Seth A. Jeppesen Curriculum Vitae Contact

Department of Comparative Arts and Letters Brigham Young University 3041 Joseph F. Smith Bldg. Provo, UT 84602-6703 (801) 422-2220 [email protected]

Education

PhD in Classics, University of California, Santa Barbara – June 2013 Dissertation: “Performing Religious Parody in Plautine Comedy” MA in Classics, University of California, Santa Barbara – June 2009 Post-Baccalaureate Program in Classics – Columbia University – Sept. 2006-May 2007 B.A. in History, Minors in Latin and Portuguese, Utah State University – May 2006

Teaching and Research Interests

Greek and Roman Drama and Performance, esp. Plautus; Roman Religion; Roman Republican History; Performance Studies; Reception of Classical Drama

Employment

Brigham Young University: Department of Comparative Arts and Letters Associate Professor of Classical Studies – May 2020 - present Assistant Professor of Classical Studies — July 2013 - May 2020 UC Santa Barbara: Department of Classics – 2007-13 Instructor – Beginning Latin, Beginning Greek Head Teaching Assistant – Greek Mythology Teaching Assistant – Roman Religion, Religion in the Age of Augustus, Women in Classical Literature, Viewing the Barbarian, and Greek Mythology Utah State University: Department of History – 2003-06 Undergraduate Teaching Fellow – Beginning Latin, Etymology, Modern Western Civ., Ancient Western Civ. Supplemental Instructor – Islamic Civ., Ancient Western Civ., Ancient Literature and Language Peer Advisor – USU Humanities Arts and Sciences Advising Center

Research and Creative Projects

Publications “Meaningful Mispronunciations: Religious Parody in Plautus’ Cistellaria 512-27” in C. Demetriou and S. Papaioannou eds. Plautus' Erudite Comedy: New Insights into the Work of a Doctus Poeta. (2020) Cambridge Scholars Publishing: Pierides Series. pp. 217-238. “Religion in and around Plautus” in G. F. Franko, D. Dutsch eds. Blackwell Companion to Plautus. (2020) Wiley-Blackwell Press, pp. 317-330. “Becoming Antigone: The Classics as a Model of Resistance in Jorge Andrade's Pedreira das Almas.” in R. Andújar, K. Nikoloutsos, eds. Greeks and Roman on the Latin American Stage. (2020), Bloomsbury Academic Press, pp. 115-127. “Dictating Parody in Plautus’ Rudens” Didaskalia 12.12 (2016) 69-92. “Lament for Fallen Cities in Early Roman Drama: Naevius, Ennius, and Plautus” in M. Bachvarova, D. Dutsch, and A. Suter eds. The Fall of Cities in the Mediterranean: Commemoration in Literature, Folk-Song, and Liturgy. Cambridge University Press, (2016) 127-155. “Obscenity and Performance on the Plautine Stage,” in D. Dutsch, A. Suter eds. Ancient Obscenities: Their Nature and Use in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds. University of Michigan Press, (2015) 175-198.

Works in Progress Plautus’ Curculio: A New Translation, 59 manuscript pp., submitted to University of Wisconsin Press for inclusion in The Complete New Comedies, Vol II, ed. Sharon James. Plautus: Trinummus – Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companions. Book under contract with Bloomsbury Academic Press. Completion Date: Feb 2022 “Topography and Meaning in Plautus’ Cistellaria.” 22 manuscript pp. “Plautus at the Ludi Megalenses,” 38 manuscript pp.

Book Reviews Jörg Rüpke, On Roman Religion: Lived Religion and the Individual in Ancient Rome. Townsend Lectures/Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2016. Classical Journal 18.02.08 (2018). Michael Fontaine, Joannes Burmeister. Aulularia and Other Inversions of Plautus. Edited and introduced by M. Fontaine. Leuven, Universitaire Pers, 2015 (Bibliotheca Latinitas Novae). Latomus 76.3 (2017) 847-9.

