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Victoria Rimell is a Professor of Latin Language and Literature at the University of Warwick since 2018, with a career spanning prestigious institutions including Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Cambridge. Her work bridges Latin literature, critical theory, and the cultural history of the Roman Empire.
- Education
- PhD (2001), University of London (King’s College)
- MPhil in Classics (1996), University of Cambridge
- BA (MA) in Classics (First Class, 1995), King’s College, Cambridge
Rimell’s research explores the reception of Classics through lenses of spatial theory and literary criticism. Her books, including The Closure of Space in Roman Poetics (2015), interrogate how Roman authors like Ovid, Martial, and Seneca conceptualized imperial space and identity. Her forthcoming articles in journals like the American Journal of Philology examine themes such as care ethics in Seneca’s writings and the poetics of dislocation in ancient literary theory.
Recent work focuses on intersections of literary theory, epigram, and imperial ideology, with contributions to edited volumes like Complex Inferiorities (2018) and The Production of Space in Latin Literature (2018). Her scholarship often reinterprets canonical texts through modern theoretical frameworks, emphasizing gender, power, and knowledge systems.
- Scientific Awards
- 2016 PROSE Awards Honorable Mention for The Closure of Space in Roman Poetics
- 2009 W.B. Stanford Memorial Lectures at Trinity College Dublin
- Editorial board member of Classical Philology
- Council member of The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
Rimell has held administrative roles such as Director of Research (2017) and Coordinator for joint degrees in Classics and English/Philosophy (2016). She has contributed to academic advisory roles at the American Academy in Rome and collaborated on projects like Imagining Empire (2017) with Markus Asper.
