Craig Williams
Professor
Classics
Location: 2404 Boylan Hall
Phone: 718.951.5193
Fax: 718.951.4765
Email:
Craig Williams has been teaching at Brooklyn College since 1992 and at the CUNY Graduate Center since 1997. He was the Leonard and Claire Tow Professor (2006-08) and has several times been a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Berlin.
Education:
Ph.D., Yale University - 1992 (Classical Languages and Literatures)
M.A., Yale University - 1990 (Classical Languages and Literatures)
B.A. (summa cum laude), Yale College - 1986 (Classical Languages and Literatures)
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 Native American and Greco-Roman traditions.
Books and Publications
"Perpetua's Gender. A Latinist Reads the Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis." Perpetua's Passions: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis. Eds. Jan Bremmer and Marco Formisano. Oxford University Press. 54-77. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2012
"Sexual Themes in Greek and Latin Graffiti." Blackwell Companion to Greco-Roman Sexualities. Ed. Thomas Hubbard. Blackwell 2013. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2012
"The Diary of Vibia Perpetua" (translation of Passio Sanctarum Perpetuae et Felicitatis 3-10). Perpetua's Passions. Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis. Eds. Jan Bremmer and Marco Formisano. Oxford University Press. 15-19. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2012
"The Semantics of Gender: The Latin Vocabulary of Unmanliness." Sex in Antiquity: New Essays on Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World. Eds. Nancy Rabinowitz and J.R. Robson. Under contract with Routledge. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2012
"When A Dolphin Loves A Boy: Narratives of Animals and Eros." Classical Antiquity 32 (forthcoming, April 2013). (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2012
Reading Roman Friendship. Cambridge University Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 2012
"Cessamus mimum componere? Performances of Gender in Petronius' Satyricon." Gender-Inszenierungen in der antiken Literatur. Eds. Marco Formisano and Therese Fuhrer. Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier. 25-44. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2011
A Martial Reader: Selections From the Epigrams. Part of the Bolchazy-Carducci Latin Readers series. Bolchazy-Carducci. (Books and Publications: Book) 2011
"Graffiti." A Companion to Graeco- Roman Sexualities. Ed. Thomas K. Hubbard. Blackwell Publishing. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2010
Roman Homosexuality: Second Edition. Oxford University Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 2010
Roman Homosexuality French translation. Under contract with Editions EPEL (Paris). (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2010
Review of Images of Ancient Greek Pederasty: Boys Were Their Gods, by Andrew Lear and Eva Cantarella. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.04: 65. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2009
Review of Sexual Morality in Ancient Rome, by Rebecca Langlands. Classical World 102: 341-42. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2009
"Epigrammata longa e strategie metapoetiche in Marziale." Epigramma longum. Da Marziale alla tarda antichità. Atti del convegno del 29-31 maggio 2006. Ed. Alfredo Morelli. 278-333. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2008
"Friends of the Roman People. Some Remarks on the Language of Amicitia." Freundschaft und Gefolgschaft in den auswärtigen Beziehungen der Römer. Ed. Altay Coşkun. Peter Lang. 29-44. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2008
"Rom in der Postmoderne. Darstellungen der Antike in zwei historischen Romanen." Wissensästhetik. Wissen über die Antike in ästhetischer Vermittlung. Eds. Hartmut Böhme, et al. De Gruyter. 325-44. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2008
Review of Roman Manliness: Virtus and the Roman Republic, by Myles McDonnell. Journal of Roman Studies 98: 204-05. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2008
Review of Martial Buch 8. Einleitung, Text, Übersetzung, Kommentar. Ed. Christian Schöffel. Classical Review 56: 125-27. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2006
"Identified Quotations and Literary Models: The Example of Martial 2.41." Flavian Poetry. Eds. Ruurd Nauta, et al. Brill. 329-48. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2005
Review of Retorica e poetica nei proemi di Marziale, by Antonella Borgo. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 9.22. Available at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2005/2005-09-22.html. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2005
Martial, Epigrams Book Two. Edited with an introduction, text, translation and commentary. Oxford University Press. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2004
Review of Martial: Select Epigrams. Eds. Lindsay Watson and Patricia Watson. Classical Review 54: 407-10. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2004
Review of The Sleep of Reason: Erotic Experience and Sexual Ethics in Ancient Greece and Rome. Eds. Martha Nussbaum and Juha Sihvola. American Journal of Philology 99: 86-89. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2004
"Ovid, Martial and Poetic Immortality: Traces of Amores 1.15 in the Epigrams." Arethusa 35: 417-33. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002
"Sit nequior omnibus libellis. Text, Poet, and Reader in the Epigrams of Martial." Philologus 146: 150-71. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002
Review of Prostitution, Sexuality and the Law in Ancient Rome, by Thomas McGinn. Classical World 95: 191-92. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2002
