Dr Ian Goh

Research Highlights

1. Goh, I. (2021). Roleplay and Wordplay in Tibullus: The Reverberation of Horatian Iambic. Aevum Antiquum, 21, 105-133.

   SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60213

   https://aevumantiquum.vitaepensiero.it/scheda-articolo_digital/ian-goh/roleplay-and-wordplay-in-tibullus-the-reverberationof-horatian-iambic-020747_2021_0021_0105-374893.html
2. Goh, I. (2021). WORMS AND THE MAN IN LUCILIUS. The Classical Quarterly, 71, 1-8.

   https://doi.org/10.1017/s0009838821000756, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57833
3. Goh, I. (2020). Living among Wolves, Acting Like a Wolf: Lucilius’ Attacks on Lupus. Classical Philology, 115(2), 281-293.

   https://doi.org/10.1086/707808, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35234
4. Goh, I. (2018). It All Comes Out: Vomit as a Source of Comedy in Roman Moralizing Texts. Illinois Classical Studies, 43(2), 438-458.

   https://doi.org/10.5406/illiclasstud.43.2.0438, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45381

   https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/illiclasstud.43.2.0438?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
5. Goh, I. (2018). An Asianist Sensation: Horace on Lucilius as Hortensius. American Journal of Philology, 139(4), 641-674.

   https://doi.org/10.1353/ajp.2018.0039, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39454

   https://muse.jhu.edu/article/712557

All Research

• Tradition and Innovation in Early Christian Funeral Orations (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Prof Mark Humphries

• Social performance in the informal economy of early imperial Roman Italy (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Dr Joanne Berry

• CL-M09 Dissertation in Ancient History and or Classical Literature

  Dissertation in Ancient History or an approved Classical subject.

• CL-M29 Latin Texts 2

  For students who have studied Latin for at least three years. Practicing ancient Latin language and interpretative skills at an advanced level through the study of one or more texts, normally verse, in the original language.

• CL-M54A Postgraduate Further Greek 1

  For students with prior experience of learning Ancient Greek, at the level appropriate for entry into Further Greek. Consolidates and extends ancient Greek language skills through the study of one or more texts, normally prose, in the original language.

• CL-M59A Postgraduate Further Latin 2

  For students with prior experience of learning Latin, at the level appropriate for entry into Further Latin. Consolidates and extends Latin language skills through the study of one or more texts, normally verse, in the original language.

• CL-M86 The Poetry of Facts: History in Verse

  The 2nd-century BC Alexandrian scholar-poet Callimachus claimed that he `sings nothing unattested¿. This module aims to explore what this meant for Roman poets, several of whom celebrated and condemned historical exploits in Latin verse. The interplay of facts and narrative in the context of holding and keeping the reader¿s interest serves as a counterpart to the overtly rhetorical Latin historiographical and antiquarian traditions, interested in particular kinds of chronology and heavily dependent on presentation of exemplary behaviour. This course should appeal to all those interested in Roman history, values, and cultural norms, as well as literature.

• CLC102 Ovid's Metamorphoses: The Transformations of Mythology

  Ovid¿s 'Metamorphoses' is one the greatest texts of classical antiquity and a foundation for the history of art and literature in the western world. Ovid was a brilliant, witty, and entertaining story-teller who modernised ancient myth in his 'Metamorphoses' to create a work of dazzling genius. It includes approximately 250 short mythological stories, from the creation of the world to the apotheosis of Julius Caesar. Each story concerns or contains transformation, and Ovid is typically ingenious in varying his treatment of this theme. The stories range all over the spectrum, from tragic to comic, from erotic to grotesque, from extreme violence to idyllic tranquillity, and from the king of the gods to the lowliest peasant: Ovid keeps his readers on their toes with stunning shifts of tone and a constant sense of fun. In this module we explore a wide variety of episodes and analyse Ovid¿s literary techniques and creativity.

