Professor Dr. Matthew Robinson

Biography

Matthew Robinson is an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford, specializing in Classical Languages and Literature. He is a Fairfax Fellow Tutor in Latin Literature at Balliol College. Robinson obtained his BA, MSt, and DPhil from the University of Oxford, where he also taught for several years. He returned to Oxford in 2012 after a period of teaching at University College London. His research primarily focuses on the literature of the late Republic and Augustan period, exploring the ways in which texts engage with non-textual elements such as religious ritual, art, and astronomy. Currently, he is preparing a book that serves as a commentary on Book 2 of Ovid's Fasti. Additionally, his research engages with sub-literary genres, declamation, and the use of acrostics and telestics in classical poetry.

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