William Gladhill

William Gladhill is an assistant professor at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. His research includes Roman poetics, empire and space, and the ancient body.  He is currently reworking his dissertation “Foedera: a Study in Roman Poetics and Society” into a book. The dissertation reconstructs the ritual event of the foedus (treaty) and analyzes the problematic nature of Roman alliance in epic poetry. In addition, he is writing and researching papers on aspects of Greek and Roman cosmology, Roman law and poetry, and lexicography.