Barbara Goff Explained

Barbara Goff
Nationality:	British
Alma Mater:	University of Cambridge, University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral Advisor:	Donald Mastronarde
Discipline:	Classics
Workplaces:	University of Reading
Notable Works:	Citizen Bacchae: women's ritual practice in ancient Greece
Sub Discipline:	Classical reception studies

Barbara Elizabeth Goff is a Classics Professor at the University of Reading.^[1] She specialises in Greek tragedy and its reception; women in antiquity; postcolonial classics and reception of Greek political thought.^{[2] [3]}

Education

Goff undertook her undergraduate degree at King's College, Cambridge. She later completed her PhD at the University of California, Berkeley on Euripides' Hippolytus supervised by Donald Mastronade, publishing the work as The Noose of Words: Readings of Desire, Violence and Language in Euripides' Hippolytus in 1990.^[4]

Career

Goff's first job was as a Junior Research Fellow at King's College Cambridge. She has also worked at the University of Texas at Austin, and held a Solmsen Fellowship at the Institute for Humanities at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.^{[5] [6]}

Goff moved to the University of Reading first as a Reader in Classics, subsequently becoming Professor of Classics. She leads modules focusing on ancient drama, ancient Greek language, ancient sport, and sexuality and gender in the ancient world.^[7]

Goff's work on classical reception has led to lectures and publications on classical education and reception in west Africa,^{[8] [9] [10]} including participation in the founding of the Classical Association of Ghana in 2018.

Research groups and centres

At the University of Reading, Goff is a member of the Ancient Literature and Classical Tradition and Reception groups in the Department of Classics.^[11]

Goff is a member of the Ancient and Modern Imperialisms Network, based in Reading and helps to run the Legacy of Greek Political Thought Network,^[12] based in Reading, and is an executive committee member of the Classical Reception Studies Network, based at the Open University.^[13]

Goff is on the international editorial boards of the Classical Receptions Journal (published by the Oxford University Press)^[14] and of Elektra (University of Patras)^[15] and is on the advisory board of the AHRC project 'Classics and Class', based in King's College London.^{[16] [17]} She also works with the Iris Project to promote classical education.^[18]

Books

• Goff, B. (1990) The Noose of Words: Readings of Desire, Violence and Language in Euripides' Hippolytus. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.^[19]
• Goff, B. (ed.) (1995) History, Tragedy, Theory: Dialogues on Athenian Drama (University of Texas Press)^{[20] [21]}
• Goff, B. (2004) Citizen Bacchae: women's ritual practice in ancient Greece. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles^{[22] [23] [24] [25]}
• Goff, B. (ed.) (2005) Classics and Colonialism. Bloomsbury.^[26]
• Goff, B. and Simpson, M. (2007) Crossroads in the Black Aegean: Oedipus, Antigone and dramas of the African Diaspora. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• Goff, B. (2009) Euripides: Trojan Women. Duckworth companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy. Duckworth, London.
• Goff, B. (2013) 'Your secret language': classics in the British colonies of West Africa. Classical Diaspora. Bloomsbury Academic, London.

External links

• Goff discussing her paper 'Niobe of the Nations' at the 2011 Classical Association conference in Durham

Notes and References

1. Web site: Staff Profile:Professor Barbara Goff. University of Reading. 11 August 2017.
2. Web site: Daughters of Antigone. Karapanagioti. Niki. 2 February 2018. The Classics Library. 20 June 2019.
3. Web site: Classics and Global Humanities: launching the Classical Association of Ghana. 7 November 2018. CRSN. 20 June 2019.
4. Book: Goff, Barbara. The Noose of Words: Readings of Desire, Violence and Language in Euripides' Hippolytos. 25 January 2007. Cambridge University Press. 9780521033237. en.
5. Book: Citizen Bacchae: Women's Ritual Practice in Ancient Greece. Goff. Barbara. Goff. Professor of Classics Department of Classics Barbara. 14 June 2004. University of California Press. 9780520239982. en.
6. Book: The Sacred and the Feminine: Imagination and Sexual Difference . Pollock . Griselda . Griselda Pollock . Turvey-Sauron . Victoria . 2007 . I.B.Tauris . 9781845115210 . en.
7. Web site: The Sacred and the Feminine: Image, Music, Text, Space.. University of Leeds. 20 June 2019.
8. Web site: Niobe of the Nations, with Barbara Goff. 19 November 2011. Classics Confidential. 20 June 2019.
9. Book: Crossroads in the Black Aegean: Oedipus, Antigone, and Dramas of the African Diaspora. Simpson. Michael. Goff. Barbara. 1 December 2007. Oxford University Press. 9780191712388. en-US. 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199217182.001.0001.
10. Reviewed Work: Your Secret Language: Classics in the British Colonies of West Africa. Classical Diaspora by B. Goff. Acta Classica. 56. 202–209. Lambert. Michael. 2013. 24592553.
11. Web site: Upcoming Film Season in Reading (Jan–Feb 2017) Classical Reception Studies Network. Stead. Henry. 20 June 2019.
12. Web site: The Legacy of Greek Political Thought.
13. Web site: https://classicalreception.org/page-1/. People. 25 July 2017. 20 June 2019.
14. Web site: Editorial_Board Classical Receptions Journal Oxford Academic. academic.oup.com. 20 June 2019.
15. Web site: http://electra.lis.upatras.gr/index.php/electra/about/displayMembership/6. People. 20 June 2019.
16. Web site: King's College London – Classics and Class in Britain, 1789–1917. King's College London. 20 June 2019.
17. Web site: Classics & Class " About us.. 19 February 2013 . 20 June 2019.
18. Web site: The Iris Project – About Us. irisproject.org.uk. 20 June 2019.
19. Halleran. Michael R.. 1990. Review of: The Noose of Words: Readings of Desire, Violence and Language in Euripides' Hippolytus.. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 1055-7660.
20. Book: History, Tragedy, Theory Dialogues on Athenian Drama Edited and with an introduction by Barbara Goff. 5 June 1995. 9780292727793. en. Goff. Barbara E.. University of Texas Press .
21. Ormand. Kirk. 1998. Review of: History, Tragedy, Theory: Dialogues on Athenian Drama. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 1055-7660.
22. Book: Goff, Barbara. Citizen Bacchae: Women's Ritual Practice in Ancient Greece. 2004. University of California Press. 9780520239982. 1. 10.1525/j.ctt1pns7d. Citizen Bacchae.
23. Sinos. Rebecca H.. 2007. Citizen Bacchae: Women's Ritual Practice in Ancient Greece – By Barbara Goff. Historian. 69. 2. 376–377. 10.1111/j.1540-6563.2007.00182_51.x. 144535872. 1540-6563.
24. Furley. William D.. 2005. Review of: Citizen Bacchae. Women's Ritual Practice in Ancient Greece. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 1055-7660.
25. McClure. Laura. 25 June 2007. Traces of Power: Recent Books on Women in Antiquity. Journal of Women's History. 19. 2. 184–192. 10.1353/jowh.2007.0041. 143685543. 1527-2036.
26. Web site: Classics and Colonialism. Bloomsbury.com. Bloomsbury Publishing. 20 June 2019.