Overview
Background
Marguerite Johnson is a cultural historian of the ancient Mediterranean, specialising in sexuality and gender, particularly in the poetry of Sappho, Catullus, and Ovid, as well as magical traditions in Greece, Rome, and the Near East. She also researches Classical Reception Studies, with a regular focus on Australia. In addition to ancient world studies, Marguerite is interested in sexual histories in modernity as well as magic in the west more broadly, especially the practices and art of Australian witch, Rosaleen Norton. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
Availability
- Honorary Professor Marguerite Johnson is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Works
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2019
Other Outputs
Why Dorothy’s red shoes deserve their status as gay icons, even in changing times
Johnson, Marguerite and Bennett, James (2019, 03 12). Why Dorothy’s red shoes deserve their status as gay icons, even in changing times The Conversation
2019
Book Chapter
Introduction
Johnson, Marguerite (2019). Introduction. Antipodean antiquities: classical Reception Down Under. (pp. 1-12) edited by Marguerite Johnson. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury.
2019
Journal Article
ANTIPODEAN ANTIQUITIES CLASSICAL RECEPTION DOWN UNDER INTRODUCTION
Johnson, Marguerite (2019). ANTIPODEAN ANTIQUITIES CLASSICAL RECEPTION DOWN UNDER INTRODUCTION. Antipodean Antiquities: Classical Reception Down Under, 1-+.
2019
Book
Antipodean antiquities classical reception down under
Johnson, Marguerite ed. (2019). Antipodean antiquities classical reception down under. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury.
2019
Book
ANTIPODEAN ANTIQUITIES: CLASSICAL RECEPTION DOWN UNDER
Johnson, Marguerite (2019). ANTIPODEAN ANTIQUITIES: CLASSICAL RECEPTION DOWN UNDER. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc..
2018
Journal Article
Review of How to die: an ancient guide to the end of life by Seneca
Johnson, Marguerite (2018). Review of How to die: an ancient guide to the end of life by Seneca. Australian Book Review, 404.
2018
Journal Article
Athens to Aotearoa: Greece and Rome in New Zealand Literature and Society & Pasture and Flock: New and Selected Poems
Johnson, Marguerite (2018). Athens to Aotearoa: Greece and Rome in New Zealand Literature and Society & Pasture and Flock: New and Selected Poems. International Journal of the Classical Tradition, 26 (3), 346-350. doi: 10.1007/s12138-018-0488-4
2018
Journal Article
Athens to Aotearoa: Greece and Rome in New Zealand Literature and Society
Johnson, Marguerite (2018). Athens to Aotearoa: Greece and Rome in New Zealand Literature and Society. The Journal of New Zealand Studies (NS26), 80-83. doi: 10.26686/jnzs.v0ins26.4847
2018
Other Outputs
Spells, charms, erotic dolls: love magic in the ancient Mediterranean
Johnson, Marguerite (2018, 06 26). Spells, charms, erotic dolls: love magic in the ancient Mediterranean The Conversation
2018
Other Outputs
‘Treatments’ as torture: gay conversion therapy’s deep roots in Australia
Johnson, Marguerite and Bennett, James (2018, 05 02). ‘Treatments’ as torture: gay conversion therapy’s deep roots in Australia The Conversation
2018
Other Outputs
Mary Beard and the long tradition of women being told to shut up
Johnson, Marguerite (2018, 04 05). Mary Beard and the long tradition of women being told to shut up The Conversation
2018
Journal Article
Porphyry and ‘Neopythagorean’ exegesis in Cave of the Nymphs and elsewhere
Tarrant, Harold and Johnson, Marguerite (2018). Porphyry and ‘Neopythagorean’ exegesis in Cave of the Nymphs and elsewhere. Méthexis, 30 (1), 154-174. doi: 10.1163/24680974-03001009
2018
Other Outputs
Guide to the classics: Sappho, a poet in fragments
Johnson, Marguerite (2018, 02 12). Guide to the classics: Sappho, a poet in fragments The Conversation
2018
Book Chapter
Race and Ethnicity
Johnson, Marguerite (2018). Race and Ethnicity. A cultural history of hair in Antiquity. (pp. 111-129) edited by Mary Harlow. Oxford, United Kingdom: Berg Publishing.
2017
Other Outputs
Elite companions, flute girls and child slaves: sex work in ancient Athens
Johnson, Marguerite (2017, 12 20). Elite companions, flute girls and child slaves: sex work in ancient Athens The Conversation
2017
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The grim reality of the brothels of Pompeii
Johnson, Marguerite (2017, 12 13). The grim reality of the brothels of Pompeii The Conversation
2017
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Friday essay: why grown-ups still need fairy tales
Johnson, Marguerite (2017, 11 23). Friday essay: why grown-ups still need fairy tales The Conversation
2017
Book Chapter
Radical brothers-in-arms: Gaius and Hank at the racetrack
Johnson, Marguerite (2017). Radical brothers-in-arms: Gaius and Hank at the racetrack. Hip sublime: Beat writers and the classical tradition. (pp. 97-115) edited by Sheila Murnaghan and Ralph M. Rosen. Columbus, OH United States: Ohio State University Press. doi: 10.2307/j.ctt2204rr5.9
2017
Other Outputs
Curious Kids: Are zombies real?
Johnson, Marguerite (2017, 07 11). Curious Kids: Are zombies real? The Conversation
2017
Other Outputs
The truth about the Amazons – the real Wonder Women
Johnson, Marguerite (2017, 05 29). The truth about the Amazons – the real Wonder Women The Conversation
Supervision
Availability
- Honorary Professor Marguerite Johnson is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
It's Alive! Reading Statues in Hellenistic Epigram
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Alastair Blanshard
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Doctor Philosophy
It's Alive! Reading Statues in Hellenistic Epigram
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Alastair Blanshard
Media
Enquiries
Contact Honorary Professor Marguerite Johnson directly for media enquiries about:
- ancient sexuality and gender
- Classical Reception Studies
- magic in antiquity
- modern occultism
- modernity and sexual histories
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