Henriette van der Blom

Dr.

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

I welcome proposals for supervision in any aspect of Roman History, especially political life in the Roman republic or any aspect of Roman/Latin oratory and rhetoric, including Cicero.

I have supervised PhD students working on an anonymous rhetorical work from the Roman republican period, the Rhetorica ad Herennium, on ‘Roman’ speeches in the work of the Greek historian Dio Cassius, on popular power in the late Roman Republic, on communicative failure in Latin epic, on Sallust's Cicero compared with Luke's St Paul, and on Cicero's De Senectute. I have also supervised a number of Master’s students (MA and MRes) on a range of Roman history topics.

I currently supervise the following PhD and research students:

Tim Morrison, ‘A study of Cicero’s De senectute’ (supervising with Dr Elena Theodorakopoulos, UoB).

Tim Elliott, 'People, Power, and Politics: Populism and the Roman Republic (82-27 BC)' (supervising with Dr Mark Wenman, Politics, UoB).

Tyler Broome, 'Informal Diplomacy in Ancient Rome: An Analysis of Negotiation in Cicero's Letters' (supervising with Dr Asaf Siniver, Politics, UoB).

Jurriaan Gouw, 'Understanding power and post-truth politics in the age of Nerva and Trajan' (supervising with Professor Alison Cooley, University of Warwick).

20032023

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