Donncha O'Rourke
Senior Lecturer; Classics · College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences · University of Edinburgh
Quick answer: Donncha O'Rourke is Senior Lecturer; Classics at University of Edinburgh. Donncha O'Rourke shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ Open to PhD supervision enquiries? Yes. Areas of interest for supervision: I welcome inquiries from prospective PhD students who are keen to work on any aspect of Roman literary culture in the first centuries BC and AD, especially late-republican and Augustan poetry, and including (but not limited to) Latin elegiac, epic and didactic poetry, the reception of Hellenistic poetry at Rome, and the int
Research interests
My research focuses primarily on Latin poetry of the first century BC, and especially on Roman elegiac and didactic poetry. A further strand of my research relates to Hellenistic poetry, especially as received at Rome. More generally, I am interested in allusion and intertextuality, formal design in ancient poetry-books, genre, and gender-related issues in Roman poetry; work on Lucretius-reception in elegy has also prompted me to think more broadly about philosophical subtexts in literary texts.
Selected publications (since 2023)
O'Rourke, D. (2024) Propertius and the Virgilian Sensibility: Elegy after 19 BC. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Frequently asked questions
Is Donncha O'Rourke hiring PhD students at University of Edinburgh?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Donncha O'Rourke's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Open to PhD supervision enquiries? Yes. Areas of interest for supervision: I welcome inquiries from prospective PhD students who are keen to work on any aspect of Roman literary culture in the first c.
What does Donncha O'Rourke research?
My research focuses primarily on Latin poetry of the first century BC, and especially on Roman elegiac and didactic poetry. A further strand of my research relates to Hellenistic poetry, especially as received at Rome. More generally, I am interested in allusion and intertextuality, formal design in
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