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

Current post

King's College London Emeritus Professor of Classical and Comparative Literature

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Werner Eck FBA

Ancient History, History of Rome, Italy and the Roman Provinces, Roman Epigraphy

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Professor Emily Greenwood FBA

Ancient Greek literature and cultural history in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE; responses to Greek and Roman classics from the 19th century to the present, especially in Black cultures.

Emily Greenwood FBA (credit David Milne)

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