Dr Thomas Biggs

Dr Thomas Biggs

Lecturer in Latin

Email
tb216@st-andrews.ac.uk
Office
S19
Location
Swallowgate
Office hours
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Research areas

I am scholar of Roman literature and culture.ÌýMy research deals with various periods and topics, which include the poetry and poetics of the Republican, Augustan, and early imperial periods, Latin philology, and the cultural and literary histories of Carthage and North Africa. I have a range of interests in critical theory and the Classics, with particular focus on memory and identity studies, gender and sexuality, and ecopoetry/environmental humanities. I am the author ofÌýPoetics of the First Punic WarÌý(Univeristy of Michigan Press 2020) and co-editor ofÌýThe Epic Journey in Greek and Roman Literature (Cambridge University Presss 2019). I have published over 20 peer-reviewed articles and chapters on such topics asÌýDido; transgender poetics in Latin literature; Classics and contemporary underwater art installations; Lucan; Livy; Vergil; and the often-underestimated Hymn to Rome by Melinno. I recently wrote over one hundred pages of the international project Structures of Epic Poetry (De Gruyter 2019). I am also involved in a collaborative reassessment of Roman Republican comedic fragments, which will host a workshop in 2022.Ìý

PhD supervision

  • CeciliaÌýPerinelli
  • LorenzoÌýSeverin
  • MeganÌýSharp

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Biggs, T., 3 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. Advance access, qbaf022.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Biggs, T., 1 Dec 2025, Ennius beyond epic. Hill, J. & Marshall, C. W. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 15-37

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • Open access
    Biggs, T., 5 Jan 2024, In: Classical Philology. 119, 1, p. 70-93

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Biggs, T., Manuwald, G. & Jocelyn, H. D., 19 Jul 2023, Oxford classical dictionary. Whitmarsh, T. (ed.). 5th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 8 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

  • Biggs, T., 31 Aug 2023, In: Bryn Mawr Classical Review.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

  • Biggs, T., 1 Apr 2023, Cultural memory in Republican and Augustan Rome. Dinter, M. T. & Guérin, C. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 23–41 19 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • Biggs, T., 5 May 2022, Roman law and Latin literature. Ziogas, I. & Bexley, E. M. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury, p. 67-86 20 p. (Bloomsbury classical studies monographs).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • Open access
    Biggs, T., 9 Jul 2022, In: Bryn Mawr Classical Review.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

  • Open access
    Biggs, T., 18 May 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Mnemosyne. Advance Articles, 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Biggs, T., Apr 2020, Ennius’ annals: poetry and history. Farrell, J. & Damon, C. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 91-106

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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