Literatures and Cultures
Kimpel Hall,
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: 479.575.2951
Fax: 479.575.6795
Email the department:
flan01@uark.edu
Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Copyright © 2010
classics Faculty
David Fredrick
Publications
Selected Publications
--The Roman Gaze: Vision, Power, and the Body, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
--"Titus Androgynous: Troubled Masculinity in the Roman Movie," Arethusa, 2008: 207-236.
--"Grasping the Pangolin: Sensuous Ambiguity in Roman Dining," Arethusa 36, 2003: 309-43.
--"Architecture and Surveillance in Flavian Rome," in Flavian Rome: Culture, Image, Text, eds. Anthony Boyle and William Dominik, 2003: 199-227.
--"Reading Broken Skin: Violence in Roman Elegy," in Roman Sexualities, eds. Judith Hallett and Marilyn Skinner, 1997: 172-93.
--"Beyond the Atrium to Ariadne: Erotic Painting and Visual Pleasure in the Roman House," Classical Antiquity 14, 1995: 266-287.
Awards
--Teacher of the Year, University of Arkansas Student-Alumni Association, 2006.
--Excellence in the Teaching of the Classics, American Philological Association, 2003.
--Master Teaching Award, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, University of Arkansas, 1996.
Professor Fredrick received his BA and MA in Classics from the University of Kansas, and his PhD from the University of Southern California in 1992. He has taught at the University of Arkansas for 15 years. His research interests include Roman poetry, Roman houses and wall painting, the representation of Rome in cinema, and cultural theory.
Daniel LevinePublications
Articles
-"Josef Kavalier's Odyssey: Homeric Echoes in Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay " International Journal of the Classical Tradition 17.4 (December 2010) pp. 526-555.
- "Classica Americana Troglodytica: V.T. Hamlin's Alley Oop April 1939-February 1940; The Epics Meet the Comics." Classical and Modern Literature: A Quarterly 14.4 (1994): 365-386.
- "Sophocles' Philoctetes and Odyssey 9: Odysseus vs. the Cave Man." In Scholia: Studies in Classical Antiquity 12 (2003): 3-26.
-"Poetic Justice: Homer's Death in the Ancient Biographical Tradition." Classical Journal 98.2 (2002/03): 141-160.
- "Hubris in Josephus' Jewish Antiquities 1-4." Hebrew Union College Annual 64 (1993): 51-87.
- "John Clinton Futrall"; "Henry Harrison Strauss" (biographical essays). Some Illustrious Educators of Old Main: Univ. of Arkansas, 1991.
- "Uses of Classical Mythology in Rita Mae Brown's Southern Discomfort." Classical and Modern Literature 10 (1989): 63-70.
- "Acorns and Primitive Life in Greek and Latin Literature." Classical and Modern Literature 9 (1989): 87-95.
- "Eupalinus of Megara." Pp. 704-708 in Great Lives from History: Ancient and Medieval Series. Ed. F.N. Magill. Salem Press: Pasadena, 1988.
- "Phidias." Pp. 1592-1597 in Great Lives from History: Ancient and Medieval Series. Ed. F.N. Magill. Salem Press: Pasadena, 1988.
- "Pittacus of Mytilene." Pp. 1644*1649 in Great Lives from History: Ancient and Medieval Series. Ed. F.N. Magill. Salem Press: Pasadena, 1988.
- "Strabo." Pp. 2007-2013 in Great Lives from History: Ancient and Medieval Series. Ed. F.N. Magill. Salem Press: Pasadena, 1988.
- "Flens Matrona et Meretrices Gaudentes: Penelope and her Maids." Classical World 81 (1987): 23-27.
- "Lysistrata and Bacchae: Structure, Genre, and 'Women on Top'." Helios 14 (1987): 29-38.
- "Odysseus' Smiles: Odyssey 20. 301, 22. 371, 23. 111." Transactions of the American Philological Association 114 (1984): 1-9.
- "Theoklymenos and the Apocalypse." Classical Journal 79 (1983): 1-7.
- "Penelope's Laugh: Odyssey 18. 158-168." American Journal of Philology 104 (1983): 72-178.
- "Classics in Arkansas: An Educational Tradition." Arkansas Alumnus (1983): 14-17.
- "Homeric Laughter and the Unsmiling Suitors." Classical Journal 78 (1982): 97-104.
- "Odyssey 18: Iros as Paradigm for the Suitors." Classical Journal 77 (1982): 200-204.
Chapters in Books
- "EPATON BAMA: ("Her Lovely Footstep"): The Erotics of Feet in Ancient Greece" Chapter 3 in Body Language in the Greek and Roman Worlds (Classical Press of Wales) ed. Douglas L. Cairns, 55-72.
- "Counterfeit Man" (in Greek and Hebrew Literature). Pp. 125-137 in Classical Texts and their Traditions: Studies in Honor of C. R. Trahman. Scholars Press: Chico, Ca., 1984.
