Marguerite Johnson is Professor of Classics at The University of Newcastle.
Her research expertise is predominantly in the area of ancient Mediterranean cultural studies, particularly in representations of gender, sexualities and the body. These interests also intersect with her work in contemporary debates surrounding feminism, LGBTIQ histories, and related issues. She also works in Classical Reception Studies, with an emphasis on colonial Australasia.
Much of her work for the media, including The Conversation, addresses magic and the occult, folklore and mythology, reflecting her interests in the cultural histories of belief, stories and storytelling, and traditions around magical thinking.
For more on Rosaleen Norton, featured in 'A Murky Cauldron,' see http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/the-witch-of-kings-cross.aspx
For more on trigger warnings and teaching works such as Ovid's Metamorphoses, see http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2017/s4644185.htm
For more on Mary Beard and the long tradition of women being told to shut up, see http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/women-and-power/9600646
Experience
–present
Professor, The University of Newcastle
Publications
2019
(Editor) Antipodean Antiquities: Classical Reception Down Under, Bloomsbury
2016
Ovid on Cosmetics: Medicamina Faciei Femineae and Related Texts, Bloomsbury
2015
Witches in Time and Space: Horace and Landscapes of Fear, Hermathena
2015
With H. Tarrant, Fairytales and Make-believe, or Spinning Stories about Poros and Penia in Plato's Symposium: A Literary and Computational Analysis, Phoenix
2014
Boadicea and British Suffrage Feminists, Outskirts
2014
Indigeneity and Classical Reception in The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay, Classical Receptions Journal
2013
Classical Reception Studies: Some Pedagogical Considerations, Classicum
2012
What to Look for in a Mayor; or Classical Reception in the Coalopolis, Melbourne Historical Journal
2012
Boudicca, Bloomsbury
2012
Editor, with H. Tarrant. Alcibiades and the Socratic Lover-Educator, Bloomsbury
2008
With S. Joseph, ‘‘An Orchid in the Land of Technology’: Narrative and representation in Lars von Trier's 'Medea'', Arethusa
2007
Sappho, Duckworth
2005
With T. Ryan, Sexuality in Greek and Roman Society and Literature: A sourcebook, Routledge
2003
Catullus 2B: The Development of a Relationship in the passer Trilogy, Classical Journal
1999
Catullus 37 and the Theme of Magna Bella, Helios
1997
Martial and Domitian’s moral reforms, Prudentia
Professional Memberships
Australasian Society for Classical Studies
Research Areas
Culture, Gender, Sexuality (200205)
Latin And Classical Greek Languages (200305)
Comparative Literature Studies (200524)
Honours
Marguerite is the 2017 Australian Book Review Gender Fellow. For her essay on 'Picnic at Hanging Rock: 50 Years On,' please see https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/current-issue/4472-picnic-at-hanging-rock-fifty-years-on-by-marguerite-johnson