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==Career==
==Career==
Mossman was educated at [[Woldingham School]], before attending [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]] for both undergraduate and postgraduate studies.<ref name='MASSOLIT'>{{cite web |url=https://www.massolit.io/providers/87 |title=Prof. Judith Mossman |date=2015 |publisher=MASSOLIT |accessdate=2017-06-22}}</ref> She held a Junior Research Fellowship at Christ Church and taught at [[Trinity College, Dublin]] before moving to the University of Nottingham in 2004.<ref name='UoN'>{{cite web |url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/classics/people/judith.mossman |title=Judith Mossman (Professor of Classics, Faculty of Arts) |publisher=University of Nottinham |date=2017 |accessdate=2017-06-22}}</ref> Mossman was appointed to Coventry University in 2017. She was a governor of Woldingham School from 1990-93.<ref name='MASSOLIT' /> In 2017 Mossman was elected President of the [[Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies]], having previously been Chair of the [[Joint Association of Classical Teachers]] (JACT) Classical Civilisation Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hellenicsociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/AGM_Notice-2017.pdf}}</ref> Having held the latter role, in 2011 she wrote to the Parliamentary [[Education Select Committee]], urging that Classical Civilisations be included among the humanities subjects deemed acceptable for the [[English Baccalaureate]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Commons|first1=The Committee Office, House of|title=House of Commons - Education Committee - Written Evidence|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmeduc/851/851vw40.htm|website=publications.parliament.uk}}</ref>
Mossman was educated at [[Woldingham School]], before attending [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]] for both undergraduate and postgraduate studies.<ref name='MASSOLIT'>{{cite web |url=https://www.massolit.io/providers/87 |title=Prof. Judith Mossman |date=2015 |publisher=MASSOLIT |accessdate=2017-06-22}}</ref> She held a Junior Research Fellowship at Christ Church and taught at [[Trinity College, Dublin]] before moving to the University of Nottingham in 2004.<ref name='UoN'>{{cite web |url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/classics/people/judith.mossman |title=Judith Mossman (Professor of Classics, Faculty of Arts) |publisher=University of Nottingham |date=2017 |accessdate=2017-06-22}}</ref> Mossman was appointed to Coventry University in 2017. She was a governor of Woldingham School from 1990-93.<ref name='MASSOLIT' /> In 2017 Mossman was elected President of the [[Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies]], having previously been Chair of the [[Joint Association of Classical Teachers]] (JACT) Classical Civilisation Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hellenicsociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/AGM_Notice-2017.pdf}}</ref> Having held the latter role, in 2011 she wrote to the Parliamentary [[Education Select Committee]], urging that Classical Civilisations be included among the humanities subjects deemed acceptable for the [[English Baccalaureate]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Commons|first1=The Committee Office, House of|title=House of Commons - Education Committee - Written Evidence|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmeduc/851/851vw40.htm|website=publications.parliament.uk}}</ref>


Mossman specialises in Greek literature in the fifth century BC and the second/third century AD.<ref name='UoN' /> Her work on Euripides' [[Hecuba_(play)|Hecuba]] has been praised for its "integrity" and "balance",<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Machemer|first1=Georgia Ann|title=Wild Justice: A Study of Euripides' Hecuba (review)|journal=American Journal of Philology|date=1 March 1997|volume=118|issue=1|pages=134–137|doi=10.1353/ajp.1997.0006|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/1072|language=en|issn=1086-3168}}</ref> and described as "judicious and thought-provoking."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mitchell-Boyask|first1=Robin|title=Review of: Wild Justice: A Study in Euripides' Hecuba.|url=http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/1996/96.03.04.html|website=Bryn Mawr Classical Review|date=March 1996}}</ref>
Mossman specialises in Greek literature in the fifth century BC and the second/third century AD.<ref name='UoN' /> Her work on Euripides' [[Hecuba_(play)|Hecuba]] has been praised for its "integrity" and "balance",<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Machemer|first1=Georgia Ann|title=Wild Justice: A Study of Euripides' Hecuba (review)|journal=American Journal of Philology|date=1 March 1997|volume=118|issue=1|pages=134–137|doi=10.1353/ajp.1997.0006|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/1072|language=en|issn=1086-3168}}</ref> and described as "judicious and thought-provoking."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mitchell-Boyask|first1=Robin|title=Review of: Wild Justice: A Study in Euripides' Hecuba.|url=http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/1996/96.03.04.html|website=Bryn Mawr Classical Review|date=March 1996}}</ref>

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Judith Mossman
OccupationClassicist
Academic background
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Oxford
Academic work
DisciplineClassics
Sub-disciplineGreek literature
InstitutionsTrinity College, Dublin
University of Nottingham

Judith Mossman is Pro-Vice Chancellor for Arts and Humanities and Professor of Classics at Coventry University. She is the president of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies.

Career

Mossman was educated at Woldingham School, before attending Corpus Christi College, Oxford for both undergraduate and postgraduate studies.[1] She held a Junior Research Fellowship at Christ Church and taught at Trinity College, Dublin before moving to the University of Nottingham in 2004.[2] Mossman was appointed to Coventry University in 2017. She was a governor of Woldingham School from 1990-93.[1] In 2017 Mossman was elected President of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, having previously been Chair of the Joint Association of Classical Teachers (JACT) Classical Civilisation Committee.[3] Having held the latter role, in 2011 she wrote to the Parliamentary Education Select Committee, urging that Classical Civilisations be included among the humanities subjects deemed acceptable for the English Baccalaureate.[4]

Mossman specialises in Greek literature in the fifth century BC and the second/third century AD.[2] Her work on Euripides' Hecuba has been praised for its "integrity" and "balance",[5] and described as "judicious and thought-provoking."[6]

Selected publication

  • 2001. "Women's speech in Greek tragedy: the case of Electra and Clytemnestra in Euripides' Electra", Classical Quarterly, 51(2), 374-384.
  • 2005. "Women's Voices". In: Gregory, J (ed.), A Companion to Greek tragedy Oxford. Blackwell. 352-65.
  • 2005. "Taxis ou barbaros: Greek and Roman in Plutarch's Pyrrhus", Classical Quarterly, 55(2), 498-517.
  • 2011. Euripides, Medea (Classical texts). Aris and Phillips. ISBN 0856687839
  • 2012. "Women's Voices in Sophocles". In: Markantonatos, A. (ed.) The Brill Companion to Sophocles. Brill. 491-506.
  • 2016. "Shakespeare and the Classics", Omnibus 72, 1-3.

References

  1. ^ a b "Prof. Judith Mossman". MASSOLIT. 2015. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  2. ^ a b "Judith Mossman (Professor of Classics, Faculty of Arts)". University of Nottingham. 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  3. ^ http://www.hellenicsociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/AGM_Notice-2017.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ Commons, The Committee Office, House of. "House of Commons - Education Committee - Written Evidence". publications.parliament.uk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Machemer, Georgia Ann (1 March 1997). "Wild Justice: A Study of Euripides' Hecuba (review)". American Journal of Philology. 118 (1): 134–137. doi:10.1353/ajp.1997.0006. ISSN 1086-3168.
  6. ^ Mitchell-Boyask, Robin (March 1996). "Review of: Wild Justice: A Study in Euripides' Hecuba". Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
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