Alison Keith is a

classical scholar Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...

who is

Professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other tertiary education, post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin ...

Classics Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...

and

Women's Studies Women's studies is an academic field that draws on Feminism, feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining Social constructionism, social and cultural constructs of gender; ...

at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...

, where she has been a Fellow of Victoria University of Toronto since 1989. She is an expert on the relationships between

gender Gender is the range of social, psychological, cultural, and behavioral aspects of being a man (or boy), woman (or girl), or third gender. Although gender often corresponds to sex, a transgender person may identify with a gender other tha ...

and

genre Genre () is any style or form of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other fo ...

Latin literature Latin literature includes the essays, histories, poems, plays, and other writings written in the Latin language. The beginning of formal Latin literature dates to 240 BC, when the first stage play in Latin was performed in Rome. Latin literatur ...

, and has published widely on topics including Latin

epic poetry In poetry, an epic is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants. With regard t ...

Ovid Publius Ovidius Naso (; 20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid ( ), was a Augustan literature (ancient Rome), Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he i ...

Propertius Sextus Propertius was a Latin elegiac poet of the Augustan age. He was born around 50–45 BC in Assisium (now Assisi) and died shortly after 15 BC. Propertius' surviving work comprises four books of '' Elegies'' ('). He was a friend of the ...

, and Roman dress.

Career

Alison Keith was educated at the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta (also known as U of A or UAlberta, ) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, t ...

, where she gained a BA in Classics. She then studied at the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

for her MA (gained in 1984) and

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(in 1988). Her doctoral thesis was entitled ''The Play of Fictions: Studies in Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.531-835''. She has taught at the University of Toronto since 1988, during which time she has also held research fellowships at institutions including

Clare Hall, Cambridge Clare Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1966 by Clare College, Clare Hall is a college for advanced study, admitting only postgraduate students alongside postdoctoral researchers and fellows. It was est ...

(1994-1995), the

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially ), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (), is a public university, public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The university was founded in 1 ...

(1999-2000) and the

National Humanities Center The National Humanities Center (NHC) is an independent institute for advanced study in the humanities located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States. The NHC operates as a privately incorporated nonprofit and is not part of any uni ...

(2007-2008). She was selected as a research fellow of the

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation () is a foundation that promotes international academic cooperation between scientists and scholars from Germany and abroad. Established by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany, it is funded by t ...

in 1999, and in 2012 was elected as a

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of the

Royal Society of Canada The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; , SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities, and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bilingual council of distinguishe ...

. From 2002 to 2007 she served as editor of '' Phoenix, Journal of the Classical Association of Canada'', and from 2010 to 2012 was President of the Classical Association of Canada. In 2016 she received the Award of Merit from the Classical Association of Canada for her services to the study of the classical world in Canada and internationally. Since 2016 she has served on the board of directors of the

Society for Classical Studies The Society for Classical Studies (SCS), formerly known as the American Philological Association (APA), is a non-profit North American scholarly organization devoted to all aspects of Greek and Roman civilization founded in 1869. It is the pree ...

. In 2017 she won the Leadership Award from the

Women's Classical Caucus The Women's Classical Caucus, Inc. (WCC) is an affiliate of the American Philological Association, the organization for North American scholars and teachers of Greek and Latin language, literature, and culture (known as "classicists"), Greek and Ro ...

of the

and was also appointed Director of the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto. Keith is a key-note speaker at the

Classical Association The Classical Association (CA) is an educational organisation which aims to promote and widen access to the study of Classics, classical subjects in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1903, the Classical Association supports and advances classical ...

Conference 2019.

Selected publications

* Sharrock, Alison and Alison Keith, eds. Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 2020 *Co-editor (with Jacqueline Fabre-Serris), ''Women and War in Antiquity.'' Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015. * Guest Editor, ''Mouseion'' 11.3 (2014), ''In memoriam'' John William Geyssen''.'' * ''A Latin Epic Reader. Selections from Ten Epics.'' Mundelein, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci, 2012. * Editor, ''Latin Elegy and Hellenistic Epigram.'' Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2011. * ''Propertius, Poet of Love and Leisure''. Classical Literature & Society. London: Duckworth, 2008. * Co-editor (with Jonathan C. Edmondson) ''Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008. * Co-editor (with Stephen Rupp) ''Metamorphosis: The Changing Face of Ovid in Medieval and Early Modern Europe''. Toronto: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2007. * ''Engendering Rome: Women in Latin Epic.'' Roman Literature and its Contexts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. * ''The Play of Fictions: Studies in Ovid's Metamorphoses Book 2.'' Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1992.

References

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