Dr. Emily Pillinger

Biography

Emily Pillinger is a Reader in the Department of Classics at King’s College London, specializing in ancient Greek and Roman literature. She completed her undergraduate degree in Classics at Oxford before working as a Teaching Fellow at Marlboro College, a small liberal arts college in Vermont, USA. Pillinger completed her PhD on ancient female prophetic voices at Princeton and has taught Latin literature at Oxford for several years. Since joining King’s in 2012, her teaching and research have contributed significantly to the undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Classics and Interdisciplinary Humanities. Her research interests include the creative reception of music in the context of Classics, exploring the intersection of ancient texts with modern music. Pillinger has published extensively on topics including women and supernatural vocal powers in ancient Greek and Roman fiction. She is also co-editor of the upcoming volume 'Music Classical Reception: Amplifying Antiquity'. In addition to her academic work, she is involved in outreach projects and collaborations with various cultural institutions, facilitating engagement between contemporary music and ancient texts. Pillinger is passionate about supervising doctoral research that focuses on the musical receptions of Classics and engages students with the cultural legacies of the ancient world.

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