BRIAN M. DUVICK
CURRICULUM VITAE
Department of History University of Colorado, Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway COH 2041 Colorado Springs, CO 80933 719 255 4077 [email protected]
EDUCATION
1992 Ph.D. University of Chicago Dissertation: A Translation and Analysis of Proclus' Commentary on the Cratylus
1984 M.A. University of Minnesota
1981 B.A. University of Minnesota
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Later Greek and Roman History, Philosophy and Culture Historiography The Greek and Latin Languages
AREAS OF TEACHING COMPETENCE
Greek and Roman History Mesopotamian History Egyptian History
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Greek Latin French German Akkadian GRANTS, AWARDS, HONORS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend (Summer 2016) Nominated for SGA Students’ Choice Award : Educator of the Year (Spring 2015) Appointed Vice President of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) for the State of Colorado (2013-16) Sabbatical, Department of History, University of Colorado (Fall 2012) RA and Summitt Village Student Choice Teaching Award, University of Colorado (2011-2012) Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor of History, University of Colorado (2011) Runner Up SGA Students’ Choice Award : Educator of the Year (2005-2006) SGA Students’ Choice Award : Educator of the Year, University of Colorado (2004-2005) Technology Development Grant for language studies at Concordia College, Minnesota (1996) Pedagogical Technology Grant at Concordia College (1995) Paul Shorey Trust Fund Award, University of Chicago (1984-1986) Teaching Fellow, University of Minnesota (1983-1984) Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota (1982-1984) Mortar Board, University of Minnesota (1981) Morrow Award, Best Journalist, Minnesota Daily, University of Minnesota (1980)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Southwestern Historical Association Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Classical Association of the Middle West and South American Historical Association American Philological Association International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa International Society for Neoplatonic Studies
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 2011-present Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 2006- 2011 Instructor, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 2001- 2006 Professor, Institut Thomas Philippe, Chiry-Ourscamp, France, 1998-2001 Professor, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Rennes, France, 1997-1998 Professor, Institut Universitaire de Saint-Melaine, Rennes, France, 1996- 2000 Visiting Professor, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1996 Assistant Professor, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1994- 96 Professional Specialist & Concurrent Lecturer, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1987- 1994 Adjunct Instructor, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1985- 86 Instructor & Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1982- 84 News Reporter, Minnesota Daily, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1977- 78 News Reporter, Southeast News, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1977- 78
PUBLICATIONS
REFEREED BOOKS
Proclus : On Plato Cratylus. Ancient Commentators on Aristotle. Gen.Ed. Richar Sorabji. Guest Ed. Harold Tarrant. Intro by Brian Duvick. Duckworth Press, 2007, 210 pages.
Ciceronian Controversies. Ed. JoAnn DellaNeva. Trans. Brian Duvick. Boston : Harvard Univ. Pr., 2007, 295 pages.
The Trinitarian Works of Gregory of Nyssa: A Translation with Introduction and Notes. St. Vladimir Seminary Press, 2017, circa 250 pages.
The Christological Works of Gregory of Nyssa: A Translation with Introduction and Notes. St. Vladimir Seminary Press, 2017, circa 200 pages.
Proclus' Commentary on the Republic. Translated, Annotated and Introduced by Brian Duvick. Under Review by Princeton University Press, 2017, 3 vols., circa 900 pages.
REFEREED ARTICLES
« False Alarms, Rebirth out of Corruption, or Cyclical Coming-to-Be and Passing-Away: Visions of the End in the Late Roman Empire» , Cambridge Companion to the Apocalypse, ed. by Colin McAllister, Cambridge University Press, 2018. Sollicited Article, Under Consideration.
“Rallying Tradition against Barbarian Invasion: Contextualizing Macrobius’ Saturnalia”, Journal of Literature and Art Studies, 2017. Sollicited article.
McEvoy (M.A.) Child Emperor Rule in the Late Roman West, ad 367–455. Pp. xii + 367, ill. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Cased, £75, US$160. ISBN: 978-0-19-966481-8. Sollicited Book Review for Classical Review, 2017. Joseph Markowski, Buddhist Non-Cognitivism », Scientific Research Publishing, January, 2014. Sollicited Review.
R. Malcolm Errington, A History of the Hellenistic World, Blackwell Pub, 2008, Sollicited Book Review for 2nd Edition, 2013.
« Richard A. Cohen, ‘Lukacs, Levinas, and Kant: Totality and Infinity’ ». Sollicited Book Review, Open Journal of Philosophy, November 2012.
