Nick Lowe (classicist)

Nick Lowe
Born1956
Manchester, England
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Occupation(s) • Classical scholar
 • Film critic

Nick Lowe (/loʊ/; born 1956) is a British classical scholar and film critic.

He is a reader in classics in the Department of Classics and Philosophy at Royal Holloway, a constituent college of the University of London, with interests including narratology and reception of Greek antiquity in historical fiction.[1]

Lowe is also a film reviewer for the science-fiction magazine Interzone, writing the column Mutant Popcorn since the mid-1980s;[2] he won a British Science Fiction Association Award for the column in 2009.[3] The 25th anniversary of his column was celebrated by a special issue of Interzone in 2010, including reprints of his first reviews and an interview with Lowe.[4]

Early life and education

He was born in Manchester, England, and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, before going on to read classics at Jesus College, Cambridge,[5] where he received his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.[6] His doctoral advisor was Geoffrey Kirk.[7]

Career

He taught classics at three different colleges in the University of London before being appointed lecturer in Greek literature at Royal Holloway.[7]

Books

  • Theatre Ancient and Modern (2000), edited with Hardwick, L., Ireland, S. & Macintosh, F., Open University Press.
  • The Classical Plot and the Invention of Western Narrative (2000), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.[8]
  • Comedy (2008). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Greece & Rome: New Surveys in the Classics).[9]
  • Erôs in Ancient Greece (2013), edited with Sanders, E., Thumiger, C. & Carey, C., Oxford University Press.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dr Nick Lowe". Researcher profiles. Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ Sleight, Graham (26 February 2009). "Adaptation". Locus Roundtable. Locus. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017.
  3. ^ 2009 British Science Fiction Association Award for Mutant Popcorn (see BSFA Awards 2009 Winners).
  4. ^ Fratz, D. Douglas (2012). "Interzone #230, September-October 2010". SF Site Reviews.
  5. ^ "Tripos results, including geography, philosophy, classics, economics", The Times, 28 June 1977, p. 18.
  6. ^ Classicists in British Universities.
  7. ^ a b "Committee for 2013". John D. Criticos Prize. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015.
  8. ^ Reviews of The Classical Plot and the Invention of Western Narrative:
  9. ^ Stürner, Ferdinand (2012). "Review of Comedy" (PDF). Ancient History Bulletin. 2: 111–112.
  10. ^ Reviews of Erôs in Ancient Greece: