Dr Alice Koenig
Lecturer in Latin & Classical Studies
On research leave
Phone: 01334 462607
Room: S18
Research Interests
Imperial Latin literature and politics, especially Nervan and Trajanic literature (Tacitus, Pliny the Younger, Martial, Juvenal); ancient technical/scientific writing (especially Frontinus and Vitruvius); military writing (including Aeneas Tacticus, Onasander, Frontinus, Aelianus Tacticus, Arrian, Vegetius, Christine de Pizan, and Machiavelli); the Latin exempla tradition; Latin language teaching.
Research projects
I was awarded a two-year Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship in 2012 for a research project on the Roman author and statesman Sextus Julius Frontinus. This project will examine the surviving works of Frontinus, both for their own sake and as a window onto his world. It aims to develop our understanding of Frontinus' concerns and credentials as a writer, and to expose the extent of his impact upon Roman literary, social and political life. In the process, it will contribute to the study of ancient 'technical' writing, ancient categories of knowledge, Domitianic, Nervan and Trajanic politics, and elite identity and aspirations during that period. It engages with the writings of Martial, Tacitus, Pliny the Younger, Aelianus Tacticus, Plutarch, Arrian and Vegetius, among others, and also examines the mediaeval and renaissance reception of Frontinus (via scholars like John of Salisbury, Christine de Pisan, Jean Gerson and Machiavelli).
I am also running a collaborative research project on Literary Interactions under Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian. This project brings together researchers with an interest in Nervan, Trajanic and Hadrianic literature to examine the texts and the literary culture of the period collectively. It aims to develop our understanding not just of individual texts but also of the nature and impact of textual cross-pollination (within and across genres, and between both Latin and Greek authors). It will also examine the literary culture that promoted it; and it will explore the interface between Roman literary, social and political life. In so doing, it will contribute to the wider study of the late first and early second centuries AD.
In addition, I am co-running a three-year research project on Latin Language Teaching and The Student Experience with my colleague Emma Buckley.
I also continue to work on Vitruvius and his reception.
Publications
From Architect to
Imperator
: Vitruvius and his Addressee in the
De Architectura
Konig, A. R.
2009
Authorial Voices in Greco-Roman Technical Writing.
Taub, L. & Doody, A. (eds.).
WVT Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier
,
Vol. 7
,
p. 31-52
(Antike Naturwissenschaft und ihre Rezeption AKAN-Einzelschriften).
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Chapter
Knowledge and power in Frontinus' On Aqueducts
Konig, A. R.
2007
Ordering Knowledge in the Roman World.
König, J. & Whitmarsh, T. (eds.).
Cambridge University Press
,
p. 177-205
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Chapter
Technical Writing
Konig, A. R.
2006
The Edinburgh Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome.
Harrison, T., Bispham, E. & Sparkes, B. (eds.).
Edinburgh University Press
,
p. 439-444
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
›
Chapter
Frontinus' Cameo Role in Tacitus' Agricola
Konig, A. R.
2013
In :
The Classical Quarterly
.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Frontinus and the curae of the Curator Aquarum
Konig, A.
2006
In :
Journal of Roman Studies
.
96
,
p. 262-265
,
4 p.
Research output
:
Contribution to journal
›
Article
Frontinus' Authorial Voice under Domitian, Nerva and Trajan
Konig, A. R.
20-Dec-2012
p. 1-21
21 p.
(Working Papers on Nervan, Trajanic and Hadrianic Literature; 3).
Research output
:
Working paper
Aelianus Tacticus in dialogue with Frontinus and Trajan
Konig, A. R.
27-Nov-2012
p. 1-11
11 p.
(Working Papers on Nervan, Trajanic and Hadrianic Literature; 2).
Research output
:
Working paper
Library Building under Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian
Konig, A. R.
18-Nov-2012
p. 1-14
14 p.
(Working Papers on Nervan, Trajanic and Hadrianic Literature; 1).
Research output
:
Working paper
Frontinus: Roman author and statesman (podcast)
Konig, A. R.
Dec-2012
Research output
:
Non-textual form
›
Digital or Visual Products
Literary Interactions under Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (podcast)
Konig, A. R.
Nov-2012
Research output
:
Non-textual form
›
Digital or Visual Products
Latin Language Teaching and the Student Experience
Konig, A. R.
,
Buckley, E. L.
& Woodcock Kroble, M. L.
1-Oct-2012
Research output
:
Non-textual form
›
Web publication/site
Literary Interactions under Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (website)
Konig, A. R.
& Woodcock Kroble, M. L.
1-Oct-2012
Research output
:
Non-textual form
›
Web publication/site
For further information on publications, please view my profile on the university's research portal.
Teaching
Latin language and literature, and Classical studies.
Academic career
Undergraduate degree and MPhil: King's College, Cambridge. PhD: St John's College, Cambridge.