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Craig Williams
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Professor Department: Classics Location: 2408 Boylan Hall Phone: 718-951-5191 Fax: 718-951-4765 Email:
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B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Classics from Yale University. At Brooklyn College since 1992, the CUNY Graduate Center since 1997, and currently Chair of the Department of Classics, Brooklyn College. Leonard and Claire Tow Professor 2006-2008. Several times Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Berlin (Germany).
Education: DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, YALE UNIVERSITY - 1992 (CLASSICAL LANGUAGES) Areas of Expertise: Latin literature and Roman culture; Martial and Latin epigram; gender and sexuality in ancient Greece and Rome; friendship in ancient Roman culture; representation of animals in classical antiquity. Books and Publications "Perpetua's Gender. A Latinist Reads the Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis." Forthcoming in Jan Bremmer and Marco Formisano, eds., Perpetua's Passions: Pluridisciplinary Approaches to the Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis, Oxford University Press. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2009 Martial's Epigrams: A Selection (text with introduction and commentary). Under contract with Bolchazy-Carducci in the series Latin Readers. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2009 Review of Andrew Lear and Eva Cantarella, Images of Ancient Greek Pederasty: Boys Were Their Gods (Routledge 2008), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.04.65. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2009 Review of Rebecca Langlands, Sexual Morality in Ancient Rome (Cambridge 2006). Forthcoming in Classical World. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2009 Roman Homosexuality: Second Edition. Forthcoming, Oxford University Press (including a new appendix and afterword, updated notes and bibliography, and new foreword by Martha Nussbaum). French translation under contract with Editions EPEL, Paris. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2009 "Epigrammata longa e strategie metapoetiche in Marziale." In Alfredo Morelli, ed., Epigramma longum. Da Marziale alla tarda antichità. Atti del convegno del 29-31 maggio 2006 (Università degli Studi di Cassino, 2008), pp. 278-233. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2008 "Friends of the Roman People. Some Remarks on the Language of Amicitia." In Altay Coşkun, ed., Freundschaft und Gefolgschaft in den auswärtigen Beziehungen der Römer (Peter Lang 2008), pp. 29-44. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2008 "Rom in der Postmoderne. Darstellungen der Antike in zwei historischen Romanen." In Hartmut Böhme et al., eds., Wissensästhetik. Wissen über die Antike in ästhetischer Vermittlung (De Gruyter 2008), pp. 325-344. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2008 Review of: Myles McDonnell, Roman Manliness: Virtus and the Roman Republic (Cambridge University Press 2006). Journal of Roman Studies 98 (2008): 204-205. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2008 Review of Christian Schöffel, ed., Martial Buch 8. Einleitung, Text, Übersetzung, Kommentar (Franz Steiner Verlag 2002). Classical Review 56 (2006): 125-127. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2006 "Identified Quotations and Literary Models: The Example of Martial 2.41." In Ruurd Nauta et al., eds., Flavian Poetry (Brill 2005). Pp. 329-348. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2005 Review of Antonella Borgo, Retorica e poetica nei proemi di Marziale (Loffredo Editore 2003), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.9.22. (http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2005/2005-09-22.html) (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2005 Martial, Epigrams Book Two. Edited with an introduction, text, translation and commentary. Oxford University Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 2004 Review of Lindsay and Patricia Watson, eds., Martial: Select Epigrams (Cambridge University Press, 2003), Classical Review 54 (2004): 407-410. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2004 Review of Martha Nussbaum and Juha Sihvola, eds., The Sleep of Reason: Erotic Experience and Sexual Ethics in Ancient Greece and Rome (University of Chicago Press, 2002), American Journal of Philology 99 (2004): 86-89. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2004 "Ovid, Martial, and Poetic Immortality: Traces of Amores 1.15 in the Epigrams." Arethusa 35: 417-433. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002 "Sit nequior omnibus libellis. Text, Poet, and Reader in the Epigrams of Martial." Philologus 146: 150-171. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002 Review of Thomas McGinn, Prostitution, Sexuality, and the Law in Ancient Rome (Oxford University Press, 1998), Classical World 95 (2002): 191-192. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2002 Review of John R. Clarke, Looking at Lovemaking: Constructions of Sexuality in Roman Art 100 B.C. - A.D. 250 (University of California Press, 1998), GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 6 (2000): 347-350. