Junior Lecturer
MA (Ancient Cultures), Stellenbosch University
BAHons cum laude (Classical Civilizations), University of KwaZulu-Natal
BA (Classical Civilizations and History), University of KwaZulu-Natal
Email: karak@sun.ac.za
Curriculum Vitae
Areas of Specialisation
- Myth, society, and literature in the Greco-Roman world
- Roman history
- Rise of Christianity in the Greco-Roman world
- Early Christian martyr literature
- Use of protreptics in early Christian texts
- Conventions of ancient autobiographical and apologetic writing
Current Projects
PhD, Ancient Studies, Stellenbosch University, 2023-present
Proposed title: Apuleius' Apologia and its literary inheritance: a play with the traditions of apology and autobiography (Advisor: Prof. Annemaré Kotzé)
Courses:
- Latin 178 (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
- Latin 214 (2025)
- Latin 244 (Pliny the Younger) (2025)
- Ancient Cultures 1 (Pompeii) (2022)
- Ancient Cultures 2/3 (Roman Women) (2022, 2024)
- Hons. North Africa and the intellectual tradition (2023, 2024, 2025)
Awards and Grants
- Stellenbosch University International Office Staff Mobility Scholarship, 2023
- Stellenbosch University Department of Research and Development (DRD) Travel Grant, 2023
- Rijksuniversiteit International Mobility Scholarship (Groningen University), 2023
- William Robert Hartman Trust Bursary (University of Pretoria), 2018
- Stellenbosch University Postgraduate Merit Bursary, 2017
- University of KwaZulu-Natal Postgraduate Scholarship, 2016
- School of Religion, Philosophy, and Classics honours bursary (University of KwaZulu-Natal), 2016
- NRF Honours Innovation Scholarship (University of KwaZulu-Natal), 2016
- Golden Key Honour Society (University of KwaZulu-Natal), 2013
