Dr. Kyle Fraser

Associate Professor

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Biography

Kyle Fraser is an Associate Professor in the Foundation Year Program at the University of King's College, specializing in the intersection of history, science, and technology. An alumnus of King's College, he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in 1993 before pursuing advanced degrees in Classics, including a PhD from Cambridge in 2000. He has served as the coordinator of the ancient section of the Foundation Year Program and has been a faculty member since 1998. Fraser's teaching focuses on topics such as the history of magic, alchemy, and esotericism, and he has published several notable works in the field, including contributions to the Oxford Handbook of Science and Medicine in the Classical World and the Cambridge History of Magic and Witchcraft in the West. He has also held the position of adjunct professor at Dalhousie University in the Classics department, emphasizing his commitment to interdisciplinary scholarly work and a comprehensive approach to historical studies.

Research Interests

Courses

History of Science and Technology Magic and Materiality in the Ancient World Drugs in Antiquity: Medicine, Magic and Religious Experience Beginnings of Wisdom: Science in the Pre-modern World Oracles, Omens and Astrology in the Ancient World Philosopher's Stone: The History of European Alchemy Magic, Science and the Occult: Antiquity to Postmodernity