- "Symposium and Polis." Pp. 176-196 in Theognis of Megara: Poetry and the Polis. Eds. T. J. Figueira and G. Nagy. Johns Hopkins Press, 1985.
- "Hubris in Josephus' Jewish Antiquities 1-4." Pp. 225-261 in Greek Literature, vol. 8: Greek Literature in the Roman Period and in Late Antiquity. Ed. G. Nagy. Routledge, 2001. (reprint of original article: 1993).
Reviews
- New Heroes in Antiquity: From Achilles to Antinoos, by Christopher P. Jones (Harvard University Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts and London. 2010) Pp. 123. Forthcoming in The Historian.
- After Antiquity: Greek Language, Myth, and Metaphor, by Margaret Alexiou (Cornell University Press: Ithaca and London 2002.) Pp. xvii + 567. Electronic Antiquity XI.2 (2008) 23-30.
- Free Speech and Democracy in Ancient Athens, by Arlene W. Saxonhouse (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006) Pp. x + 235. Classical Bulletin 84.1.
- Exile, Ostracism, and Democracy: The Politics of Expulsion in Ancient Greece, by Sara Forsdyke (Princeton, 2005, pp. 344) Classical Outlook 83.4 (2006) 151-152.
- Ancient Greek Religion, by Jon D. Mikalson (Blackwell, 2005, pp. 225). New England Classical Journal 32.2 (2005) 155-157.
- "Greek Gods, Human Lives: What We Can Learn From Myths" Mary Lefkowitz (Yale University Press, 2003, pp. 288) The Historian 66 (2005).
- Inventing Homer: The Early Reception of Epic, by Barbara Graziosi (Cambridge, 2002, pp. 285) Religious Studies Review 29.3 (2003) 294.
- Perseus 2.0: Platform-Independent Version Interactive Sources and Studies on Ancient Greece. Edited by Gregory Crane. In The Historian 64.3-4 (2002): 810-811.
- Jews in a Graeco-Roman World.Edited by Martin Goodman. In The Historian 63.2 (2001): 449-450.
- The Madness of Epic: Reading Insanity from Homer to Statius. By Debra Hershkowitz. In Religious Studies Review 25.4 (1999): 411.
- Pilgrims and Pilgrimage in Ancient Greece. By Matthew P. J. Dillon. In Classical Outlook 77 (1999): 37.
- Prayer in Greek Religion. By Simon Pulleyn. In Classical Outlook 76 (1999): 120.
- Temples, Religion and Politics in the Roman Republic. By Eric M. Orlin. In Religious Studies Review 24.3 (1998): 297.
- Worshipping Athena: Panathenaia and Parthenon. Edited by J. Neils. In Classical Outlook 75.4 (1998): 149.
- Sinai and Olympus: A Comparative Study. Edited by J.P. Schultz and Lois Spatz. In Religious Studies Review 24 (1998): 67.
Awards
--Honorary Lifetime Membership, Golden Key International Honour Society; University of Arkansas Chapter, 2002.
--OVATIO, Classical Association of the Middle West and South; Nashville, TN, 1996.
--Outstanding Advisor Award, University of Arkansas Campus Activities Office, 1995.
--Master Teacher Award, Fulbright College, University of Arkansas, 1995.
--Excellence in the Teaching of the Classics, The American Philological Association, 1992.
--Outstanding Teaching Award, Mortar Board Senior Honor Society, University of Arkansas, 1991.
--Burlington Northern Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence. Highest teaching award for which University of Arkansas faculty are eligible, 1986.
Professor Levine received Classics degrees from the Universities of Minnesota (BA, 1975) and Cincinnati (PhD, 1980). He has taught Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies at the University of Arkansas for 30 years, and has directed 11 student study abroad programs in Greece. He is interested in all aspects of ancient Greek language, literature, history, and art.
Alexandra PappasPublications
Publications
--Review of Image and Text in Graeco-Roman Antiquity, by Michael Squire. Forthcoming 2011, Classical World.
--“Arts in Letters: The Aesthetics of Ancient Greek Writing,” in M. Shaw and M. Dalbello, eds., Visible Writings: Cultures, Forms, Readings, 37-54. Rutgers University Press, 2011.
--“Remember to Cry Wolf: Visual and Verbal Declarations of LYKOS KALOS,” in E. A. Mackay, ed., Orality, Literacy, Memory in the Ancient Greek and Roman World, 97-114. Brill Press, 2008.
--“Writing on Archaic Greek Pottery” (with R. Osborne), in R. Leader-Newby and Z. Newby, eds., Art and Inscriptions in the Ancient World, 131-155. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
--“Veni, Vidi, Vici: Third Principal Parts or Caesar’s Triumphal Message? An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Beginning Latin,” CPL Forum Online 1(2). December, 2005. www.camws.org/cpl/cplonline/cplonline.html
Publications in Progress
--Graphic Art: Alphabetic Images in Ancient Greece. (monograph)
--“The Aesthetics of (Non)sense: Inscriptions and the Ancient Greek Symposium.” (chapter under review for volume)
--“Describing Inscription: Euripides, Agathon, and the Politics of Ekphrasis.” (article)
Conference Papers
--The Aesthetics of (Non)sense: Inscriptions and the Ancient Greek Symposium. “Aesthetic Value in Antiquity,” Penn-Leiden VI, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA), 2010.
