Faculty and Staff

Latin, and the different ways we read it.

Greek social and intellectual history, with particular focus on mythology, religion, magic, and Platonic philosophy

Greek poetry, especially early epic and hymns; myth, religion and mystery cult; gender and sexuality; narratives and theories of horror

Homeric epic, Greek lyric, Attic tragedy, the novel from Antiquity to the 20th century

Latin literature, especially poetry; Roman (sub)cultures; classical traditions and receptions, especially in science fiction, fantasy, horror, film, and games; the Underworld; and cultural histories of the senses, including silence

Archaeology, Classics, History of Art, Philosophy, Open Access, Copyright, Scholarly Communications

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Archaeology, Classics, Cities, History of Art

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Ancient Greek Myths and Cults, especially in the Orphic tradition.

History of liberal education; early Christianity; education in the thought of Augustine; continuations, completions and corrections of classical texts; Virgilian reception

Greco-Roman Philosophy, Mythology, and Interpretation; Intellectual History of the Early Empire; Ancient Poetics

Late Antiquity, Medieval Latin, Byzantine Greek, Manuscripts and Textual Criticism

Ancient science and technology, early cartography and exploration, Greek philosophy, comparative philosophy (early Eastern/Western)

Ancient medicine and science, Latin poetry, and classical reception

ancient history; ancient religious practices; epigraphy; and the lives of the non-elite in Greco-Roman society

Roman provincial history and historical writing; ancient religions, especially Judaism; numismatics.