Died May 2007 | ||
Name Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood Books "Reading" Greek Death: To the End of the Classical Period | ||
Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood (Greek: Χριστιάνα Σουρβίνου; February 26, 1945 - May 19, 2007) was a scholar in the field of Ancient Greek religion and one of the most influential Hellenists.
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Biography
Sourvinou was born in Volos, Greece, in 1945, but grew up in Corfu. Sourvinou-Inwood studied at the University of Athens, and began research in the field of Mycenology in Rome and later in Athens.
She graduated from Oxford in 1973 with a doctorate on Minoan civilization and Mycenaean beliefs in the afterlife. She was a lecturer at Liverpool (1976–78), and a senior research Fellow at University College, Oxford (1990–95). Also she worked as Reader in Classical Literature at the University of Reading (1995–98). According to the University of Reading Classics Department, Sourvinou-Inwood's acknowledged supremacy in the area of Greek religion studies made a lasting contribution to the Department's research, and this field continues to be one of its strongholds in the twenty-first century.
Polis-religion model
One of Sourvinou-Inwood's most influential pieces of work was her Polis-religion model. This was originally published in two articles, "What is Polis Religion?" and "Further Aspects of Polis Religion".