Papers and Invited Lectures - National and International Conferences Panel Organizer – Theater of Displacement: Ancient Tragedy and Modern Refugees, Migrants, and Immigrants. Committee for Ancient and Modern Performance (CAMP) sponsored panel, Society for Classical Studies (SCS), Washington D.C. Jan. 5, 2020. “Plautus at the Ludi Megalenses: Defining Romanitas in Pseudolus” SCS, San Diego, CA – Jan. 5, 2019 “Writing around the Aeneid: Latin Prose Composition as Fan Fiction” Classical Association of the Middle, West, and South (CAMWS), Albuquerque, NM – April 13, 2018. “New Directions in Latin and Greek Prose Composition” Round Table Discussion Leader, CAMWS, Albuquerque, NM – April 14, 2018. “Performing Plautus’ Rudens in the Roman Forum,” CAMWS, Kitchener, Ontario – April 7, 2017. “Topography and Meaning in Plautus’ Cistellaria” Ancient Drama and Performance IV. Randolph College, Lynchburg, VA. Oct 8, 2016. “Meaningful Mispronunciations: Religious Parody in Plautus’ Cistellaria 512-27” Plautus Doctus: Plautine Comedy and its Intellectual Contexts. University of Athens. June 20-21, 2016 (Invited) “Performing Obscenity on the Plautine Stage” The Classical Body Split Open: Corporal Obscenity in Antiquity. University of Edinburgh (via skype) – Oct 23, 2015. “Plutine Fides: Parody of Cults to Divine Qualities in Plautus’ Aulularia” Plautus, Terence, and Reception. Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil – June 10, 2015. (Invited) “Contaminatio and Retractatio Revisited: A Revival of Plautus’ Poenulus at the Temple Dedication of Venus Erycina in 181 BCE” CAMWS, Boulder, CO – March 25-8, 2015. “Dreaming of the Job Market: A Graduate-Student Perspective on the NEH Institute on Roman Comedy in Performance.” Association for Theater in Higher Education (ATHE) Conference. Scottsdale, AZ. July 24, 2014. “Pedreira das Almas: Jorge Andrade’s Brazilian Antigone” Greeks and Romans on the Latin American Stage. University College, London. June 25, 2014. “Plautine Fides: Parody of Cults to Divine Qualities in Roman Comedy” Hendrix- Murphy Foundation Visiting Lecture. Hendrix College – March 4, 2014 (Invited) “Religious Parody and the Performance of Plautus’ Rudens: Connecting Content with Context,” Brigham Young University – February 4, 2013 “Dictating Religious Parody in Plautus’ Rudens,” Ancient Drama in Performance II, Randolph College – October 6, 2012 “Performing Obscenity in Plautus,” CAMWS, Baton Rouge, LA – March 30, 2012 “Parody of Prayer in Plautus’ Rudens,” UCSB Classics Colloquium – June 3, 2011 “Staging Hrotsvit’s Callimachus: The Question of Rape,” Comparative Drama Conference, Loyola Marymount Univ. – March 26, 2009. “Rape and Paternity in New Comedy,” Who’s Your Daddy: Reconstructing Paternity in the Ancient World. UCLA – Nov 8, 2008.

- State and Local Conferences/Presentations “The Rise and Fall of Democracy” From the Booth: BYU International Cinema Podcast, guest speaker, Nov 4, 2020. “Teaching Intermediate Greek in a Blended Classroom” Meeting of the Utah Classical Assoc., online – Oct. 24, 2020. “Adapting Sophocles’ Antigone in Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire” Meeting of the Utah Classical Assoc., U of U – Feb. 29, 2020. “Using Greek Tragedies to Talk about Modern Refugees.” Meeting of the Utah Classical Assoc., U of U – Feb. 23, 2019. “What’s Funny about Roman Comedy?” Utah State University – Aug. 31, 2018 (Invited). “Translation vs Composition: Getting the Most out of Latin Writing Assignments,” Meeting of the Utah Classical Assoc., U of U – Feb. 24, 2018 “Teaching Faith and Learning in Greek and Roman Mythology,” College of Humanities Brownbag Presentation, BYU – Oct. 17, 2017 (Invited). “Faith and Learning Writing Assignments in Greek and Roman Mythology,” Writing across the Curriculum Presentation, BYU, Mar. 30, 2017 (Invited). “Teaching Language and Culture with Plautus.” Meeting of the Utah Classical Assoc., U of U – Sept. 24, 2016 “Greek and Roman Drama: Performance, Parody and Reception” for the Classics Program at Utah State University – April 8, 2016 (Invited). “Plautus’ Amphitruo in Modern Performance: Translation, Adaptation, and Innovation,” at Roman Drama in Translation and Performance: an Open Workshop, University of Utah – March 28, 2014 (Invited) “Parody and Performance in Roman Comedy,” Meeting of the Utah Classical Assoc., U of U – Sept. 28, 2013.