« Marije Martijn, Proclus on Nature : Philosophy of Nature and its Methods in Proclus’ Commentary on Plato’s Timaeus. Philosophia Antiqua, 121. Leiden-Boston : Brill, 2010. Pp. ix + 360. ». Sollicited Book Review, Journal of the History of Philosophy, August 2012.
"Selections from Proclus' Commentary on the Cratylus". In Richard Sorabji, The Ancient Commentators Sourcebook, 3 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, passim with the greatest concentration of passages in vol. 3. See enclosed texts.
"Parler de l'indicible, le fait nié : le langage apophatique de Damascius". La Metaphysique, son Histoire, sa Critique, ses Enjeux. Tome 2. Actes du XXVIIe Congrès de l'Association des Sociétés de Philosophie de Langue Française, Université Laval, Québec, 2000, pp. 18-25. (Translation : « Speaking of the Ineffable, the Deed Denied : a Study of the Apophatic Language of Damascius », Metaphysics, its History, its Criticism, its Stakes. Volume 2. Acts of the 27th Congress of the Association of the French Language Philosophical Societies, University of Laval, Quebec, 2000, pp. 18-25.)
"The Trinitarian Letters of Gregory of Nyssa". Achtes Internationales Gregor von Nyssa-Kolloquium (Acts of the International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa), Paderborn, Germany, 2000, pp. 581-592.
ARTICLES REFEREED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE JOURNAL CITED
« Grégoire de Nysse : sur le jour des lumieres ou notre seigneur a été baptise ». Cahiers du Centre de Recherches Philosophiques, Institut Universitaire Saint-Melaine, No 13, 1999, pp. 55-74. (Translation : « Gregory of Nyssa : On the Day of Lights When our Savior was Baptized». Proceedings of the Center for Philosophical Research, University of St. Melaine, No 13, 1999, pp. 55-74.)
« Un Traite de Saint Grégoire de Nysse : ‘Contre ceux qui Different le bapteme’ ». Cahiers du Centre de Recherches Philosophiques, Institut Universitaire Saint-Melaine, No 13, 1999, pp. 75-92. (Translation : « A Treatise of Gregory of Nyssa : Against those who Defer Baptism». Proceedings of the Center for Philosophical Research, University of St. Melaine, No 13, 1999, pp. 75-92.)
« Dominic O'Meara, ‘Plotin : Traité 51, Les Ecrits de Plotin’ ». CERF, Paris, 1999. Compte-rendu, Cahiers du Centre de Recherches Philosophiques, Institut Universitaire Saint-Melaine, No 13, 1999, pp. 104-05. (Translation : « Dominic O’Meara, ‘Plotinus : Treatise 51, The Writings of Plotinus’ », CERF, Paris, 1999. Book Review, Proceedings of the Center for Philosophical Research, University of St. Melaine, No 13, 1999, pp. 104-05.)
« Tertullien, ‘Contre Hermogène’. Introduction, Texte critique, Traduction, et Commentaire par Frederic Chapot ». Sources Chretiens, Paris, 1999. Compte-rendu, Cahiers du Centre de Recherches Philosophiques, Institut Universitaire Saint-Melaine, No 13, 1999, pp. 106-07. (Translation : « Tertullian, ‘Against Hermogenes’. Introduction, Critical Edition, Translation and Commentary by Frederic Chapot ». Sources Chretiens, CERF, Paris, 1999. Book Review, Proceedings of the Center for Philosophical Research, University of St. Melaine, No 13, 1999, pp. 106-07.)
« Maurice Vallery-Radot, ‘L'église des premiers siècles, Une Lumiere pour notre temps’". Perrin, Paris, 1999. Compte-rendu, Cahiers du Centre de Recherches Philosophiques, Institut Universitaire Saint- Melaine, No 13, 1999, pp. 107-09. (Translation : « Maurice Vallery-Radot, ‘The Church of the First Centuries, A Light for Our Time’ », Perrin, Paris, 1999. Book Review, Proceedings of the Center for Philosophical Research, University of St. Melaine, No 13, 1999, pp. 107-09.)
EDITING
For the Journal of Literature and Art Studies, 2014-present.
Open Journal of Philosophy (OJPP), Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-present :
Kuang-ming Wu, “Heretics, Democracy, the Beyond”, Open Journal of Philosophy, April 23, 2014.
F.M. Anayet Hossain, Religion and Culture: An Evaluation, Open Journal of Philosophy, April 30, 2014.
