Susan Jane Deacy is a

classical scholar Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

who has been

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of Classics at the

University of Roehampton The University of Roehampton, London, formerly Roehampton Institute of Higher Education, is a public university in the United Kingdom, situated on three major sites in Roehampton, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. Roehampton was formerly an ...

since January 2018. She researches the history and literature of the

ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic p ...

world, with a particular focus on gender and sexuality, ancient

Greek mythology A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities of ...

and religion, and disability studies. She is also an expert on the teaching of subjects which are potentially sensitive, including

sexual violence Sexual violence is any sexual act or attempt to obtain a sexual act by violence or coercion, act to traffic a person, or act directed against a person's sexuality, regardless of the relationship to the victim.World Health Organization., Worl ...

, domestic violence, and

infanticide Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants or offspring. Infanticide was a widespread practice throughout human history that was mainly used to dispose of unwanted children, its main purpose is the prevention of resou ...

; she was project leader on the initiative 'Teaching Sensitive Subjects in the Classics Classroom'. She is also series editor of

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's ''Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World,'' and has been editor of the Bulletin of the

Council of University Classical Departments The Council of University Classical Departments (CUCD), founded in 1969, is the association of university departments in the United Kingdom in which Classics (the study of Greek and Roman antiquity) and related subjects are taught and researched. A ...

since 2011.

Early life and education

Deacy was educated at the

University of Wales The University of Wales (Welsh language, Welsh: ''Prifysgol Cymru'') is a confederal university based in Cardiff, Wales. Founded by royal charter in 1893 as a federal university with three constituent colleges – Aberystwyth, Bangor and Cardiff � ...

, where she took a

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four yea ...

in Classical Studies and Theology in 1991 and a

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in Classics in 2000.

Academic career

Deacy was a tutor in classics at the

University of Wales, Lampeter University of Wales, Lampeter ( cy, Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan) was a university in Lampeter, Wales. Founded in 1822, and incorporated by royal charter in 1828, it was the oldest degree awarding institution in Wales, with limited d ...

(1992–1995) and the

University of Wales, Aberystwyth , mottoeng = A world without knowledge is no world at all , established = 1872 (as ''The University College of Wales'') , former_names = University of Wales, Aberystwyth , type = Public , endowment = ...

(1993–1995). She was then a lecturer in classics at the

University of Keele Keele University, officially known as the University of Keele, is a public research university in Keele, approximately from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire, Keele ...

(1995–1996) and the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

(1996–1997). She was a lecturer in ancient history at the University of Manchester from 2002 to 2004. In 2005, she was appointed lecturer in Greek history and literature at the

. She was promoted to senior lecturer in 2007 and to principal lecturer in 2011. She held the Käthe-Leichter visiting professorship for gender studies at the

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in 2010/11, where she gave the Käthe-Leichter Lecture on 'A traitor to her sex? Athena the trickster'. She became a

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of the

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in 2015. She was promoted to Professor of Classics in January 2018. She is a team member on the 'Our Mythical Childhood' project, which is based in Warsaw and funded by the

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; it examines classical reception in children's and young adults' culture. In relation to this she also researches the autistic connection and reception of myth.

Selected publications

*2001 (ed., with Alexandra Villing). ''

Athena Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regarded as the patron and protectress of ...

in the Classical World.'' Brill. . *2002 (ed., with Karen F. Pierce). ''Rape in Antiquity: Sexual Violence in the Greek and Roman Worlds''. Bloomsbury. *2008. ''Athena (Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World)''. Routledge. *2012 (with Fiona McHardy). 'Teaching sensitive subjects in the classical classroom: challenges, advice, and strategies.' ''CUCD Bulletin'' 41: 28–3

*2013. 'From "flowery tales" to "heroic rapes": virginal subjectivity in the mythological meadow', '' Arethusa (journal), Arethusa'' 46.3: 395–413. *2013 (with Fiona McHardy). 'Uxoricide in pregnancy: ancient Greek domestic violence in evolutionary perspective', ''

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'' 11.5: 994–1010.

References

External links

Opening Presentation, 'Violence, Power and Beyond', for the Conference Rape in Antiquity
University of Roehampton, 22 June 2017
Advance Higher Education Profile PageSusan Deacy on WorldCat Identities
{{DEFAULTSORT:Deacy, Susan Living people Academics of the University of Roehampton Alumni of the University of Wales British classical scholars Year of birth missing (living people) Women classical scholars