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Dr Grace Attwood

BA., PhD

 
researcher
 

Biography

Grace Attwood's primary research interest is in Latin literature, with a particular interest in Latin poetry of the early imperial period and the reception and transmission of the Latin tradition in the pre-modern era.

Her Ph.D. research, which was completed at the University of Galway in 2022, explored how Hiberno-Latin poets were influenced by Classical and Late Antique discourses on style and how their stylistic choices generate meaning in their texts.

Currently, her research is focussing on Lucan's Bellum Civile, with a particular interest in Lucan's use of intertextuality and the text's reception in the Carolingian world.

Research Interests

Early imperial Latin poets (esp. Lucan); relationships between literary texts and Roman society; the transmission and reception of Latin texts; Hiberno-Latin; influence of Christianity on Latin literary style

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2024) 'Blebomen agialos: Biblical Exegesis and Marked Diction in Adelphus Adelpha Meter'
Grace Attwood (2024) 'Blebomen agialos: Biblical Exegesis and Marked Diction in Adelphus Adelpha Meter' In: The Anglo-Latin Poetic Tradition Sources, Transmission, and Reception, ca. 650-1100. York, UK: ARC Humanities Press. [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2023 President's Awards for Teaching Excellence [Nominated] University of Galway
2017 Irish Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship Irish Research Council

Committees

  Committee Function From / To
Teaching and Learning Committee Member of Committee 01-FEB-24 /

Teaching Interests

Latin language, Latin literature, Roman society and culture, Late Antique transformation of Classical culture, inheritance of Latin culture in Western Europe up to AD 1000. 

Modules Taught

  Term/Year Module Title Module Code Subject / Desc
2024-25 Empire & Literature: Vergil's Aeneid CC1102
2024-25 Latin Literature in the Age of Nero CC3113
2024-25 Intermediate Latin CCS316
2024-25 Ireland & the Ancient World CCS307
2024-25 Advanced Classical & Medieval Latin CCS311
2024-25 Beginning Latin 1 CC230
2021-25 Classics in Twenty Objects CC1100
2023-24 Beginning Latin 1 CC230
2023-24 Ancient Rhetoric CC3108
2023-24 Ireland & the Ancient World CCS307
2023-24 Empire & Literature: Vergil's Aeneid CC1102
2023-25 Latin Palaeography MV502
2022-23 Latin Didactic Poetry CCS201
2022-23 Beginning Latin 1 CC230
2022-23 Barbarians CC316
2021-22 Latin Didactic Poetry CCS201