Review of Looking at Lovemaking: Constructions of Sexuality in Roman Art 100 B.C. - A.D. 250, by John R. Clarke. GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 6: 347-50. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2000
Review of Parchments of Gender: Deciphering the Body in Antiquity. Ed. Maria Wyke. The American Historical Review 105: 1360-62. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2000
Roman Homosexuality: Ideologies of Masculinity in Classical Antiquity. Oxford University Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 1999
Review of Roman Sexualities. Eds. Judith P. Hallett and Marilyn Skinner. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 98.10: 16. Available at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1998/1998-10-16.html. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 1998
"Pudicitia and Pueri: Roman Concepts of Male Sexual Experience." Queer Representations: Reading Lives, Reading Cultures. Ed. Martin Duberman. New York: New York University Press. 25-38. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 1997
Review of Juvenal: Satires Book 1. Ed. Susanna Morton Braund. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 97.7: 9. Available at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1997/1997-07-09.html. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 1997
"Greek Love at Rome." Classical Quarterly 45: 517-39. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1995
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Research Fellowship at the Humboldt-Universität Berlin, June-August. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
Leonard and Claire Tow Endowed Professorship, 2006-08. (Awards and Honors) 2006
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Research Fellowship, 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, Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, for Roman Homosexuality: Ideologies of Masculinity in Classical Antiquity. (Awards and Honors) 1999
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"Animals, Love, Kinship: Some Greco-Roman and Native American Narratives." University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. December. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"The Latin Vocabulary of the Unmanly Man: The Semantics of mollis, impudicus, pathicus, and cinaedus." Sexe et genre: Questions de dénomination Conference. Fondation Hardt. Geneva, October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
"Those Hairy Old Toughs of Centurions: Roman Homosexualities from C.S. Lewis to Robert Harris" keynote address. The Reception of Rome and the Construction of Western Homosexual Identities. Durham University, United Kingdom. April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Love and Friendship in Latin Literature." European College of Liberal Arts. Berlin. January. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
"When A Dolphin Loves A Boy. Erzählungen von Tieren und Menschen in Plinius, Gellius und Älian." Freie Universität Berlin. January. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
"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. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
"Men, Women and Friendship in Latin Inscriptions" keynote speech. Boston Area Roman Studies Conference. Boston University. April. (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. (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. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
"The Language of Roman Friendship." Zwischen Freundschaft und kultischer Verehrung. Formen und Wandel grenzüberschreitender Zugehörigkeit in der Antike Conference. Universität Trier. October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
"Tod und Freundschaft. Bemerkungen zu lateinischen Grabinschriften." Humboldt-Universität Berlin. November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
"Epigrammata longa e strategie metapoetiche in Marziale." Epigramma longum. Storia di una tipologia epigrammatica da Marziale alla tarda antichità conference. Università di Cassino (Italy). May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
"Images of Women From Ancient Greece and Rome." Bennett Lecture. The Nightingale-Bamford School. March. (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. (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. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006
"Amici in Latin Literature and Inscriptions. Some Thoughts on Roman Friendship." Columbia University. New York, April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005
"Amicitia. Überlegungen zur Problematik des römischen Freundschaftsbegriffs." Universität Rostock. January. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005
"Amoris vis. Roman Anecdotes on Animal Sexuality." Conference on Mensch und Tier in der Antike. Grenzziehung und Grenzüberschreitung. Universität Rostock. April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005
"Amicitia. Überlegungen zur Problematik des römischen Freundschaftsbegriffs." Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2004
"Just Friends? Some Thoughts on the Problem of Amicitia." Royal Holloway, University of London. May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2004
"Just Friends? Some Thoughts on the Problem of Amicitia." University of Reading. May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2004
Professional Leadership
Member, Executive Committee, Program in Classics, CUNY Graduate Center. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2012-15. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012
Acting department chair, Classics Department, 2011-12. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2011
Department chair, Classics Department, 2004-10. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2010
Other Professional Activities
Associate member, European Network on Gender Studies in Antiquity (EuGeStA). 2012
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
