Maria Wyke was born on 13 July 1957 and is professor of Latin at University College, London.
11 Facts About Maria Wyke
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Maria Wyke is a specialist in Latin love poetry, classical reception studies, and the interpretation of the roles of men and women in the ancient world.
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Maria Wyke has written widely on the role of the figure of Julius Caesar in Western culture.
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Maria Wyke was born in London in 1957 to a Mexican mother and an Australian father.
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Maria Wyke was educated at Catholic schools and studied classics at Somerville College, Oxford.
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Maria Wyke subsequently completed her PhD at King's College, Cambridge.
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Maria Wyke joined University College, London, in September 2005 as professor of Latin.
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Maria Wyke's research relates to Latin love poetry and the interpretation of the roles of men and women in the ancient world.
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Maria Wyke is co-director of the Centre for Research in the Dynamics of Civilisation and deputy Director of UCL's Centre for Humanities Interdisciplinary Research Programmes.
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Maria Wyke received funding from the Wingate Foundation, the British School at Rome and the British Academy, and published a book on the subject in 1997, Projecting the Past: Ancient Rome, Cinema and History.
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Maria Wyke subsequently received a Balsdon Fellowship from the British School at Rome to build on this research, looking at Derek Jarman's film Sebastiane and the role of the figure of Julius Caesar in Western culture.