundation narratives in Vergil’s Aeneid. Akroterion (Forthcoming).
• 2026    Dido and the Owl, Revisited: A postcolonial ecofeminist reading of Dido and the Owl in Book 4 of Vergil’s Aeneid. Edited collection. De Gruyter (Forthcoming).
• with Reshard L. Kolabhai, "The liberatory potential of Latin studies: Stellenbosch University's Latin Project", in (U)mzantzi Classics, edited by Grant Parker, Samantha Masters and Imkhitha Nzungu). African Minds 2022, pp. 119-142
• “Onder die breë blaredak van die njala”: Die plante in Vergilius se Eclogae​. Tydskrif vir Nederlands en Afrikaans 27 (2020): 93-113

Awards

• Rector's Award (First Year Academy): Recognition given to lecturer who had greatest impact on a first year student (Stellenbosch) (2021)
• Sheelagh Fitzpatrick de Vries Bursary for postgraduate studies in Latin (2019, 2020)
• Erasmus+ Mobility Grant (2023)

Academic service/Community interaction

• Supervisor and coordinator of Stellenbosch University’s “Latin project” – an outreach project to schools in and around Stellenbosch.
• Freelance translator (Latin, Afrikaans, and English)
• Language Consultant (Latin)