Since completing my PhD at the University of Reading, I have held posts at the Universities of Manchester, Leeds, Durham and St Andrews. I am currently a member of the Classics Gaming Collaborative and the AIMS steering group, and contribute to the #WCCWiki Women's Classical Committee (UK) Wikipedia editing initiative on a regular basis.

Research interests and PhD supervision

My primary research areas are Gender and Language in Greek Tragedy and Classical Reception in video games. I am currently working on publications on women's language and non-language in Greek tragedy, and on aspects of gender in classical video games and historical games more broadly.

Teaching

Greek literature and culture, classical reception

Expertise and public engagement

I have appeared regularly on podcasts and at events especially on historical games studies, particularly in relation to the ancient world in video games.

Selected publications

• Cook, K. (2024) Praise and Blame in Greek Tragedy (Bloomsbury).
• Draycott, J. & Cook, K. (eds.) (2022) Women in Classical Video Games, (Bloomsbury).
• Cook, K. (2022) “It’s the most freedom a woman can have”: Gender, Genre and Agency in Choices: A Courtesan of Rome.” in Draycott, J. & Cook, K. (eds.) Women in Classical Video Games, (Bloomsbury). 223-36
• Cook, K. (2022) “Weaving Women’s Poetry: The role of textiles in circumventing gendered speech limitations in Greek tragedy.” in Henriette Harich-Schwarzbauer, Cédric Scheidegger Lämmle (eds.), Women and Objects in Antiquity, Trier (IPHIS – Gender Studies in den Altertumswissenschaften 12). 131-47.
• Cook, K. (2021) “Memories of Glory: Poetry, Prose, and Commemoration in the Heraclidae.” in Mawford, K. & Ntanou, E. (eds.) Ancient Memory: Remembrance and Commemoration in Greco-Roman Literature (De Gruyter). 71-88.