Miriam L. Kamil

Visiting Assistant Professor of Greek, Latin and Classical Studies
Miriam L. Kamil headshot

Contact

mkamil@brynmawr.edu
Old Library 241

Department/Subdepartment

Education

Ph.D. Harvard University
M.A. Oxford University
B.A. University of Michigan

Areas of Focus

Roman poetry, especially epic and elegy; Greek lyric; gender and sexuality; classical reception

Biography

Miriam Kamil studied classics at Oxford and the University of Michigan before earning her PhD from Harvard in 2022. Before coming to ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥, she spent a year as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. She is now elated to join ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥'s brilliant and close-knit academic community. Her research focuses on Roman poetry, especially epic and elegy, and on gender and sexuality in the ancient world. Her current book project examines receptions of classical literature by queer and deviant subcultures in the 20th century.

 

Areas of Focus

Roman poetry, especially epic and elegy; Greek lyric, tragedy, and epic; cults and festivals; Latin palaeography and textual transmission; gender and sexuality; classical reception