Dr. Luke Houghton

Biography

Luke Houghton is a Lecturer in Latin at the University of Edinburgh, where he focuses on classical Latin poetry and its reception in art and literature, particularly during the late Middle Ages to the early modern period. He has published extensively on the post-classical fortunes of Virgil and Horace, as well as Neo-Latin literature from the fourteenth century to the present day. His notable works include a major study titled 'Virgil's Fourth Eclogue and the Italian Renaissance' and several edited volumes on related topics. Houghton has been involved in various funded projects, including those exploring the role of Neo-Latin culture in Jacobean Scotland and has served on advisory boards and committees for many academic organizations. He is also an Honorary Research Associate at the Department of Classics, Royal Holloway, and has held visiting fellowships in prestigious institutions such as the British School at Rome and the Warburg Institute. Houghton is passionate about guiding postgraduate research in classical literature and the intellectual intersections between classical and contemporary art and culture.

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