Senior Lecturer

MA, PhD (Classical Literature), Stellenbosch

Office: Arts 342

Email: [email protected]

Curriculum Vitae
 

Areas of Specialisation
 

• Latin Literature from the Golden Era (specialising in Catullus, Vergil, Horace, Ovid)
• Human-animal/environmental relationships in the Mediterranean world
• Classical Love Poetry
• Identity in Latin Literature

Courses Taught 

• Latin 178, 214, 244, 318, 348
• Latin 244 (Catullus, Ovid​)
• Latin Honours (Catullus, Vergil, Horace, Suetonius)
• Ancient Cultures Honours: Vergil's Aeneid

Current Research Projects

• Animals and the environment in Vergil
• Elephants in Classical Literature

Selected Publications
 

• 2026     Virgil and the Land. (Edited volume with Stephen Harrison and Grant Parker.) De Gruyter. (forthcoming)
• 2026     Thinking like Mantua. In De Villiers, A., Harrison, S. and Parker, G. (eds) Virgil and the Land. De Gruyter. 23-41. (forthcoming)
• 2026     Love in the time of chaos: Catullus, Lesbia, and the end of the affair. In Ulanowski, K., Tarhan, Z. and Fink, S. (eds) The Art of Love. Zaphon Verlag.   (forthcoming)
• 2026     Columella on wonder and wine: from ancient Rome to the Western Cape. A bioregional approach to viticulture. Du Toit, L. (ed) Studies in Honor of Johan Hattingh. (publisher to be confirmed) (forthcoming)
• 2022     When Horses Weep. Animal Emotions and Human Suffering in the Aeneid. In Bosman, P.R. and Kotzé, G.R. (eds) Ancient Philosophy and Early Christianity. Studies in Honor of Johan C. Thom. Novum Testamentum Supplements, Vol. 188. Leiden: Brill. 201-216.
• 2020     The Liminality of Loss: Catullus on his brother’s death. Acta Classica 63(1): 111-124.
• 2017     Liminality and Catullus’s Attis. Helios 44(2): 157-179.
• 2013     The deer hunter: a portrait of Aeneas. Akroterion 58: 47-59.
• 2011     Ek haat en ek het lief. Die gedigte van Gaius Valerius Catullus in Afrikaans vertaal. Stellenbosch: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. ISBN 978-0-620-52022-5
• 2008     The Laodamia simile in Catullus 68: Reflections on Love and Loss. Akroterion 53: 57-65.
• 2002     Die herder en die wolf: ’n Vergelyking tussen die karakters van Aeneas en Turnus. Akroterion 47: 89-99. (Prize-winning student essay)

Awards

• Rector's Award (First Year Academy): Recognition given to lecturer who had greatest impact on a first year student (Stellenbosch) (2023)
• Mellon Academic Staff Development Programme Award (2014)
• Rector's Award (First Year Academy): Recognition given to lecturer who had greatest impact on a first year student (Stellenbosch) (2013)
• Classical Association of South Africa Translation Award: First Prize for the Afrikaans translation of Vergil's first Eclogue (2011)
• Sheelagh Fitzpatrick de Vries Bursary for postgraduate studies in Latin (2011)
• Rector's Award (First Year Academy): Recognition given to lecturer who had greatest impact on a first year student (Stellenbosch) (2009)
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Academic service/Community interaction

• Member of the editorial board for the journal Akroterion, 2013-present
• ​Member of the Academic Offerings Committee (Stellenbosch University), 2025-present
• Freelance translator (Latin, Afrikaans, and English)
• Language Consultant (Latin)