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Michael Dewar holds a BA in Classics and Modern Languages from Oxford University, where he is completing his doctorate in Literae Humaniores under the supervision of R. G. M. Nisbet and S. Hollis. His research interests span a wide range of Latin literature, focusing particularly on the early empire and the Renaissance, specifically epic and political poetry from the fourth and fifth centuries. He has published extensively, including philological, textual, and stylistic commentaries such as the ninth book of Thebaid by Statius and De Sexto Consulatu Honorii Augusti by Claudian. Dewar is also the author of "Leisured Resistance: Villas, Literature, Politics in the Roman World" (Bloomsbury, 2014) and has contributed articles to several encyclopedias and edited volumes concerning ancient poets such as Virgil, Ovid, Claudian, and others. He has been a faculty member in the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto since 1997, previously serving at the University of Calgary, and is an active member of the Centre for Medieval Studies. Additionally, he has been recognized for his teaching with the Faculty of Arts and Science Outstanding Teaching Award and serves on the editorial board of the 'Texte und Kommentare' series published by De Gruyter in Berlin.
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