Ancient Greek lecturer at Oxford University. she/her. "Tactically cultured". Classics, academia, quiz, chess.
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ALT A powerpoint cover slide. The title is "Utopia, Limited? Flawed Women's Utopias in Old Comedy and Beyond" with the subtitle "Dr Alexandra Hardwick (she/her)". These words are superimposed over Poussin's painting "Et In Arcadia Ego". The painting has been modified, so that the left-hand side is normal, but the right-hand side is fully saturated, a mess of angry reds, oranges, and yellows.
ALT The cover slide of a powerpoint. The title is "Literary Canons" with the subtitles "Dr Alexandra Hardwick (she/her), Corpus Christi/Wadham College". The background is a pale, pastel pink. In the top left is a clip-art picture of a pile of books, labelled "Like this!". In the bottom right is a clip-art picture of a cannon, labelled "Not this!".
ALT A picture of two chess players (me on the left), with the camera angled from the side of the chess board so both players are in profile. There are more chess sets and players in the background.
ALT A diagram of a chess position. White has a king on g1 and a rook on a8. Black has a king on h3, a rook on f3, and pawns on g7 and g2.
ALT The title slide of a slideshow, with white text on a dark background. The title is Antigone And Her Audiences. Below this, in smaller text, is "Dr Alexandra Hardwick (she/her)". The background, behind the text, is a shadowy painting of a silhouetted woman approaching a man's supine body, in front of a dark and cloudy sky. The image caption reads "Image: Antigone in front of dead Polynikes (Nikiforos Lytras, 1865)".
ALT A screenshot of a title slide from a Powerpoint presentation. The title reads "De-Centering the Minotaur: Pasiphae from Archaic to Imperial Literature" with the subtitle "Dr Alexandra Hardwick". The image caption reads "Image: 'Pasiphae Nursing the Minotaur' Red-Figure Kylix, Paris Bib. 1066".
ALT A hotel lobby, with a sign reading “no analysis in this area”.
ALT A hand-drawn card depicting a stack of books, with coloured spines, and titles including "Greek Grammar", "Cheadle Vocabulary", "Cicero", and "Latin Declensions". The title is "thank you!" in cursive script.
ALT A picture of me, smiling, half-hiding behind a gigantic bunch of flowers in pastel shades (including sweet peas and roses). I am wearing a leather jacket (only the sleeve is visible) and a black flower in my long curly brunette hair.
ALT A photo of two paperback books, side by side, front covers facing the camera. On the left is “Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead” by Olga Tokarczuk. On the right is “Salvage the Bones” by Jesmyn Ward.
ALT An image of a book titled “Catligula” with the tagline “A Spartapuss Tale”. The book is by Robin Price, and the cover art features a cat dressed in a purple toga, holding a golden goblet and sitting on a throne.
