Alice Rae
PhD Candidate in Classics and English Literature
Year of study: 5
Contact details
- Email: Alice.rae@ed.ac.uk
PhD supervisors:
Qualifications
MA (Hons), English Literature and Classical Studies, The University of St Andrews, 2015.
MLitt, Ancient History, The University of St Andrews, 2016.
Responsibilities & affiliations
From 2017-2020 I was a reader for the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes. Latterly, (2019-2020), I took on the role of Lead Reader and Student Co-ordinator for the Fiction Prize. https://www.ed.ac.uk/alumni/services/news/news/prize-reading
Since 2020, I have been working with the Classical Association of Scotland and recently joined the CAS working group for the online seminar series. In August 2020 I helped organise and run a session on Epigraphy and Reception alongside colleagues from the University of Glasgow.
https://cas.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/stories-in-stone-breaking-the-code-cas-online-seminar-series/
I am currently the PhD liaison for the Women's Classical Committee (WCC) and a member of the editorial board for Asterion.
As well as being a tutor with the University of Edinburgh, I am also an Associate Lecturer with The Open University.
Undergraduate teaching
HCA, The University of Edinburgh
The Greek World 1A: Greece in the Making - 2020 - 2022
The Roman World 1A: The Rise of Rome - 2021 - 2022
Classical Literature in Translation: Greek and Roman Epic - 2019 - 2022
Writing Centre - Classics 2019 - Present
LLC, The University of Edinburgh
English Literature 2 2020 - 2022
FASS, The Open University
Cultures (A112) - 2021 - Present
Myth in the Greek and Roman Worlds (A330) - 2020 - 2022
Greek and Roman Myth: Stories and Histories (A350) - 2022 - Present
Research summary
My interests include;
Epic Poetry
Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies
Classical Reception
History of Emotion
Medical Humanities
Trauma Theory
Military Studies
Military History
Gothic Literature
Current research interests
My PhD research focuses on Trauma in British WW1 literature and classical reception. I am interested in the communication of traumatic experiences to audiences throughout history as well as the different ways in which literature facilitates the communication of difficult psychological experiences. I further explore the intersection between literary Trauma Theory and Trauma informed practice as well as clinical criteria and understandings of neuro-psychological injury and the (un)ethical practice of retrospective diagnosis.Past research interests
My past research has largely focused on representations of trauma and 'madness' in the Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries in Europe, as well as the history of emotions in the ancient world and the documentation and communication of emotionally difficult experiences in antiquity.Knowledge exchange
Throughout my PhD, I have offered free workshops to local schools which seek to explore the sensory nature of war literature.
Participant
Celtic Classics Conference, 2017.
The Old Lie. I Classici e la Grande Guerra, 2018.
Celtic Classics Conference, 2018.
Conflict, Newcastle University Forum, 2019.
Agency through the Ancients: Reception as Empowerment, Boston University 12th annual graduate student conference., 2019.
Res Difficiles 3., 2022.
Papers delivered
Trenches in Troyland: Classical Reception and Landscapes in British First World War Poetry.
Landscapes of War Panel, Celtic Classics Conference, Motreal, July 2017.
Challenging 'The Old Lie' in British First World War Poetry from the Eastern Front.
Riscritture Poetiche, I Classici e la Grance Guerra, Alma Mater Studorium, Bologna, March 2018.
Et in Arcadia Ego: (Re)Establishing the Complexity of Pastoral Landscapes.
Approaching Landscapes Panel, Celtic Classics Conference, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, July 2018.
Who Lied?: Owen, Horace, and Interdisciplinary Conflict
Conflict: Newcastle University Postgraduate Forum Conference, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, May 2019.
‘Was it so hard, Achilles?’: Finding a Voice for Trauma Survivors in Classical Literature.
Agency through the Ancients: Reception as Empowerment, Boston University 12th annual graduate student conference., 2019.
Introducing Asterion Hub and Neurodiversity in Classics.
Res Difficies 3., 2022.