Dramatic Performances (Roles Performed*)

Reading and Discussion of Plautus’ Braggart Soldier Director, Boy* Eta Sigma Phi Classics Club, BYU – Oct. 15, 2019. Director/Organizer, Herald* (Aeschylus’ Suppliants) Greek Myths, Modern Refugees: Readings from Greek Tragedies, BYU Education in Zion Theater – Feb. 19, 2019. Reading and Discussion of Plautus’ Haunted House Director, Servant*, Eta Sigma Phi Classics Club, BYU – Oct. 19, 2018. Police Officer*, Chorus*, The Arsonists, Max Frisch, performed at Society for Classical Studies (SCS”) Annual Conference – Jan. 5, 2018. Cappadox*, Director, Translator. Plautus’ Curculio. BYU Education in Zion Theater – April 6-7, 2016. Jupiter*, Director. Amphitruo: The Birth of Hercules. BYU Education in Zion Theater – April 11, 2014. Trachalio*, Plautus’ Rudens, performed at American Philological Association (APA, now SCS), Chicago – Jan. 3, 2014. Apollo*, Euripides’ Alcestis, performed at APA, Seattle – Jan. 4, 2013 and Feminism in Classics VI, Brock University – May 25, 2012. Ballio*, Plautus’ Pseudolus; Paegnium*, Plautus’ Persa; Sanga* Terences’ Eunuch – scenes performed at the NEH Summer Institute on Roman Comedy in Performance, UNC Chapel Hill – June 24 - July 20, 2012. Reading and Discussion of Plautus’ Miles Gloriosus Director, Pyrgopolyneices*, Eta Sigma Phi Classics Club, UCSB - April 19, 2012. Reading and Discussion of Plautus’ Pseudolus (featuring scenes from my own translation) Director, Translator, Harpax*, Eta Sigma Phi Classics Club, UCSB – Feb 23, 2012. “Staged Reading of Homer’s Iliad Book 1: A Comparison of Translations” Director, Hephaestus*, NEH sponsored Page and Stage Program, LA Public Library – April 4, 2009. Callimachus*, Hrotsvit’s On the Resurrection of Drusiana and Callimachus, produced by UCSB Department of Classics – Feb 27, 2008. A New Translation of Menander’s Samia – staged reading produced in conjunction with the USU Departments of History and Theater – Translator, Co-director, Chorus Leader*, The Pretentious Cook* – April 26, 2006. Seeing Double, a modern screen adaptation of Plautus’ Menaechmi, Author, read at a workshop for history and theater students at USU – November 11, 2005.

Miscellaneous Participation in the BYU Writing Matters Seminar, June 2018. Participation in the BYU-Public School Partnership Jordan District Associates Program (5 2-day retreats spread throughout the school year) – 2016-17. Participation in the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute: Roman Comedy in Performance, July 2012, UNC Chapel Hill. Participation in the Excavation and Restoration Works at Ancient Messene (2 weeks excavating in the Hellenistic theater) – Aug 2009.

Teaching

Courses Taught – BYU Greek:  Greek 101  Greek 201 (Xenophon)  Greek 302 (Plato)  Greek 434 (Tragedy) Latin:  Latin 301 (Intermediate Poetry)  Latin 302 (Intermediate Prose)  Latin 377/378 (Latin Teaching Methods and Practicum)  Latin 441 (Medieval Latin)  Latin 434 (Roman Comedy)  Latin 401 (Prose Composition) Classical Civ:  CL CV 110 (Intro to Greek and Roman Literature)  CL CV 241 (Greek and Roman Mythology)  CL CV 340 R (Ancient Drama and Performance) Classics Seminars:  CLSCS 430 R (Roman Religion)  CLSCS 490R (Antigones: Modern Reception of Ancient Greek Tragedy) Graduate Seminars  COMPST 640R (Greek Tragedy: Performance, Reception, Activism) Misc  IHUM 311 (Advanced Writing for the Humanities)

Student Mentoring - BYU Graduate student committees - Chiara Aliberti – Chair - Emma Price – Reader - Chandler Kendall – Reader Directed Reading Courses - Bert Fuller – Vergil’s Aeneid, books 2, 4, 6 – Fall 2014; Winter 2015 - Christinah Mulder – Plautus’ Peudolus – Spring 2017 - Zak Graham – Plato’s Phaedo – Summer 2018 Student Teaching Coordination - Megan Greene – Latin 2, American Preparatory Academy, West Valley 2 Campus, Spring 2017

Courses Taught – UCSB Greek: Greek 1, Greek 2 Latin: Latin 1, 2, 3 Teaching Assistant - UCSB Latin: Latin 1 Classics in Translation: Classics 40 (Greek and Roman Mythology), Roman Religion, Religion in the Age of Augustus, Women in Classical Literature, Viewing the Barbarian

