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:
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Works
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2017
Other Outputs
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
Journal Article
Editor’s Introduction
Johnson, Marguerite (2017). Editor’s Introduction. Practitioners' Voices in Classical Reception Studies, 8.
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.
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
2015
Other Outputs
A feminist nightmare: how fear of women haunts our earliest myths
Johnson, Marguerite (2015, 02 25). A feminist nightmare: how fear of women haunts our earliest myths The Conversation
2015
Other Outputs
An experiment in collaborative writing: day ten
Johnson, Marguerite (2015, 01 05). An experiment in collaborative writing: day ten The Conversation
2015
Journal Article
Getting under the skin to read the signs: the call of classical myths and mysteries in Leigh Redhead's 'Peepshow'
Johnson, Marguerite and Rolls, Alistair (2015). Getting under the skin to read the signs: the call of classical myths and mysteries in Leigh Redhead's 'Peepshow'. The Australian Journal of Crime Fiction, 1 (2).
2014
Other Outputs
Harking back: the ancient pagan festivities in our Christmas rituals
Johnson, Marguerite (2014, 12 07). Harking back: the ancient pagan festivities in our Christmas rituals The Conversation
2014
Journal Article
Indigeneity and classical reception in the voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay
Johnson, Marguerite (2014). Indigeneity and classical reception in the voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay. Classical Receptions Journal, 6 (3), 402-425. doi: 10.1093/crj/clt027
2014
Other Outputs
Reader beware: the nasty new edition of the Brothers Grimm
Johnson, Marguerite (2014, 11 24). Reader beware: the nasty new edition of the Brothers Grimm The Conversation
2014
Journal Article
Review of Stand in the trench, Achilles: classical receptions in British poetry of the Great War
Johnson, Marguerite (2014). Review of Stand in the trench, Achilles: classical receptions in British poetry of the Great War. Reviews in History.
2014
Other Outputs
When statues get frocked up, art is in rude health
Johnson, Marguerite (2014, 09 08). When statues get frocked up, art is in rude health The Conversation
2014
Journal Article
Fairytales and make-believe, or spinning stories about Poros and Penia in Plato's symposium: A literary and computational analysis
Johnson, M. and Tarrant, H. (2014). Fairytales and make-believe, or spinning stories about Poros and Penia in Plato's symposium: A literary and computational analysis. Phoenix, 68 (3-4), 291-312.
Supervision
Availability
- Honorary Professor Marguerite Johnson is:
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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
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- ancient sexuality and gender
- Classical Reception Studies
- magic in antiquity
- modern occultism
- modernity and sexual histories
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