Emily Gowers

Emily Gowers
Nationality British
Academic background
Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge
Thesis The representation of food in Roman literature
Academic work
Discipline Classics
Sub-discipline Latin literature
Institutions Princeton University, University of Cambridge
Notable works

The Loaded Table: Representations of Food in Roman Literature

Horace Satires Book I

Emily Gowers is Professor of Latin Literature at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. She is known in particular for her work on Horace, Augustan literature, and the history of food in the Roman world.[1]

Career

Gowers studied Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge and was awarded her BA in 1985 followed by her MA in 1990. Gowers remained in Cambridge for her PhD with a dissertation entitled The representation of food in Roman literature in 1990 for which she was awarded the Hare Prize. She was a Junior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1988 to 1991.[2]

From 1991 to 1993, Gowers was a lecturer in Latin at University College, London followed by a period as an honorary research fellow at the same institution. In 1998 Gowers became an Affiliated Lecturer for the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge and then moved to Princeton University in 2000 as a Lecturer in the Department of Classics. She returned to Cambridge as a Lecturer in Classics in 2002 and became a Senior Lecturer in 2009. Since 2013 Gowers has been a Reader in Latin Literature.[3] Gowers was made Professor of Latin Literature in 2016.[4]

Gowers's work on the representation of food in Latin literature stemmed from her PhD research into the subject. Her 1993 publication, The Loaded Table, was awarded the Premio Langhe Ceretto (per la cultura del cibo) in 1994[5] and translated into Italian in 1996. This work drew together evidence from literature for Roman diet and food culture.[6]

Gowers's current work focuses primarily on the interpretation of Augustan literature, particularly the works of Horace.[1][7] She was awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship (2014-16) for her project Maecenas: Transformations of an Augustan Patron.[8][9][10]

In 2012 Gowers was a Visiting Professor and Distinguished Webster Lecturer, Stanford University[11][12] and in 2014 she was a Visiting Professor for the Spring Semester at Princeton University.[13][14] She delivered the 2013 Fowler Lecture (Jesus College, Oxford) on the subject "Maecenas and the Women".[15] In 2013-14 Gowers was a guest speaker in the Classical Studies Department of McGill University.[16] Gowers will be the Sather Professor of Classics at the University of California, Berkeley in 2021/2, the eleventh woman to be invited to hold the position.[17][18] The role was founded by Jane K. Sather, with the first Sather Professor established in 1914.[19] The position is annual, and involves teaching a course, delivering lectures on a specific topic, and publishing the lectures as a book.[19]

Gowers was elected a member of the Academy of Europe in 2013.[3]

Selected publications

  • Horace Satires Book I (Cambridge Greek and Latin Texts series, Cambridge University Press, 2012) (rev. BMCR 2012.11.11)
  • ed. with W. Fitzgerald Ennius Perennis: The Annals and Beyond (Cambridge Classical Journal Supplement 31, 2007)
  • The Loaded Table: Representations of Food in Roman Literature (Oxford University Press, 1993) (paperback 1997, translated into Italian in 1996 as La pazza tavola, Società editrice internazionale di Torino)[20]

References

  1. 1 2 "Professor Emily Gowers — Faculty of Classics". www.classics.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  2. ↑ Hoffmann, Ilire Hasani, Robert. "Academy of Europe: CV". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  3. 1 2 Hoffmann, Ilire Hasani, Robert. "Academy of Europe: Gowers Emily". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  4. ↑ "Reports - Cambridge University Reporter 6429". www.admin.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  5. ↑ Gowers, Emily (1993-01-21). The Loaded Table : Representations of Food in Roman Literature: Representations of Food in Roman Literature. Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780191591655.
  6. ↑ Bober, Phyllis Pray (1993). "Review of: The Loaded Table: Representations of Food in Roman Literature". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
  7. ↑ Sharland, Suzanne (2012). "Review of: Horace: Satires Book I. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
  8. ↑ "Dr Emily Gowers awarded Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship | StJohns". www.joh.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  9. ↑ "Grant winners - 27 February 2014". Times Higher Education (THE). 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  10. ↑ "Leverhulme Awards Made (2013)" (PDF). Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Stanford Classics Newsletter 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "Stanford Classics Newsletter 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "Events Archive | Page 3 | Princeton Classics". classics.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  14. ↑ "Princeton Classics Newsletter 2014" (PDF). Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  15. ↑ "Fowler Lectures | Jesus College, University of Oxford". www.jesus.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  16. ↑ "Guest Speakers: 2005-present". Classical Studies. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  17. ↑ "Professor Emily Gowers: Sather Lectures — Faculty of Classics". www.classics.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  18. ↑ "Past and Future Sather Professors | Department of Classics". www.classics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  19. 1 2 "A Brief History of the Sather Professorship | Department of Classics". www.classics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  20. ↑ Natunewicz, Chester F. (1995). "Review of The Loaded Table: Representations of Food in Roman Literature". The Classical World. 88 (3): 211–211. doi:10.2307/4351686.
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