Service National: SCS Committee for Ancient and Modern Performance – Jan 2018-present CAMWS Vice President for the State of Utah – Sept 2016-present American School of Classical Studies at Athens, member of Managing Committee – Jan 2019-present Editorial Board of Amphora (Peer reviewed print publication on outreach for the Society for Classical Studies) – Jan 2016-Oct 2018 Referee for: Bloomsbury Academic Press, Classical World, Illinois Classical Studies, The Classical Journal, Didaskalia

Local – BYU: Rank and Status Committee, Comparative Arts & Letters, BYU – Fall 2020 Art History Hiring Committee, BYU – Fall 2020 BYU College of Humanities Humanities and Belief Committee, 2018-present Utah Classical Association – President Elect, 2018; President 2019; Past President 2020 Organized an extended two-day conference at Utah State, Fall 2019 Faculty Advisor, ΗΣΦ Classics Honor Society, BYU – 2013-16, 2017-present Latin Teaching Major Advisor, BYU – 2014 - 2018 College of Humanities Editorial Committee, 2015-16 Classics Outreach Coordinator, BYU – 2014 - present Clark Lecture Committee, BYU – 2014-present. Comparative Literature Hiring Committee, Dept. of Comparative Arts and Letters, BYU – Fall 2017 College of Humanities 50th Anniversary Committee, Dept. of Comparative Arts and Letters, BYU – Chair, Fall 2015 Guest Lectures Organized: Robert Morstein-Marx, UC Santa Barbara, “Caesar at the Rubicon” April 2, 2015 (Clark Lecture) Apostolos Athanassakis, Emeritus Prof. of Classics, UCSB. “Mythic Icons in Homer.” Feb 15, 2015. Mary-Kay Gamel, Classics, UCSC. “Versions of Authenticity in Staging Classical Drama.” Nov 7, 2014. Classics Section Hiring Committee, BYU – 2013-14. Guest Lectures Delivered: Comp Studies 610 (BYU). “Adaptation Theory and Greek Tragedy” Oct 23, 2019. Copper Hills HS, South Jordan UT. “Roman Comedy and Performance” May 16, 2019. TMA 600-Theater History/Theory (BYU). “The Fundamentals of Roman Drama; Parody and Lament in Early Roman Drama.” Oct. 7, Oct. 12, 2015. Juab County Robotics Team. “The Fundamentals of Greek Mythology” Oct. 16, 2014 The Waterford School, Sandy UT. “From Roman Comedy to Modern Sitcoms.” Jan. 29, 2014. TMA 600-Theater History/Theory (BYU). “Roman Comedy and Performance” Oct. 16, 2013. Local – UCSB: Classics Department Graduate Student Representative (UCSB), 2008-09. Santa Barbara County Partners in Education – Guest Speaker on Classics, 2008-present College Prep Night Panelist, LDS Church in Goleta, CA – January 18, 2012 “Graduate School: Everything You’ve Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask” Graduate Student Panel Hosted by the Regents and Chancellor’s Scholars Association, UCSB – April 7, 2010. Local – USU: Edith Bowen Latin Club, Coordinator – Spring 2006, Instructor – Fall 2005. Edith Bowen Latin Club is an after school program at an elementary school in Logan, UT, which gives children the opportunity to learn about Latin language and Roman history.

Scholarships and Awards

Summer Scholar, NEH Summer Institute: Roman Comedy in Performance, July 2012 Philip and Aida Siff Educational Foundation Fellowship, 2011-12 Keith Aldrich Memorial Award for Excellence in Classics, UCSB – Spring 2009 Lena Dumas Travel Award, UCSB – Summer 2009 Argyropoulos Fellow, Department of Classics, UCSB – Winter 2009 Regent’s Fellow, Department of Classics, UCSB – Sept. 2007 – June 08 Graduated summa cum laude and with Departmental Honors, USU – May 2006 William F. Lye History Scholarship, USU – Spring 2006 Outstanding Classics Student, USU – 2005-06 Humanities Student of the Year, Kiwanis Club, Logan UT – 2005-06 Ambassador for the College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, USU – 2005-06 History Department Undergraduate Teaching Fellow of the Year, USU – 2004-05 University Club Scholar, USU – Fall 1999-Fall 2005 National Merit Scholar, USU – Fall 1999-Fall 2000

Organizational Affiliations

Society for Classical Studies – 2009- present Classical Association of the Middle West and South – 2011-present Utah Classical Association – 2013-present Women’s Classical Caucus – 2011-present Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society – 2006-present Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society – 2004-07 Honors Program, Utah State University – 1999-2006 Mortar Board Honor Society – 2004-05