Il Kweon Sir
Assistant Professor
Classical Studies
BIO
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Western Ontario (Western University). My research interests are Greek and Latin lyric, metre, and archaic and classical Greece, particularly from the perspective of literary theory, psychology, papyrology, linguistics, and cognitive approaches. My current focus is Lesbian poetry and my book Poetry and Performance in Alcaeus of Lesbos is forthcoming with Oxford University Press.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Teaching AssociateUniversity of Cambridge, Faculty of Classics, United Kingdom2023 - 2024
- Leverhulme Trust Early Career FellowUniversity of Cambridge, Faculty of Classics, United Kingdom2020 - 2023
- Bye-FellowChrist's College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom2020 - 2024
- Stipendiary Lecturer in ClassicsChrist Church, University of Oxford, United Kingdom2019 - 2020
DEGREES
- DPhil, Classical Languages and LiteratureUniversity of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom2020
- MSt, Greek and/or Latin Languages and LiteratureUniversity of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom2016
- BA, Literae HumanioresUniversity of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom2015