Fiona McHardy


Fiona McHardy is a Professor of Classics and also the Head of Classics in the Department of Humanities at the University of Roehampton.  Her research interests include ancient and modern Greek literature, folk poetry, anthropology and culture. She teaches modules on ancient Greek language, literature and culture.

Career

McHardy completed her PhD at the University of Exeter in 1999. Her thesis was titled ‘The ideology of revenge in ancient Greek culture: a study of ancient Athenian revenge ethics’; and she is the author of Revenge in Athenian Culture.
She is an editor for the series Intersectionality in Classical Antiquity, which focuses on 'intersectional approaches to sexuality and gender in Greco-Roman Antiquity...with a range of other factors including race, ethnicity, class, ability, masculinity, femininity, transgender and post-colonial gender studies'.
She is currently writing a book with Susan Deacy on Gender Violence in Ancient Greece, covering such topics as infanticide, rape, uxoricide and domestic violence. She is a co-editor for Cloelia, the publication of the Women's Classical Caucus.
In 2017, McHardy co-organised an event with Susan Deacy and Katerina Volioti for the Women's Classical Committee UK on 'Bullying and Harassment in UK Classics Departments: Finding Solutions'.
McHardy's inaugural professorial lecture, entitled 'Ancient Greek Tiger Mothers', was held on October 8, 2018, at the University of Roehampton.

Selected publications

McHardy is the author of Revenge in Athenian Culture ; and has co-edited the following four volumes: