Luke Houghton
Lecturer in Latin · College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences · University of Edinburgh
Quick answer: Luke Houghton is Lecturer in Latin at University of Edinburgh. Luke Houghton shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ Open to PhD supervision enquiries? Yes. Areas of interest for supervision: I would be delighted to receive expressions of interest in postgraduate research on classical, medieval, and Renaissance Latin literature, and on the reception of classical authors in later art and literature. I am happy to advise on potential research topics in these areas (particularly Neo-Latin literature) and other aspe
Research interests
My research concentrates primarily on classical Latin poetry and its reception in later art and literature, especially during the late Middle Ages and the early modern period. I have published extensively on the post-classical fortunes of Virgil and Horace, and on Neo-Latin literature (that is, literature composed in Latin between the time of Petrarch in the fourteenth century and the present day). I am the author of the major study Virgil's Fourth Eclogue in the Italian Renaissance (Cambridge, 2019), and have co-edited four volumes: with Maria Wyke, Perceptions of Horace (Cambridge, 2009); with Gesine Manuwald, Neo-Latin Poetry in the British Isles (London, 2012); with Marco Sgarbi, Virgil and Renaissance Culture (Tempe/Turnhout, 2018); and with Gesine Manuwald and Lucy Nicholas, An Anthology of British Neo-Latin Literature (London, 2020). My translation of Marco Girolamo Vida's influential sixteenth-century Latin epic, the Christiad, will appear in the Oxford World's Classics series in 2026, and I am currently finishing a book-length study of the uses made of Virgil's fourth Eclogue in pro- and anti-Napoleonic art and literature.
Frequently asked questions
Is Luke Houghton hiring PhD students at University of Edinburgh?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Luke Houghton's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Open to PhD supervision enquiries? Yes. Areas of interest for supervision: I would be delighted to receive expressions of interest in postgraduate research on classical, medieval, and Renaissance Lati.
What does Luke Houghton research?
My research concentrates primarily on classical Latin poetry and its reception in later art and literature, especially during the late Middle Ages and the early modern period. I have published extensively on the post-classical fortunes of Virgil and Horace, and on Neo-Latin literature (that is, lite
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