Ms Kajil Kara

​​​​Junior Lecturer​

​MA (Ancient Cultures), Stellenbosch University
BAHons cum laude (Classical Civilizations), University of KwaZulu-Natal
BA (Classical Civilizations and History), University of KwaZulu-Natal

Email: [email protected]​
 

Areas of Specialisation

• Myth, society, and literature in the Greco-Roman world
• Roman history
• Rise of Christianity in the Greco-Roman world
• Early Christian martyr literature
• Use of protreptics in early Christian texts
• Conventions of ancient autobiographical and apologetic writing​​

Current Projects

• PhD, Ancient Studies, Stellenbosch University, 2023-present
• Proposed title: Apuleius' Apologia and its literary inheritance: a play with the traditions of apology and autobiography ​(Advisor: Prof. Annemaré Kotzé) 
   

Courses Taught:

• Latin 178 (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• Latin 214 (2025)
• Latin 244 (Pliny the Younger) (2025)
• Ancient Cultures 1 (Pompeii) (2022)
• Ancient Cultures 2/3 (Roman Women) (2022, 2024)
• Hons. North Africa and the intellectual tradition (2023, 2024, 2025)
   

Awards and Grants

• Stellenbosch University International Office Staff Mobility Scholarship, 2023
• Stellenbosch University Department of Research and Development (DRD) Travel Grant, 2023
• Rijksuniversiteit International Mobility Scholarship (Groningen University), 2023
• William Robert Hartman Trust Bursary (University of Pretoria), 2018
• Stellenbosch University Postgraduate Merit Bursary, 2017
• University of KwaZulu-Natal Postgraduate Scholarship, 2016
• School of Religion, Philosophy, and Classics honours bursary (University of KwaZulu-Natal), 2016
• NRF Honours Innovation Scholarship (University of KwaZulu-Natal), 2016
• Golden Key Honour Society (University of KwaZulu-Natal), 2013