« Joseph D. Markowski, Buddhist Non-Cognitivism », Open Journal of Philosophy, January, 2014.
« Richard A. Cohen, ‘Lukacs, Levinas, and Kant: Totality and Infinity’ » Open Journal of Philosophy, November 2012.
For the Journal of South Asian Studies, 2012-present :
« Kymberly Brumlik, ‘Lunacy for Profit: The Economic Gains of ‘Native-Only’ Lunatic Asylums in the Bengal Presidency, 1850s-1870s’, JSAS, Fall, 2013. Edited and referred.
« Christopher V. Hill, ‘The Enlightened Garden: The Victoria Garden and the Validation in Empire’, Spring 2013. Referred.
A SELECTION OF COURSES TAUGHT
Graduate IS : Colin McAllister, Apocalypticism of Lactantius, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2016 Senior Seminar : The Later Roman Empire, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2016 Environmental History of the Greco-Roman World, Univ. Colorado, Spring, 2016 IS Senior Thesis : Cheryl Franklin, Doctrine of Justification by Faith Alone : Salvation, All about Faith and Taking It to the Street, Univ. Colorado, Spring, 2016 Graduate Seminar : Research in Ancient History, Univ. Colorado, Spring, 2016 History of Roman Britain, Univ. Colorado, Fall, 2015 Senior Seminar : Approaches to the Study of History, Spring 2015 IS Senior Thesis : James McClelland, Athenian Democracy, Univ. Colorado, Fall, 2014 IS Senior Thesis : Bryant Watts, Constantine the Great, Univ. Colorado, Fall, 2014 IS Senior Thesis : Rogelio Ramirez, Ruling the Roman Empire, Univ. Colorado, Fall, 2014 IS Senior Thesis : Courtney Handel, Ancient Mystery Religions, Univ. Colorado, Summer, 2014 IS Senior Thesis : Suzanne Ricker, Hannibal of Carthage, Univ. Colorado, Summer, 2014 IS Senior Thesis : Rebecca Baron, Paul’s Greek Mission : Corinth, Univ. Colorado, Spring, 2014 IS Senior Thesis : Zachary Rogers, Marius and the Legions: The Recruitment of the Poor and the Effect on Rome, Univ. Colorado, Spring, 2014 Roman History through Film, Univ. Colorado, Spring, 2014 Greek Historians : Herodotus and Thucydides, Univ. Colorado, Spring, 2014 History of Ancient Greece, Univ. Colorado, Spring, 2014 Independent Study : The Egyptian Opet and Sed Festivals, Univ. Colorado, Fall, 2013 Graduate Seminar : Research in Ancient History, Univ. Colorado, Fall, 2013 Senior Thesis: Late Antiquity, Univ. Colorado, Fall, 2013 Independent Study: Ekphrasis in Lucian, Univ. Colorado, Spring, 2013 Graduate Seminar : Readings in Ancient History, Univ. Colorado, Spring, 2013 History of Ancient Rome, Univ. Colorado, Spring, 2013 Greek History through Film, Univ. Colorado, Winterim, 2013 Pagans and Christians in the Later Roman Empire, Univ. Colorado, Summer, 2012 Independent Study : Gildas and Caesarius of Arles, Univ. Colorado, Summer 2012 Independent Study : Kierkegaard and Lao Tse, Univ. Colorado, Summer 2012 Myth, Reason and Making History, Univ. Colorado, Spring, 2012 The Ends of History : Apocalypse and Utopian in the Western Tradition, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2012 Historiography, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2011 Independent Study : The Crusades, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2011 End of the Ancient World, Univ. Colorado, Summer 2011 Graduate Independent Study : The Roman Elegists, Univ. Colorado, Summer 2011 History of Ancient Rome, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2011 Independent Study : Roman Historians in Latin, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2011 Independent Study : History of Boxing, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2011 History of Ancient Greece, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2010 Historiography, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2010 Senior Thesis Independent Study : Literary Culture of 6th-Century Byzantium, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2010 Independent Study : The Conversion of Constantine, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2010 Graduate Independent Study : Iconography of Archaic Greece, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2010 History of the Hellenistic World, Univ. Colorado, Summer 2010 Independent Study : Historiography of Jordanes’ Getica, Univ. Colorado, Summer 2010 Readings in Attic Greek : Plato’s Apology, Univ. Colorado, Summer 2010 The Crusades, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2010 Senior Thesis : Ancient Greece and Rome, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2010 Graduate Seminar : Research in Ancient History, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2010 Early Medieval History, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2009 History of the Ancient World, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2009 Graduate Seminar :, Readings in Ancient History, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2009 Freshman Seminar : Odyssey, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2009 War, Revolution and Reconstruction in Classical Greece and Rome, Univ. Colorado, Summer 2009 Readings in Ancient Greek : Xenophon, Univ. Colorado, Summer 2009 History of Greek and Roman Religion, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2009 History of Private Life in the Ancient World, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2009 Graduate Research in Ancient History, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2008 