Evelyn Richardson

My main project concerns the writing of ancient history in Arabic in the long nineteenth century and the translation of European classical and neoclassical texts into Arabic in the same period.

Research interests: Arabic literature, classical reception studies, the philosophy of history, translation.

Teaching Experience: Grimm’s Fairy Tales and the Construction of Childhood, CA, Spring 2018; Philosophical Perspectives, Writing Intern, Fall 2017; Classics Teaching Fellowship, Marlboro College, VT, 2012–2013

Education BA Classics and Arabic, University of Oxford, 2012; MA Near and Middle Eastern Studies, SOAS, 2014; MSt Classics, University of Oxford, 2015