Roy Gibson is a British

Classicist 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 Professor at

Durham University Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament (UK), Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by r ...

. Specialising in

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 ...

, he has worked extensively on the imperial period, with a focus on

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 ...

and

Pliny the Younger Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo; 61 – ), better known in English as Pliny the Younger ( ), was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and e ...

. Gibson is also the joint-chair of 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 ...

and serves on the editorial board of the ''

Journal of Roman Studies The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies (The Roman Society) was founded in 1910 as the sister society to the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. The Society is the leading organisation in the United Kingdom for those interest ...

''.

Career

Gibson studied Classics at

Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Sidney Sussex College (historically known as "Sussex College" and today referred to informally as "Sidney") is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. The College was founded in 1 ...

, leading to a BA (1987) and later a

PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

(1993). He then went on to become a Research Fellow at the same college. From 1994, he worked at the

University of Manchester The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The University of Manchester is c ...

and was promoted to a professorship in 2004. In 2018, Gibson was appointed Professor of Latin at

Selected publications

* ''The Classical Commentary: Histories, Practices, Theory'', edited with C. S. Kraus, Brill, 2002 * ''Ovid, Ars Amatoria, Book 3'', Cambridge University Press, 2003 * ''The Art of Love. Bimillennial Essays on Ovid's "Ars Amatoria" and "Remedia Amoris"'', edited with S. Green and A. Sharrock, Oxford University Press, 2006 * ''Excess and Restraint: Propertius, Horace, and Ovid’s Ars Amatoria'', Institute of Classical Studies, 2007 * ''Pliny the Elder: Themes and Contexts'', edited with R. Morello, Brill, 2011 *''Reading The Letters of Pliny the Younger: An Introduction'', with Ruth Morello, Cambridge University Press, 2012Reviews of ''Reading The Letters of Pliny the Younger'': ; ; ;

References

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