Rosa Andújar

Dr. Rosa Andújar is a Senior Lecturer in Liberal Arts and Classics at King's College London, affiliated with the Departments of Liberal Arts and Classics within the Faculty of Arts & Humanities. She specializes in Ancient Greek drama, particularly the chorus in tragedy, and the reception of Graeco-Roman antiquity across the Americas. Her research explores how classical texts intersect with postcolonial identities, gender, race, and political discourse.

Education:

• B.A. in Classics from Wellesley College and King's College, Cambridge
• M.A. and Ph.D. in Classics from Princeton University

Research Interests: Her work bridges ancient Greek tragedy with modern receptions, focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean. Key projects include Playing the Chorus in Greek Tragedy (2025), The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro (2020), and Tragedy and Revolución (2024). She examines how classical narratives are reimagined in contexts of revolution, migration, and decolonization.

Awards:

• 2020 London Hellenic Prize
• 2023 British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship
• 2024 Loeb Classical Library Foundation Fellowship
• AJP Best Article Prize (2022)

Editorial Roles: Editor of the American Journal of Philology, co-editor of the Classics and the Postcolonial series (Routledge), and editorial board member of Nuntius Antiquus and PhaoS. She also serves on the advisory board of Hesperides and the Society for Classical Studies Program Committee.

Labs/Projects: Leads the Dionysus in Havana project (British Academy-funded), investigating Greek drama’s role in Caribbean political commentary. Collaborates on global classics initiatives through King’s Global Cultures Institute.