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2000 Review of Maria Wyke, ed., Parchments of Gender: Deciphering the Body in Antiquity (Oxford, 1998), The American Historical Review 105 (2000): 1360-1362. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2000 Roman Homosexuality: Ideologies of Masculinity in Classical Antiquity. Oxford University Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 1999 Review of Judith P. Hallett and Marilyn Skinner, eds., Roman Sexualities (Princeton University Press, 1997), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 98.10.16 (http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1998/1998-10-16.html). (Books and Publications: Other Article) 1998 "Pudicitia and Pueri: Roman Concepts of Male Sexual Experience." In Martin Duberman, ed., Queer Representations: Reading Lives, Reading Cultures (New York University Press, 1997), pp. 25-38. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 1997 Review of Susanna Morton Braund, ed., Juvenal: Satires Book 1 (Cambridge, 1996): Bryn Mawr Classical Review 97.7.9 (http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1997/1997-07-09.html) (Books and Publications: Other Article) 1997 "Greek Love at Rome." Classical Quarterly 45 (1995): 517-539. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1995 Awards, Honors and Fellowships Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Research Fellowship at the Humboldt-Universität Berlin, June-August 2007. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007 Leonard and Claire Tow Endowed Professorship, 2006-2008. (Awards and Honors) 2006 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Research Fellowship at the Freie Universität Berlin. (Grants and Fellowships) 2001 Ethyle Wolfe Institute for the Humanities at Brooklyn College, Research Fellowship. (Grants and Fellowships) 2000 Outstanding Academic Title for 1999, Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (for Roman Homosexuality, OUP 1999). (Awards and Honors) 1999 Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums "Schauspieler des Geschlechts. Inszenierungen von Gender und Liebe in Petrons Satyricon." Keynote address, fifth annual conference on "Gender Studies in den Altertumswissenschaften" ("Gender-Inszenierungen in der antiken Literatur"). Freie Universität Berlin, July 2009. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009 "Men, Women and Friendship in Latin Inscriptions." Keynote speaker at Boston Area Roman Studies Conference, Boston University, April 2008. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008 "When a Dolphin Loves a Boy. Greco-Roman and Native American Narratives of Animals and Humans." University of New Mexico, February 2008. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008 "Perpetua's Gender and Masculine Women in Latin Literature." Interdisciplinary Conference on "Perpetua's Passions." Humboldt-Universität Berlin, July 2007. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007 "The Language of Roman Friendship." Conference "Zwischen Freundschaft und kultischer Verehrung. Formen und Wandel grenzüberschreitender Zugehörigkeit in der Antike." Universität Trier, October 2007. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007 "Tod und Freundschaft. Bemerkungen zu lateinischen Grabinschriften." Humboldt-Universität Berlin, November 2007. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007 "Epigrammata longa e strategie metapoetiche in Marziale." Università di Cassino (Italy), Conference "Epigramma longum. Storia di una tipologia epigrammatica da Marziale alla tarda antichità." May 2006. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006 "Images of Women from Ancient Greece and Rome." Bennett Lecture, The Nightingale-Bamford School, March 2006. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006 "Rom im Buch. Darstellungen der Antike in zwei Romanen der Gegenwart." Annual Conference of the Special Research Group (Sonderforschungsbereich) 644, "Transformationen der Antike," Humboldt-Universität Berlin, December 2006. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006 "When a Dolphin Loves a Boy: Ancient Narratives of Erotic Love between Animals and Humans." Columbia University Seminar on Classical Civilization, March 2006. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006 "Amici in Latin Literature and Inscriptions. Some Thoughts on Roman Friendship." Columbia University, April 2005. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005 "Amicitia. Überlegungen zur Problematik des römischen Freundschaftsbegriffs." Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, May 2004; Universität Rostock, January 2005. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005 "Amoris vis. Roman Anecdotes on Animal Sexuality." Universität Rostock, Conference on "Mensch und Tier in der Antike. Grenzziehung und Grenzüberschreitung." April 2005. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005 "Just Friends? Some Thoughts on the Problem of amicitia." Royal Holloway, University of London, May 2004; University of Reading, May 2004. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2004 Professional Leadership Chair, Classics Department, Brooklyn College, 2004-present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2008 Other Professional Activities Member, Scientific Board, Dicionário de Mulheres do Mundo Antigo (directed by Nuno Simões Rodrigues, University of Lisbon, and Luísa de Nazaré Ferreira, University of Coimbra), 2007-present. 2008 |