Humanities : Myth, Reason and Making History, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2008 History of the End of the Ancient World, Univ. Colorado, Summer 2008 History of Ancient Rome, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2008 Graduate Seminar : Readings in Ancient History, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2008 History of Ancient Greece, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2007 Readings in Classical Greek : Xenophon, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2007 Rise and Fall of Athenian Democracy, Univ. Colorado, Summer 2007 Senior Thesis : Ancient History, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2007 History of Ancient Egypt, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2007 Readings in Greek History, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2007 Classical and Christian Culture, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2007 Mesopotamian History, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2006 The Jesuit Theological Tradition, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2006 Intermediary Greek, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2006 Critical Thinking, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2006 History of Philosophy, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2006 Philosophy of Language, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2005 Post-Ottoman Islamic Philosophy, History and Culture, UCCS Certificate Program in Middle Eastern Studies, Fort Carson, Fall 2005 Medieval Philosophy, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2005 Hellenistic Philosophy, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2005 Post-Ottoman Islamic Philosophy, History and Culture, UCCS Certificate Program in Middle Eastern Studies, Fort Carson, Spring 2005 Introductory Philosophy, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2005 Selected Readings in Greek: Philosophy and Patristics, Univ. Colorado, Autumn 2004 History of Philosophy: Ancient, Univ. Colorado, Autumn 2004 Religious Studies, Univ. Colorado, Summer 2004 History of Ethics, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2004 History of Metaphysics, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2004 Selected Readings in French and German Theology: Dubarle, Marion, Rahner, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2004 Selected Readings in Greek and Latin Philosophy, Univ. Colorado, Autumn 2003 Philosophy and Literature, Univ. Colorado, Autumn 2003 Introduction to Ethics, Univ. Colorado, Autumn 2003 Directed Studies in Medieval Mysticism : Eckhart, Suso, Ruysbroeck, Gerson, Univ. Colorado, Summer 2003 Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2003 Selected Readings in Scholastic Latin, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2003 History of Ethics, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2003 Hellenistic Philosophy, Univ. Colorado, Autumn 2002 Myth, Reason and Making History, Univ. Colorado, Autumn 2002 Philosophy of Religion, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2002 History of Philosophy: Ancient, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2002 Greek: Readings in Plato and The New Testament, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2002 Intro to Greek Philosophy and the Patristic Tradition, Thomas-Philippe, Spring 2001 History of Ethics, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2001 French Critical Theory: Derrida, Kristeva, Cixous and Irigaray, Saint-Melaine, Autumn 1998 Plato's Later Dialogues, U of Notre Dame, Summer1996 Patristics, Concordia, Spring 1996 Directed Studies in Greek Philosophy: From Parmenides to Proclus, Concordia, Autumn 1995 Hellenistic Philosophy, Concordia, Autumn 1995 Kierkegaard and Plato, Concordia, Summer 1995 Lucretius: de rerum natura, Concordia, Autumn 1994 Principia: The Examined Life, Concordia, Spring 1994 Marcus Aurelius: Meditations, U of Notre Dame, Autumn 1993 Livy and Cicero: The 2nd Macedonian War and de Amicitia, U of Notre Dame, Autumn 1993 Augustine and the Classical Tradition, U of Notre Dame, Spring 1993 Seminar: Greek and Patristic Thought, U of Notre Dame, Autumn 1992 Readings in Scholastic Philosophy, U of Notre Dame, Autumn 1992 Presocratic Philosophy, U of Notre Dame, Spring 1992 Greek Ethics, U of Notre Dame, Spring 1991 Seminar: From Hero to Philosopher in the Western Literary Tradition, U of Notre Dame, Autumn 1990 Seminar: The Self in the Western Philosophical Tradition, U of Notre Dame, Spring 1990 Intensive Greek, U of Notre Dame, Summer 1989 Selected Readings in Greek Phil, U of Notre Dame, Summer 1989 Plato's Republic and Augustine's City of God, U of Notre Dame, Spring 1989 Cicero: Pro Archia, Ninth Phillipic, U of Notre Dame, Autumn 1988 Intensive Greek, U of Notre Dame, Summer 1988 Selected Readings in Greek Phil, U of Notre Dame, Summer 1988 The New Academy: Cicero, U of Notre Dame, Summer 1988 Intensive Latin, U of Notre Dame, Autumn 1987 Epictetus and Epicurus, U of Notre Dame, Autumn 1987
INVITED LECTURES
« The End of the Western Roman Empire and the Apocalypticism of Quodvultdeus and Salvian of Marseilles, » Through A Glass Darkly: Second Annual UCCS Symposium on Apocalyptic, UCCS, April 4, 2016. Sollicited by Colin McAllister, VAPA, UCCS.
