Suzanne Lye

Suzanne Lye is an Associate Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill). She holds a Ph.D. in Classics from UCLA (2016) and an A.B. in Organic Chemistry and History of Antibiotics from Harvard University. Her research focuses on ancient Greek literature, religion, and magic, with particular attention to gender and ethnicity in classical texts. She joined UNC in 2018 after a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Dartmouth College.

Her first book, *Life / Afterlife: Revolution and Reflection in the Ancient Greek Underworld from Homer to Lucian* (Oxford 2024), examines Underworld narratives as sites of socio-political commentary. A second monograph-in-progress, *To Starve and To Curse: Women’s Anger in Ancient Literature and Magic*, explores female agency through anger and magical practices in antiquity.

Lye is active in digital humanities via Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies, including the Homer Multitext Project. She teaches courses on classical mythology, epic, ancient magic, gender/ethnicity in antiquity, and pedagogy. Her awards include the Mellon Fellowship for Emerging Faculty Leaders and UNC’s Institute for Arts and Humanities Fellowship.

She serves on leadership committees for the Women’s Classical Caucus and the Asian and Asian American Classical Caucus, and is a Board member of the Society for Classical Studies. Her work bridges ancient and modern contexts, analyzing classical reception in film, video games, and social movements like #MeToo.