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Dr Lilah Grace Canevaro is Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Edinburgh, based in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology. She also serves as EDI Co-Director for the School and Classics Outreach Officer, and holds editorial and committee roles with Edinburgh University Press, the Scottish Hellenic Society, and the Network for Working-Class Classicists.
Education
- BA Classics, Durham University
- MA Ancient Epic, Durham University
- PhD Classics, Durham University (awarded January 2013)
Research Interests
Dr Canevaro’s research foregrounds under-represented agents in Greek literature and its reception. By reading from below she brings to the centre women, the nonhuman, and working-class voices, combining Material Ecocriticism, gender studies, comparative literature, and environmental humanities. Her recent monograph Theocritus and Things: Material Agency in the Idylls (2023) pioneers the application of Material Ecocriticism to Classics, while her current Philip Leverhulme Prize project investigates William Morris’s use of classical reception for political activism.
Research Trends
Across more than twenty-five publications, her work spans Greek epic, didactic poetry, classical reception from antiquity to modernity, and theoretical intersections with cognitive science and ecocriticism. Recurring themes include object agency, memory, gender politics, and class identity, explored through Hesiod, Homer, Theocritus, and their post-classical receptions.
Honours & Awards
- Alexander von Humboldt Post-Doctoral Fellowship
- Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
- Philip Leverhulme Prize
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
PhD Supervision & Grants
Dr Canevaro welcomes proposals in Greek literature, classical reception, comparative literature, literary theory and environmental humanities. She currently supervises five doctoral researchers and has successfully completed three PhDs, securing funding from the Leverhulme Trust and Humboldt Foundation to support both her own research and her students’ projects.
Outreach & Impact
She co-founded the Network for Working-Class Classicists, leads Classics outreach for Edinburgh, and is available for school talks and public engagement, extending the impact of her research beyond the academy.
