Roderick Zoe

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I came to UCLA in 2024, having completed my BA in Classics at the University of Cambridge and my MA in Classics at UC Santa Barbara. I have worked/am working on a range of textual artifacts, including Greek satyr play, Lucan’s Pharsalia, Heliodorus’ Aethiopica, and Isidore of Seville’s Etymologies. I’m interested, ultimately, in bringing together media theory and critical race theory to explore the cultural politics of classicism. 

By the end of this year, I will have co-taught iterations 1, 2, and 3 of undergraduate Latin at UCLA.

Publications:
“Cato’s Colonial Paradox and the Struggle over Libya’s Geography in Pharsalia 9”, Classical Antiquity (early online access; publication slated for October 2026).