The Centre for Oratory and Rhetoric sits within the Department of Classics. Find out more about the academics involved.
Members of staff
Professor Mike Edwards (Honorary Research Associate)
Professor Jonathan G. F. Powell (Emeritus Professor of Latin)
Professor Lene Rubinstein (Professor of Ancient History), Co-Director
Dr Christos Kremmydas (Reader in Greek History), Co-Director
Dr Richard Hawley (Senior Lecturer in Classics)
Research associates
Dr Myrto Aloumpi (University of Crete, Rethymno)
Dr Costas Apostolakis (University of Crete, Rethymno)
Dr Antiopi Argyriou-Casmeridis (alumna)
Dr Sarah Bremner (Birmingham)
Dr Emiliano Buis (Buenos Aires)
Brendon Burns (Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts: MRes alumnus)
Professor Chris Carey (University College London)
Professor Angelos Chaniotis (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University)
Dr Athina Dimopoulou (Law School, University of Athens)
Dr Athanasios Efstathiou (Ionian University, Corfu)
Dr Jakub Filonik (Warsaw)
Dr Ifigeneia Giannadaki (University College London/Royal Holloway, University of London)
Dr Simone Gigliotti (Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London)
Dr. Rosalia Hatzilambrou (University of Athens)
Dr Nigel Hope
Prof. Kostas Kapparis - (Professor of Classics, University of Florida)
Prof. Asako Kurihara (Osaka University, Japan)
Dr Giulia Maltagliati (University of Cambridge)
Dr Gottfried Mader (London)
Professor Jose Carlos Miralles Maldonado (University of Murcia)
Dr Christine Plastow (Royal Holloway, University of London/University College London)
Dr. Sandra Lúcia Rodrigues da Rocha (University of Brasília)
Dr Irene Salvo (Gerda Henkel Fellow)
Dr Ed Sanders (Honorary Research Associate)
Dr Dimos Spatharas (University of Crete, Rethymno)
Dr Kathryn Tempest (Roehampton University)
Dr Eleni Volonaki (University of Peloponnese)
Professor Maria Youni (Demokritus University of Thrace)
Current research students
Lawrence Newport (with History)
Alumni
Layla Claridge
Kristianne Colvin
Guy Doza
Seamus Flynn
Rochelle Mayner
Alex Payne
Henry Rothery
Bhavini Tailor
Sam Tobin
Affiliated societies and organisations
ISHR (Zurich): The International Society for the History of Rhetoric promotes the study of both the theory and practice of rhetoric in all periods and languages and the relationship of rhetoric to poetics, literary theory and criticism, philosophy, politics, religion, law and other aspects of the cultural context. The International Society for the History of Rhetoric includes members from thirty countries, and holds biennial congresses in Europe and North America.
Network for Oratory and Politics (Glasgow University): The Network for Oratory and Politics is an interdisciplinary research network on the relationship between oratory and politics. The aim of the Network for Oratory and Politics is to facilitate research into and discussion of political oratory across historical periods and regions in order to broaden up the study of political speech and reach out to non-academic communities. The network aims to connect academics with political practitioners of public speech such as politicians, speech writers and the general public in an exchange of knowledge and ideas.
RHETOR (University of Brasília, Brazil): The Research Group of Ancient Greek Rhetoric and Oratory began its activities in 2009 at the University of Brasília, and obtained accreditation by the CNPq in 2011, under the coordination of Professor Sandra Lúcia Rodrigues da Rocha. RHETOR's research team brings together researchers from several Brazilian universities who develop projects in three main research areas, namely: oratory and critical thinking of literature in antiquity; ancient rhetoric and historiography; and translations and commentaries of Greek texts (oratory and rhetoric) for publication in Portuguese.
CARD (University of the Peloponnese, Greece): The Kalamata Centre for Ancient Rhetoric and Drama is in the Department of Philology at the University of the Peloponnese.
