Kathryn Wilson

Senior Lecturer in Classics

PhD, University of Pennsylvania

research interests:

Hellenistic Literature
Ancient Scientific Poetry
Environmental Studies
Classics and Race

contact info:

Email: kdwilson@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-935-8723
Office: Umrath Hall 251

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mailing address:

MSC 1050-153-244
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
ONE BROOKINGS DRIVE
ST. LOUIS, MO 63130-4899

Kathryn Wilson’s research interests focus on the intersection of poetry and science.

Wilson is especially interested in Hellenistic literature, and the relationship between different intellectual enterprises occurring during that time. She is also interested in the evolution of the genre of didactic poetry. In addition, she studies and teaches issues relating to systems of race existed in antiquity, and is a Faculty Affiliate of Wash U’s Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, & Equity.

recent courses

Latin and Greek in Current English (L08 Classics 225D)

This course will provide a study of the impact of Latin and Greek on the English language through intensive study of the Latin and Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes that are most commonly found in English technical and non-technical vocabulary. Some attention will also be paid to the linguistic principles by which these elements have entered the English language.

Introduction to Greek Literature: Plato (L09 Greek 317C)

Introduction to Attic prose through the reading of Plato's APOLOGY and related texts.

Introduction to Latin Literature I (L10 Latin 301)

Intensive review of Latin grammar and syntax and development of reading skills and translation techniques through short readings from original texts in prose and poetry such as Caesar and Ovid

in the news:

9.16.21

What was ‘race’ in ancient Rome?

5.31.21

Faculty-curated exhibition on race in ancient Greece and Rome coming this fall

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