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Sophie Bocksberger is a Lecturer in Ancient Greek Language and Literature at Brasenose College, University of Oxford. She holds a BA and MA from the University of Lausanne and completed her DPhil at Oxford. Bocksberger has also been awarded prestigious fellowships, including one from the Swiss National Science Foundation at the University of Sydney and a Humboldt Fellowship at the Freie Universität Berlin. Her research focuses on the reception of myth in the archaic and classical periods, exploring how historical, political, and religious contexts shaped interpretations of figures like Ajax. In her studies on ancient dance theory, Bocksberger examines how the Greeks understood dance as a medium of expression through a detailed analysis of its vocabulary in poetry and prose. She has published extensively in her field, including her book 'Telamonian Ajax: Myth Archaic Classical Greece' (OUP, 2022), and numerous articles and chapters that bridge literature, performance, and cultural history.
Brasenose College, University of Oxford • Oxford, ENG
Lecturer in Ancient Greek Language and Literature, teaching Greek and Latin literature courses.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.