Chris Carey
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Chris Carey is Professor of Greek at University College London
(UCL). In April 2000 The Independent
named him as one of the "stars of modern classical scholarship".
, before moving to St Andrews University, where he taught from 1977 to 1991 except for a visiting professorship at University of Minnesota
in 1987-8. While in Minnesota he also taught at Carleton College
. In 1991 he was elected Professor of Classics at Royal Holloway, University of London
before moving to UCL to take up the Chair of Greek in 2003.
and was supervised by P. E. Easterling
, John Killen and the late Sir Denys Page. Over the years he has also published on lyric poetry, Homer and Athenian law. He recently completed the Oxford Text of the orator Lysias
.
He is currently under contract to produce a Cambridge University Press
commentary on Book 7 of Herodotus.
.
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
(UCL). In April 2000 The Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
named him as one of the "stars of modern classical scholarship".
Biography
Carey began his career at Cambridge University, as a research fellow at Jesus CollegeJesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely...
, before moving to St Andrews University, where he taught from 1977 to 1991 except for a visiting professorship at University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
in 1987-8. While in Minnesota he also taught at Carleton College
Carleton College
Carleton College is an independent non-sectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The college enrolls 1,958 undergraduate students, and employs 198 full-time faculty members. In 2012 U.S...
. In 1991 he was elected Professor of Classics at Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London is a constituent college of the University of London. The college has three faculties, 18 academic departments, and about 8,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 130 different countries...
before moving to UCL to take up the Chair of Greek in 2003.
Scholarship
Carey's PhD was on PindarPindar
Pindar , was an Ancient Greek lyric poet. Of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. Quintilian described him as "by far the greatest of the nine lyric poets, in virtue of his inspired magnificence, the beauty of his thoughts and figures, the rich...
and was supervised by P. E. Easterling
P. E. Easterling
Patricia Elizabeth Easterling FBA is an English classical scholar, recognised as a particular expert on the work of Sophocles.-Life and career:...
, John Killen and the late Sir Denys Page. Over the years he has also published on lyric poetry, Homer and Athenian law. He recently completed the Oxford Text of the orator Lysias
Lysias
Lysias was a logographer in Ancient Greece. He was one of the ten Attic orators included in the "Alexandrian Canon" compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of Samothrace in the third century BC.-Life:According to Dionysius of Halicarnassus and the author of the life ascribed to...
.
He is currently under contract to produce a Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
commentary on Book 7 of Herodotus.
Outside activities
Carey is well known for his love of London and London life. He is a great proselytizer for Classics, giving frequent lectures to school audiences, and is a patron of The Iris ProjectThe Iris Project
The Iris Project is an educational charity which was started in 2006 by Dr Lorna Robinson in order to bring ancient languages and culture to inner city state schools and communities...
.
External links
- http://www.ucl.ac.uk/
- http://www.irismagazine.org/