--Verbalizing the Visual: Simonides, Pindar, and the Competition of Craft. “The Look of Lyric: Greek Song and the Visual,” Society for the Study of Greek Song (Delphi, Greece), 2009.
--Language Arts: The Hellenistic Technopaegnia as Art Historical Theory and Practice. APA (Philadelphia, PA), 2009.
--What’s in a Name? The Inscriptions on the Siphnian Treasury at Delphi. CAMWS (Tucson, AZ), 2008.
--Describing Inscription: Euripides, Agathon, and the Politics of Ekphrasis. APA (San Diego, CA), 2007.
--Arts in Letters: The Aesthetics of Ancient Greek Writing. Invited paper, “Visible Writings / Écrits Visibles,” Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ), 2006.
--Always Cry Wolf: Visual and Verbal Declarations of “Lykos Kalos.” “Orality, Literacy, Memory: Orality in the Ancient World VII,” University of Auckland (Auckland, NZ), 2006.
--Veni, Vidi, Vici: Third Principal Parts or Caesar at the Rubicon? Invited panel participant, CAMWS (Madison, WI), 2005.
--To See a Wolf: Material Evidence for a Literary Idiom? APA (Boston, MA), 2005.
--Just Horsing Around: Archaic Greek Inscriptions and the Iconography of Horses. APA (San Francisco, CA), 2004.
--The Art of Writing: The Aesthetics of Archaic Greek Inscriptions. “Texts and Material Culture: Possibilities and Problems,” University of Calgary (Calgary, AB, Canada), 2003.
--Defining Description: Ekphrastic Boundaries in Ancient and Modern Contexts. “Redrawing the Boundaries: Metaphorical and Literal Borders in the Ancient World,” Yale University (New Haven, CT), 2002.
--Solving the Riddles: An Examination of Hellenistic Technopaegnia. APA (Philadelphia, PA), 2002.
--The Archaic Poet as Textual Critic: Solon 20W and Mimnermus 6W. CAMWS (Provo, UT), 2001.
Invited Lectures
--Picture This! Words as Art in the Ancient Greek World. 3rd Annual Lane McGaughy Lecture in Ancient Studies, Willamette University (Salem, OR), 2010.
--Picture This! Words as Art in the Ancient Greek World. Hendrix-Murphy Foundation, “Word and Image” Series, Hendrix College (Conway, AR), 2009.
--Political Crimes? Verbal and Visual Literacy on the Classical Athenian Stage. Keynote speaker, Graduate Colloquium, Crimes and Punishments, University of Wisconsin- Madison, 2008.
--Picture This! Words as Art in the Ancient Greek World. Eta Sigma Phi, University of Arkansas, 2007.
--Graphic Art: Alphabetic Images in Ancient Greece. Princeton Society of Fellows, Princeton University, 2006.
--Graphic Art: Alphabetic Images in Ancient Greece. History of Material Texts, University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
--Appearances Can Be Deceiving: Viewing the Word in Ancient Greece. Department of Classical Studies Colloquium Series, University of Pennsylvania, 2005.
--Picture This! Words as Art in the Ancient Greek World. Friday Forum Lecture Series, Millsaps College (Jackson, MS), 2005.
Other Presentations
--Why Classics Matters, http://kuaf.org/search/node/classics . Radio interview for “Ozarks at Large” with Kyle Kellams, KUAF; Fayetteville, Arkansas, August, 2010.
--Greek Poetry. Invited panel Chair, CAMWS. Minneapolis, 2009.
--Language Arts: The Hellenistic Technopaegnia as Art Historical Theory and Practice. Department of Foreign Languages Brown Bag series, University of Arkansas, 2008.
--Parties, Poetry, and Pots: The Ancient Greek Symposium. Curator, Ancient Greek Pottery Display, Bogle Exhibit Hall, Old Main, University of Arkansas, 2007-8.
--Graphic Art: Alphabetic Images in Ancient Greece. Penn Humanities Forum, University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
--Visualizing Literature. Invited panel Chair, Word and Images: Visual Dialogues, University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
Awards
--Robert C. and Sandra Connor Endowed Faculty Fellowship, University of Arkansas Fulbright College, 2007.
--New Faculty Commendation for Teaching Commitment, Wally Cordes Teaching and Faculty Support Center, University of Arkansas, 2006-2007.
--Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn Humanities Forum, University of Pennsylvania, 2005-6
Professor Pappas received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004, and has taught at the University of Arkansas since 2006. Her research interests include archaic Greek poetry, Hellenistic poetry, Greek art and archaeology, and Word and Image studies.