Lorna Hardwick

Prof. Lorna Hardwick
Academic work
Discipline	Classics
Sub discipline	Classical reception studies
Institutions	Open University University College London

Lorna Hardwick is Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at the Open University. She is a leading authority on Classical reception studies and has published several books and articles on the subject, as well being the first editor of the Classical Receptions Journal.

As well as teaching at the Open University, Lorna has taught at University College London. Lorna’s publications in the field of classical reception include Translating Words, Translating Cultures (2000) and New Surveys in the Classics: Reception Studies (2003) as well as a number of articles on drama and poetry. She has a particular interest in the impact of various kinds of translation and adaptation on modern perceptions of Greece and Rome and in the reworking of classical material in post-colonial contexts (publications).

From 2000–2005 Lorna was Subject Director for Classics and Ancient History in the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology. In 2005–7 she served as the President of the Joint Association of Classical Teachers.

She is the editor of the Classical Receptions Journal and co-series editor of the 'The Classical Presences series' published by Oxford University Press.

In 2014 she was a signatory in an open letter published in the The Guardian expressing concern at the Open University's closure of regional offices.

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