Dr. Helen Van Noorden

Biography

Helen Van Noorden is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge, where she has also served as an Affiliated Lecturer. She began her academic journey at Trinity College, Cambridge, obtaining both her undergraduate and graduate degrees there. Van Noorden has held prestigious roles, including Junior Research Fellow at Clare College and Wrigley Fellow, as well as a fellowship at the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) at Aarhus University from 2020 to 2022. Her research focuses on Greek and Roman intellectual culture, with a particular emphasis on the works of classical figures such as Hesiod and Plato, as well as hexametric poetic traditions in antiquity and 'apocalyptic' eschatological literature from the Hellenistic and Roman worlds. With a passion for classical literature, she has contributed to the understanding of Greek and Latin literary traditions and their impact on later cultures.

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