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DR. HANNAH SILVERBLANK IS A VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS AT HAVERFORD COLLEGE. Pronouns: She/Hers/Her
Research Interests:
archaic and classical greek poetry
ancient religion
classical mythology
disability studies
classical reception
anglophone poetry
monster studies
posthumanism
animal studies
translation theory
ancient music and musicology
popular culture
Teaching Interests:
Background & Education
Hannah Silverblank was born in Philadelphia, where she developed a love of dogs, root beer, fairy tales, music, Star Trek, oil painting, and the stranger parts of life. She unsuspectingly became a student of Greco-Roman antiquity while an undergraduate at Haverford College. After graduating from Haverford with a BA in Latin (High Honors) and Comparative Literature (High Honors), Hannah went on to the University of Oxford, where she received a Master's (with Distinction) and a PhD in Classical Languages and Literature.
Courses
This site contains course material for:
Beasts, Hybrids, and Giants: Confronting Monsters from the Past
Classical Mythology
Elementary Greek (a two-semester course)
Homer (an intermediate Greek course)
Unruly Bodies: Greek and Roman Narratives of Disability
Summer School for Students of Greek
The course materials are password protected, but don't hesitate to email me at hannahsilverblank@gmail.com if you would like the password for access to any of the course material.
Research Interests:
archaic and classical greek poetry
ancient religion
classical mythology
disability studies
classical reception
anglophone poetry
monster studies
posthumanism
animal studies
translation theory
ancient music and musicology
popular culture
Teaching Interests:
- Greek and Latin languages at all levels
- Greek Hexameter Poetry
- Ancient Drama
- Classical Mythology
- Classical Reception
- Queer Theory & Antiquity
- Ancient Gender & Sexuality
- Classical Civilization
- Ancient Disability
Background & Education
Hannah Silverblank was born in Philadelphia, where she developed a love of dogs, root beer, fairy tales, music, Star Trek, oil painting, and the stranger parts of life. She unsuspectingly became a student of Greco-Roman antiquity while an undergraduate at Haverford College. After graduating from Haverford with a BA in Latin (High Honors) and Comparative Literature (High Honors), Hannah went on to the University of Oxford, where she received a Master's (with Distinction) and a PhD in Classical Languages and Literature.
Courses
This site contains course material for:
Beasts, Hybrids, and Giants: Confronting Monsters from the Past
Classical Mythology
Elementary Greek (a two-semester course)
Homer (an intermediate Greek course)
Unruly Bodies: Greek and Roman Narratives of Disability
Summer School for Students of Greek
The course materials are password protected, but don't hesitate to email me at hannahsilverblank@gmail.com if you would like the password for access to any of the course material.