Professor Michael Silk FBA
Ancient Greek poetry and drama; the classical tradition, especially in English poetry and German thought; Nietzsche; poetics and poetic language; theories of literature
- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2009
- Subjects
- Classics
- Sections
- Classical Antiquity
Current post
King's College London Emeritus Professor of Classical and Comparative Literature
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Dr Miltiades Hatzopoulos FBA
The epigraphy, ancient topography, language, religion, institutions and political history of Macedonia in classical antiquity
Professor Katherine J. Clarke FBA
The relationship between space and time in ancient historical narratives; Greek and Roman geographical traditions as reflective of changing geopolitical realities; kingly power in the Roman Principate
Professor Ineke Sluiter FBA
Classics, in particular: ancient and medieval ideas on language; the use of value terms in public debate; cognitive approaches to Greek literature; innovation processes in antiquity, in particular their 'anchoring'
