Toni Andres (they/he)

student, University of St Andrews

About Toni Andres

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.

I am a/an:

Undergraduate Leadership & Research Scholar

University

University of St Andrews

Laidlaw Cohort Year

2021

Research Topic

Classics LGBTQ+ Literature

Area of Expertise

Arts Diversity and Inclusion Humanities Languages

I am from:

Germany

I speak:

English German Latin

My hobbies/interests are:

Crafts & DIY Dance Nature & environment Reading Theatre

I am open to participating in mentoring/buddy programmes

Yes

Influencer Of

Topics

Channels contributed to:

Leadership Arts & Humanities

Rooms participated in:

University of St Andrews