« Saving Universal Restoration : Apokatastasis in Proclus’ Republic », Through A Glass Darkly: First Annual UCCS Symposium on Apocalyptic, UCCS, March 31, 2015. Sollicited by Colin McAllister, VAPA, UCCS.
« Cultivating Classical Greek Identity in the Late Roman East: Proclus’ Republic, » Front Range Invited Speaker Series at CU Boulder's Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (CMEMS), September 25, 2014.
Invited by Sixth Star Cruises (2014) to deliver the following lectures at sea :
1. "Sprinting with the Gods: Ancient Origins of the Olympic Games" 2. "Hagia Sophia: Crossroads of Jerusalem and Mecca, Rome and Athens?" 3. "Where the Crusaders met Paul: Pilgrimages in the Holy Land" 4. "Swimming the Coliseum and Painting the Heavens: the Magnificent Art of Rome" 5. "Du Vin, du Pain et du Bon Boursin: the Wine and Cheese of Provence" 6. "The Many Faces of Morocco: Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Identity at the Gate to the World"
“Myth and Religion in Sumerian History”, Pikes Peak Community College, June 11, 2013.
“The Apologetics of Pagan Education in the Later Roman Empire: Proclus’ Republic”, Southwestern Historical Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans LA, March 27 – 30, 2013.
« Blood to the Shade: the Fabrication of Late Roman Identity through the Architecture of the Word in Procopius’ Peri Ktismaton », Classical Association of the Middle West and South, April 17-20, 2013, Iowa City IA.
Organized the 2nd Annual History Alumni Conference, UCCS, April 12, 2013.
Organized the panel on Late Antiquity, Southwestern Historical Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans LA, March 27 – 30, 2013.
« The Presocratics in History », Hist 1010 : The Ancient World, Christina Frischmann, University of Colorado, October 2012.
« Rallying Tradition against Barbarian Invasion: Contextualizing Macrobius’ Saturnalia », Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, October 19-21, 2012, Seattle University, Seattle WA.
« Obscene Morality: Poetics of the Status Quo in Martial », Southwestern Historical Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 6, 2012.
Sponsored and mentored the following UCCS student papers for the Southwestern Historical Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April, 2012 :
1. Kymberly C Brumlik. “The Heroic Epic of National Socialism: Creating Ideology Through the Requisition of the Great Altar at Pergamon. » 2. Jonathan Ferris, Masters Becoming the Subjects: Sidonius and Cassiodorus in Gothic Service ». 3. Jonathan Gillin, « Manufacturing Romanitas : Modes of Identity Under Justinian ». 4. Paulina Loveless, « From Misogyny to Mass Murder: Gendercide During the Fifteenth-Century European Witchcraft Trials ». 5. Larry Reedy, “The Failed Moral Reforms of 28 BCE and the Change of the Roman World”.
Also sponsored and mentored the UCCS student papers listed above for the History Alumni Conference at the Heller Center, University of Colorado, April, 2012.
« Community Space and Communication in the Later Roman City », Hist 6990, City and Citizen, Professor Christina Jiminez, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, September 13, 2011.
I organized and both presided over and commented on the following panels at the Southwestern Historical Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 16-19, 2011 :
Literary Tradition and Contemporary Politics in Early Medieval Historiography
1. Jonathan Gillin, «Constructing the unity of two great peoples: A reconsideration of the context and purpose of Jordanes’ Getica ». 2. Chris Bairn, “...And the Horse You Rode in On! Power, Sex and Money in Justinian's Byzantium”. 3. Jonathan Ferris, « Masters Becoming Subjects: Sidonius and Cassiodorus in Gothic Service ».
