[research essay] Queer Catullus, Catullan Queers - the power of trans narratives in postmodern Classics
Although this summer 1 project initially set out to explore drag elements in Catullus' poetry, I ended up searching for what makes Catullus such a rich source for queer approaches to a postmodern, inclusive vision of the discipline of Classics. Please feel free to reach out with any questions!
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Toni Andres
(they/he)
student, University of St Andrews
I am currently in my fourth year of an undergraduate degree in Classics/Comparative Literature at the University of St Andrews and am particularly interested in accessibility within academia through public engagement and community building.
In my research project Queer Catullus, Catullan Queers, I looked at the history of queer adaptations of poems by the ancient Roman poet Catullus. Based on this research, I set up the collaborative arts project Catullan Identities which invited people to respond to the ancient poems creatively. During my Leadership-in-Action project I transformed this approach into a series of queer creative workshops which I ran in different parts of Scotland and that aimed at empowering queer communities in the face of rising transphobia and queerphobia across the UK.
Please feel free to browse the gallery of Catullan Identities on my website and don’t hesitate to get in touch with any questions.
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