Academic & Teaching staff

Dr Ken Belcher

Teaching Fellow

+44 (0)113 34 33549

MA (University of Western Ontario, London, Canada)
PhD (McMaster, Hamilton, Canada)

Research Interests

Ken's interests include Hellenistic poetry, Virgil and Ovid. He is author of articles on Virgil, Homer, scholiasts and ancient grammarians, and he is currently preparing a book on etymologies in the scholia to Hellenistic poets and a translation of Hyginus' Fabulae.

He is also an expert in both ancient languages: he has co-written a Beginners' Latin course which uses real Latin texts as the primary vehicle for learning the language, and he plans to write an accompanying ancient Greek version in the coming years.

Biography

I studied for my B.A. and M.A. at the University of Western Ontario (London, Canada) before completing a PhD in Classics at the McMaster University (Hamilton, Canada) in 1993.

In Canada I taught various Classics courses at the University of Western Ontario, McMaster and Brock University in St Catharines, Ontario. I came to Leeds in 1994 and have been teaching the Department since January, 1995. I have also taught Latin and Homer with the Open University.

Publications and Teaching Projects

  • "Theocritus' Ancient Commentators", in T. FÃgen (ed.), Antike Fachtexte (Berlin 2005)
  • (jointly with R. Maltby) a new Beginners Latin Course and Textbook
  • "Problems of language provision: some positive approaches", in Current Issues, Future Strategies: Classical Language Teaching at University (HEA conference proceedings, Jan 2005)