Lynette Mitchell

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Lynette Mitchell
Born1966 [1]
Academic background
Alma mater University of New England (Australia) Durham University
Academic work
Discipline Classics
Sub-discipline Greek History
Institutions University of Exeter
Notable worksGreeks Bearing Gifts
Panhellenism and the Barbarian in Archaic and Classical Greece
The Heroic Rulers of Archaic and Classical Greece

Professor Lynette Gail Mitchell (born 1966) is Professor in Greek History and Politics at the University of Exeter. [2] Mitchell is known for her work on ancient Greek politics and kingship. [3]

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Career

Mitchell obtained her BA at the University of New England (Australia) and then moved to the UK on a Commonwealth Scholarship in 1991. [4] Mitchell completed her PhD at the University of Durham in 1994 [5] and published her thesis as Greeks Bearing Gifts: the public use of private relationships 435-323 BC (Cambridge University Press) in 1997. [6] Mitchell held a British Academy Post-doctoral Fellowship and Junior Research Fellowship at Oriel College, Oxford. [2] [7] [8]

In 1998 Mitchell was appointed as lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter becoming associate professor and then professor in 2013. She became the Director of the Centre for Mediterranean Studies in May 2007. [8] Mitchell works primarily on ancient Greek politics and the relationship between Greek states, and between Greeks and non-Greeks, and on aspects of kingship.

Mitchell has been invited to lecture on her work widely, including the 2009 Dorothy Buchan Memorial Lecture at the University of Leicester on Queens and consorts: securing the succession in archaic and classical Greece?, [9] the 2016 Douglas MacDowell Memorial Lecture of the Classical Association of Scotland on Kingship, law and democracy, [10] a lecture on Monarchs in Democracy in 2017 for the Institute of Intellectual History at the University of St Andrews, [11] and a keynote lecture in 2018 at the 18th International Conference for Ancient East-Mediterranean Studies in Tartu (ICAEM 2018) on The politics of power: the rise and fall of the Deinomenid dynasty in fifth-century Sicily. [12] [13]

Mitchell encourages wider participation in classical studies through various projects including the creation of Isca Latina, a project for state school students to learn Latin, [14] [15] and involvement in the Classical Association South-West Branch's annual Sixth-form Classics Conference. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mitchell, Lynette Gail, 1966-". CONOR-SI. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Professor Lynette Mitchell | Classics and Ancient History | University of Exeter". humanities.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  3. ↑ Gorvett, Zaria. "Who will be remembered in 1,000 years?" . Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  4. ↑ (PDF). 2007-07-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20070709030001/http://www.csfp-online.org/alumni/pdf/profile.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-09. Retrieved 2018-06-14.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ WHSmith. "Every Inch a King: Comparative Studies on Kings and Kingship in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds (Rulers & Elites 2)". WHSmith. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  6. ↑ "Greeks bearing gifts public use private relationships greek world 435323 bc | Ancient history". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  7. ↑ Mitchell, Lynette (2007-12-31). Panhellenism and the Barbarian in Archaic and Classical Greece. ISD LLC. ISBN   9781910589472.
  8. 1 2 "Abstracts" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  9. ↑ gjs. "The Dorothy Buchan Memorial Lectures — University of Leicester". www2.le.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  10. ↑ "Classical Association of Scotland Newsletter" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  11. ↑ "Monarchs in democracy – Institute of Intellectual History". www.intellectualhistory.net. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  12. ↑ "18th International Conference for Ancient East-Mediterranean Studies in Tartu (ICAEM 2018): Power and (Op)position in the Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean World" . Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  13. ↑ "ICAEM 2018: "Power and (Op)position" — Aasia Uuringute Koda Eestis". auke.ee. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  14. ↑ Robinson, Debbie. "University of Exeter". humanities.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  15. ↑ "Classics and Ancient History at University of Exeter - UCAS". digital.ucas.com. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  16. ↑ "Classics Sixth-form Conference (Classical Association and University of Exeter) - The Classics Library". The Classics Library. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  17. ↑ Davies, Philip (2014). "Review of: The Heroic Rulers of Archaic and Classical Greece". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN   1055-7660.
  18. ↑ Wrenhaven, Kelly Joss (2008). "Review of: Panhellenism and the Barbarian in Archaic and Classical Greece". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN   1055-7660.
  19. ↑ Duplouy, Alain (2010). "Review of Panhellenism and the Barbarian in Archaic and Classical Greece". L'Antiquité Classique. 79: 625–626. JSTOR   antiqclassi.79.625.
  20. ↑ Lendon, J. E. (2002). Mitchell, Lynette G.; Jones, Christopher P.; Mattern, Susan P. (eds.). "Primitivism and Ancient Foreign Relations". The Classical Journal. 97 (4): 375–384. JSTOR   3298451.
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