Dominic Laverick
Thesis title: The Other Scene: Cosmos and Dream in Aeschylus' Oresteia
PhD supervisors:
Background
I took my MA (Hons) from Edinburgh (2017-21) before venturing over to Glasgow for my MRes (2021-22). I have now returned to Edinburgh for my PhD (2023-) which is generously funded by an HCA Doctoral Scholarship.
Undergraduate teaching
Greek 1C
Greek 2Ha
Greek 2a ex-beginners
Greek World 1B
Research summary
My research, 'Aeschylus and the Mysteries: Orphism, Eleusis, and the Oresteia', will explore connexions between Aeschylean tragedy and contemporary mystery cults.
Papers delivered
March 2023: 'Psychoanalysis and Greek Tragedy' 'Interpreting Greek Tragedy', University of Glasgow.
March 2024: 'Penelope's Tears (Od. 541-3)' Postgraduate Research Seminar, University of Edinburgh.
October 2024: 'DREAMS ARE DOWN: Dream Metaphors in Homer, Tragedy, and Ritual' Winged Words: Comparative and Historical Approaches to Conceptual Metaphors, Universiteit Leiden.
December 2024: 'Aeschylus and the Mysteries' Postgraduate Research Seminar, University of Edinburgh.
March 2025: 'Ψυχαγωγία, ψυχαγωγοί and the ψυχομαντεῖον' Postgraduate Research Seminar, University of Edinburgh.