About
Elizabeth Craik serves as an Honorary Professor in the School of Classics at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, maintaining an active scholarly presence through recent publications and institutional affiliation. Her work bridges philological rigor with interdisciplinary analysis of ancient medical texts and cultural contexts.
Research Interests:
- Classics
- Ancient Greek Medicine
- History of Medicine
- Greek Mythology
- Ancient History
- Ethnicity in Antiquity
- Environmental History of the Ancient World
Her scholarship exhibits consistent focus on the Hippocratic Corpus, examining medical concepts like bodily channels and glands while expanding into environmental, ethnic, and geographical dimensions of antiquity. This multidisciplinary approach integrates textual analysis with historical anthropology, particularly evident in her Black Sea Region studies connecting biodiversity to classical medical frameworks.
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