Michael Lambert

Michael Lambert was Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg), where he taught Greek, Latin, Classical Civilization, Spanish and Gender Studies (1980-2012). Since retirement, he has lectured at UCT and at Rhodes University, where he is currently a Research Associate in the School of Languages and Literatures. Author of The Classics and South African Identities (Bloomsbury/Bristol Classical Press, 2011), he has also published work on comparative ancient...See more

Michael Lambert was Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg), where he taught Greek, Latin, Classical Civilization, Spanish and Gender Studies (1980-2012). Since retirement, he has lectured at UCT and at Rhodes University, where he is currently a Research Associate in the School of Languages and Literatures. Author of The Classics and South African Identities (Bloomsbury/Bristol Classical Press, 2011), he has also published work on comparative ancient Greek and traditional Zulu ritual, on gender and sexuality in antiquity, and on Greek and Latin literature. Former chairperson of the Classical Association of South Africa, he has represented CASA at FIEC, the international federation of classical associations. A regular contributor of papers at conferences, locally and abroad (e.g. USA, Canada, Germany, Spain and Greece), he has also delivered the Levent is lecture at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. He directed the University Madrigal Singers at UKZN for more than 30 years and has led many tours to Greece, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Israel and China. He has also performed poetry in English, Greek and Latin at arts festivals in Grahamstown and Hilton, and has been a regular speaker at French Week symposia and functions since the inception of the French Presence in KZN project. See less