Christine Plastow

Christine Plastow completed her PhD at University College London in 2016, and is a Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University. Her research usually focuses on Athenian law and oratory, and she’s particularly interested in how rhetoric can reflect the ideals and expectations of everyday people while also manipulating their emotions.

Christine is also interested in Greek drama, particularly how it can be interpreted on the modern stage in innovative and exciting ways. In order to explore this idea, she works with a London-based theatre collective called By Jove Theatre. She loves teaching ancient Greek language and helping people to wrangle with difficult grammar! She’s particularly happy to be working at the Open University, as she believes the University’s mission to make higher education as accessible as possible for all people is extremely important – and she’s especially pleased that Classics is a part of that mission.

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