Emma Stafford

Emma Stafford is Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Leeds.[1] Her work focuses on Heracles/Hercules and his reception.

Emma Stafford
NationalityBritish
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge, University College London
Academic work
DisciplineCulture of Greece, Classical reception studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Leeds
Notable worksWorshipping Virtues: Personification and the Divine in Ancient Greece

Education and early career

Stafford read classics at New Hall, University of Cambridge (1987-90) and began her PhD at University College London in 1991.[1] Following appointments at Royal Holloway, Birkbeck, the University of Leicester, and the University of Wales, Lampeter, Stafford moved to the University of Leeds in 2000 and became a Senior Lecturer in 2005.

Stafford was appointed Professor of Greek Culture in 2020, becoming the first female professor of Classics at the University of Leeds.[2]

Work

Stafford's work focuses on Greek cultural history and she specialises in myth, allegory, personification, religion, and the reception of Greek culture.[3] She has worked extensively on the myth and reception of Hercules, including numerous publications through research at the University of Leeds, much of which, like Herculean Labours: enriching the public understanding of our classical mythological heritage (2005-2012) has a public engagement dimension.[4]

Building on previous work on Hercules, Stafford now leads the AHRC funded Hercules: a Hero for all Ages project, which aims to chart the significance of the reception of Hercules from the late antique period to modern times.[5][6] As part of her work, Stafford has spoken widely on the subject including public lectures at Leeds City Museum.[7]

The Hercules Project has extensive public outreach activities, including a new musical drama, Herakles, composed by Tim Benjamin which premiered in Todmordon Town Hall in April 2017.[8][9][10][11] Stafford also coordinated The Labours of Herakles touring exhibition, displayed at Leeds City Museum and the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge, featuring the work of Marian Maguire.[12][13]

Publications
  • ed. with Valerie Mainz, The Exemplary Hercules: from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment and Beyond (Brill, 2020)[14]
  • Herakles, Gods and Heroes in the Ancient World (Routledge, 2012)[15][16]
  • with Herrin JE, Personification in the Greek World: from Antiquity to Byzantium, Centre for Hellenic Studies King's College London Publications 7 (Ashgate, 2005)
  • Ancient Greece: life, myth and art (Duncan Baird, 2004)
  • Worshipping Virtues: personification and the divine in ancient Greece (Classical Press of Wales and Duckworth, 2000)[17]

References
  1. University of Leeds, School of Languages, Cultures and Societies. "Professor Emma Stafford". ahc.leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-20.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. University of Leeds, School of Languages, Cultures and Societies (6 March 2020). "Congratulations to Dr Emma Stafford who has been promoted to Professor of Greek Culture". ahc.leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-20.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "Emma Stafford". The Conversation. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  4. "Herculean Labours: enriching the public understanding of our classical mythological heritage". impact.ref.ac.uk. REF 2014 impact case studies. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  5. "Hercules Project : Website for Emma Stafford's Hercules Project at the University of Leeds". herculesproject.leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  6. "International Conference, University of Leeds 7-9th July 2017: Celebrating Hercules in the modern world". www.jiscmail.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  7. "Classical Greek hero celebrated at Leeds City Museum". Leeds City Council News. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  8. "Herakles (2016)". Tim Benjamin: Composer. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  9. "Musical Drama : Hercules Project". herculesproject.leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  10. "Herakles - A New Oratorio". todmordenchoral.org. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  11. Stafford, Emma. ""I shall sing of Herakles": writing a Hercules oratorio for the twenty-first century". Society for Classical Studies. Retrieved 2020-05-20. Abstract of paper for 150th Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies, 2019
  12. "Herakles – a hero for all ages". University of Cambridge. 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  13. "2008 - The Labours of Herakles". Marian Maguire. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  14. The Exemplary Hercules from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment and Beyond. Brill. 2020-09-24. ISBN 978-90-04-43541-4.
  15. "Emma Stafford's Herakles (review)". Karwansaray Publishers Blog. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  16. Koning, Hugo (September 2012). "Herakles. Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World". Bryn Mawr Classical Review (52). Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  17. Smith, Amy (August 2001). "Worshipping Virtues: Personification and the Divine in Ancient Greece". Bryn Mawr Classical Review (20). Retrieved 2020-05-20.
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