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Maria Kovalchuk

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Maria Kovalchuk
Visiting Assistant Professor (2024)
BA, Northwestern; M.Phil., Cambridge; PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Office Location: Tribble C306
Contact: (336) 758-5330; kovalcm@wfu.edu

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I am a classicist working on the poetics and cultural history of ignorance.  I hold a Ph.D. in Classical Studies (with a certificate in Global Medieval Studies) from the University of Pennsylvania as well as an M.Phil. from Cambridge and a B.A. from Northwestern, both in Classics.  My first book project argues that the Hellenistic and Augustan poets’ frequent thematizations of ignorance constitute artistic reactions to political change.  My other research contributes to childhood, religious, translation, and reception studies.