• CLC200 Roman Love Poetry

  Love elegy was a short-lived, vibrant poetic genre that flourished at Rome during the late Republic and early Empire. More personal in its style than the grand narratives of epic, love elegy focuses on steamy extra-marital affairs, seduction techniques, and the social roles of men and women. This module examines, in English translation, selections from Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, and Ovid. Through close reading of these texts, we shall discuss the conventions and development of love elegy as a poetic genre, as well as addressing its themes of gender, sexuality, loss, violence, poetic persona, and urban sophistication. A common trait of Roman love poetry is the provocative stance it adopts towards conventional morality, especially in the wake of the Emperor Augustus¿ marriage reforms. In order to evaluate such political and social engagement, this module will situate love elegy carefully within its historical context, and consider the possible implications of its rebellious worldview.

• CLC206 Reading Classical Civilisation

  An introduction to some central themes and approaches in the study of Classical Civilisation.

• CLC300 Roman Love Poetry

  Love elegy was a short-lived, vibrant poetic genre that flourished at Rome during the late Republic and early Empire. More personal in its style than the grand narratives of epic, love elegy focuses on steamy extra-marital affairs, seduction techniques, and the social roles of men and women. This module examines, in English translation, selections from Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, and Ovid. Through close reading of these texts, we shall discuss the conventions and development of love elegy as a poetic genre, as well as addressing its themes of gender, sexuality, loss, violence, poetic persona, and urban sophistication. A common trait of Roman love poetry is the provocative stance it adopts towards conventional morality, especially in the wake of the Emperor Augustus¿ marriage reforms. In order to evaluate such political and social engagement, this module will situate love elegy carefully within its historical context, and consider the possible implications of its rebellious worldview.

• CLD300 Classics, Ancient History, Egyptology Dissertation

  Dissertation module for students doing single honours or joint honours degrees in Classics, Classical Civilisation, Ancient History or Egyptology. The aim is for students to do detailed research, to work on a project for several months and to produce a scholarly study of c. 8000-10000 words. The dissertation topic can be chosen freely, in consultation with a member of academic staff and subject to compatibility with a student's degree scheme and availability of supervisors and library material. This is a chance for students to pursue an area in which they are especially interested, and to deal with it in depth. Students may choose to do museum-based research. There are two preparatory pieces of assessment: an abstract, outline and bibliography, and an analysis of crucial source material and/or secondary literature. Work on the dissertation itself takes up most of the two semesters. Students are expected to do research independently, but there is a series of lectures in the first semester to provide advice on research and scholarly writing, Every student will be assigned a supervisor who will be organising group sessions with his/her supervisees and who will also be available for one-to-one supervision sessions.

• CLG325 Further Greek 1

  For students who have completed Intermediate Greek 1 & 2 in Year 1 or Year 2 or who have experience of learning Ancient Greek, at the level appropriate for entry into Further Greek. Consolidates and extends ancient Greek language skills through the study of one or more texts, normally prose, in the original language.

• CLL126 Further Latin 2

  For students with prior experience of learning Latin, at the level appropriate for entry into Further Latin. Consolidates and extends Latin language skills through the study of one or more texts, normally verse, in the original language.

• CLL228 Advanced Latin 2

  For students who have completed Further Latin 1 & 2 in Year 1. Practicing ancient Latin language and interpretative skills at an advanced level through the study of one or more texts, normally verse, in the original language.

• CLL326 Further Latin 2

  For students who have completed Intermediate Latin 1 & 2 in Year 1 or Year 2 or who have experience of learning Latin, at the level appropriate for entry into Further Latin. Consolidates and extends Latin language skills through the study of one or more texts, normally verse, in the original language.

Ian would welcome any enquiries from prospective students, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, who are interested in any topics on this page, or Latin literature generally. As Admissions Tutor for Classics, Ancient History, and Egyptology, he’s keen to recruit students of all backgrounds who are interested in the ancient world, and to promote our engagement, outreach, and provision of opportunities.