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
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Works
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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
Other Outputs
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
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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
2017
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A murky cauldron – modern witchcraft and the spell on Trump
Johnson, Marguerite (2017, 03 12). A murky cauldron – modern witchcraft and the spell on Trump The Conversation
2017
Edited Outputs
Practitioners' Voices in Classical Reception Studies: Special Issue: Australasian Practitioners
Practitioners' Voices in Classical Reception Studies: Special Issue: Australasian Practitioners. (2017). 8
2017
Journal Article
Picnic at Hanging Rock fifty years on
Johnson, Marguerite (2017). Picnic at Hanging Rock fifty years on. Australian Book Review, 397.
2017
Journal Article
Editor’s Introduction
Johnson, Marguerite (2017). Editor’s Introduction. Practitioners' Voices in Classical Reception Studies, 8.
2016
Other Outputs
Guide to the classics: Ovid’s Metamorphoses and reading rape
Johnson, Marguerite (2016, 09 13). Guide to the classics: Ovid’s Metamorphoses and reading rape The Conversation
2016
Other Outputs
Should academics cite those who have breached moral and humane borders?
Johnson, Marguerite (2016, 06 21). Should academics cite those who have breached moral and humane borders? The Conversation
2016
Book Chapter
Storytelling and authority: critical poetics in Plato’s symposium
Benitez, Rick and Johnson, Marguerite (2016). Storytelling and authority: critical poetics in Plato’s symposium. Reflections on Plato’s poetics. (pp. 171-190) edited by Rick Benitez and Keping Wang. Berrima, NSW Australia: Academic Printing and Publishing. doi: 10.2307/j.ctv10kmfwd.17
2016
Journal Article
The Stripper Castrated, or how Leigh Redhead's "Peepshow" Stages the Art of 'Being Both
Rolls, Alistair and Johnson, Marguerite (2016). The Stripper Castrated, or how Leigh Redhead's "Peepshow" Stages the Art of 'Being Both. Clues: a Journal of Detection, 34 (2), 104-113.
2015
Other Outputs
Friday essay: virgin mothers and miracle babies
Johnson, Marguerite (2015, 12 17). Friday essay: virgin mothers and miracle babies The Conversation
2015
Other Outputs
Toil and trouble: the myth of the witch is no myth at all
Johnson, Marguerite (2015, 06 16). Toil and trouble: the myth of the witch is no myth at all The Conversation
2015
Other Outputs
Game of Thrones has reignited the Greek tale of Iphigeneia
Johnson, Marguerite (2015, 06 11). Game of Thrones has reignited the Greek tale of Iphigeneia The Conversation
Supervision
Availability
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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
Media
Enquiries
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- ancient sexuality and gender
- Classical Reception Studies
- magic in antiquity
- modern occultism
- modernity and sexual histories
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