Emily Hauser, award-winning ancient historian and author, joins BCRPM

Emily Hauser joins BCRPM.

Emily is an award-winning ancient historian and author, and world-leading voice in rediscovering the women of Greek myth. Having studied at Harvard, Yale and Cambridge (where she won the prestigious Chancellor’s Medal for Classical Proficiency), she is the author of acclaimed novels rewriting Greek mythical women, including For the Most Beautiful, as well as a number of academic works.

Her books have been published and translated across the world, listed among the “28 Best Books for Summer” in The Telegraph and shortlisted for the Seminary Co-Op’s Best Books of 2023. She has appeared on several BBC Radio shows including BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, and has been featured in The Guardian alongside Colm Tóibín and Natalie Haynes.

Her next highly-anticipated book, MYTHICA: A New History of Homer’s World, through the Women Written Out Of It, published last month made it at no. 8 on the Saturday Times bestsellers list on the 19th of April.

Emily will be talking about her latest book MYTHICA at a number of places in May, check out dates and event venues here.

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"I'm delighted to welcome my colleague (and former student) Dr Emily Hauser to our ever expanding fold. We are the oldest, largest and most energetic of the national reunification Committees. With supporters like Emily our goal gets that much closer and surer." Professor Paul Cartledge, Vice-Chair for the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles (BCRPM). 

 

 

 


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