Dr Jayne Knight is Lecturer in Classics and Honours Coordinator in the School of Humanities in the College of Arts, Law and Education. She researches Roman cultural history, Latin literature, and ancient emotions and teaches broadly within Classics and the Humanities Honours program. Jayne is working on a monograph on anger and politics during the late Republic and early Principate and a series of articles on Roman emotions and Latin literature and its reception. Jayne is an accomplished teacher and program coordinator. Her teaching has been recognised by three Teaching Merit Certificates, and in 2019 she was awarded a Team Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning with her colleagues in Classics.

Biography

Jayne completed her Bachelor and Master of Arts at the University of Florida (USA). She gained her PhD from the University of British Columbia (Canada) in 2015. Following her doctorate, Jayne taught Latin, ancient Greek, etymology, and Roman history at the University of Victoria and the University of British Columbia. She joined the University of Tasmania in June 2016.

Career summary

Qualifications

Memberships

Professional practice

• Society for Classical Studies
• Australasian Society for Classical Studies
• Australasian Women in Ancient World Studies
• Society for the History of Emotions

Teaching

Ancient history, Latin language, Roman culture, Cicero, Seneca the Younger, Late Roman Republic, Early Roman Empire, Augustan literature, Latin prose literature, Ancient religions

Teaching expertise

Jayne is passionate about teaching and enjoys creating engaging and meaningful experiences for her students at all levels. She has extensive experience in unit design and curriculum development. Her Classics teaching promotes close engagement with primary sources and develops critical analysis strategies. Her units illuminate the complex and evolving relationship between the ancient past and the present and provide a platform for thinking about the future. In her role as Humanities Honours coordinator, Jayne teaches seminars that develop research and professional skills. She is currently engaged in shaping the interdisciplinary components of the Humanities Honours curriculum.

Teaching responsibility

• HTC103 - Ancient Civilisations 1A: Introduction to Ancient Greece
• HTC104  - Ancient Civilisations 1B: Introduction to Ancient Rome
• HTC340 – Spectacle and Society in Ancient Rome
• HTC242 - The Fall of the Roman Republic
• HTL219 - Intermediate Latin B
• HTL319 - Advanced Latin B
• HTL317 Advanced Latin A
• HTC341 - Religions of Ancient Greece and Rome

Research Invitations

• “Anger and Imperial Power in Julio-Claudian Rome” (Public Lecture Series, Imperial Power in the Roman World at York St John University, 2021)
• “Anger and Political Authority in Early Imperial Rome” (University of Sydney Classics and Ancient History Seminar Series, 2017)