Culture and Politics in the Historiography of the Later Roman Empire
1. Jeremiah Snyder, « Lord, Deliver Us from Evil: Eusebius of Caesarea on War in the Age of Constantine ». 2. Larry Reedy, « Justice at Chalcedon: A Defense of Julian’s Political Tribunal ». 3. Michaela Steen, « Narratives of Power in the Late Antique Diptych: The Nicomachi - Symmachi and Flavius Anastasius Panels ». 4. Christina Frischmann, « Gregory of Nyssa’s Trinitarian Letters: Creating Religious Cohesion in the 4th Century C.E. ».
« Excavating the Ornaments of History : Literary Narrative and Socio-Political Change in Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance », Hist 681 : Readings in the Indian Subcontinent Since 1556, Univ. Colorado Springs, November 4, 2010.
« The Historiography of Ranajit Guha in Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India », Hist 681 : Readings in the Indian Subcontinent Since 1556, Univ. Colorado Springs, September 30, 2010.
« Beyond the Language of Being and Non-Being: Scripture, Tradition and the Holy Spirit in the Apophatic Theology of Gregory of Nyssa, Contra Eunomium3.5 », International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa, Leuven, Belgium, September 2010.
« The Closing of the Goddess’ Gate : Crises of Pagan Education in the Later Roman Empire », Lecture Series in World History, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, October 2009.
« War, Politics and the Culture Debates of the Late 4th century: Contextualizing the Opera Minora of Gregory of Nyssa », Keynote Address, International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa, Tuebingen, Germany, September 2008.
« The Reality of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave », Freshman Seminar Lecture Series, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, October 2008
‘’The Substance of Happiness in the Ethics of Aristotle,’’ Wheeling Jesuit University, April 2005
‘’Will the Real Homer, Will the Real Sappho, Will the Real Socrates Please Stand Up? A Discussion of the Development and Transformation of Classical Studies’’, University of Colorado, March 2005
“Platonic and Aristotelian Influences in the Neoclassical Ciceronian Debate,” Renaissance Rhetoric Conference Denver, CO, October, 2001
"From Plotinus' Free Transcendence of the One to Lévinas' Free Immanence of the Subjective Intelligible" Academy of Religion, Boston November, 1999
"Grégoire de Nysse et la tradition platonicienne" L'Université d'Ottawa, Canada, 29 March 1999
"La philosophie analytique et la fin de la métaphysique", Centre Culturel Fréhel, Rennes, France, November 1998
"The Trinitarian Letters of Gregory of Nyssa", Achtes Internationales Gregor von Nyssa-Kolloquium Université de Paderborn, Allemagne, 17 September 1998
"Parler de l'indicible, le fait nié : langage apophatique de Damascius", XXVIIe Congrès de l'Association des Sociétés de Philosophie de Langue Française Université de Laval, Québec, Canada, 20 August 1998
"The Religion of King Tutankhamen: A Discussion of Egyptian Beliefs on God, Nature and Politics", F/M Communiversity, Fargo, February 1995, February 1996
"Roberto Calasso's The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony", Concordia College, Fargo, Minnesota, May 1995
"The Image of Man in Goethe's Faust", Forever Learning Institute, South Bend, Indiana, March 1994
"Philosophical Language in the Pauline Letters", University de Minnesota, February 1984
"Pythagorean Number Theory", University of Minnesota, May 1983
ADDITIONAL TEACHING AND SERVICE DUTIES
A Selection of Graduate Theses Advised at the University of Colorado, Spring 2016 :
1. Joseph Berg, « Was Rome a Market Economy ? A Case Study Centered on the Western Mediterranean » 2. Michael Bunch, « Alamannic Influence on the Inhabitants of the Agri Decumates and Germania Superior: Third to Fourth Century CE » 3. Marc Cavazos, « Niccolò Machiavelli: Menace or Republican » 4. Thomas Christison, 5. Kyle Clark, Public Construction Versus Private Examination: Perceptions Of Marcus Aurelius 6. Andrew Harrison, « Toward a Common Logos : Isocrates and Rhetoric as a Social and Political Agent of Change » 7. Collin Macdonald, « I’m No Fortunate Son : A Political and Social Study of the Brothers Gracchi » 8. Colin McAllister, « Regnum Caelorum Terrestre : The Apocalyptic Vision of Lactantius » 9. Melanie Pimentel, « Distant Early Warning : The Parallel Deaths of Tiberius Gracchus and Gaius Julius Caesar and the End of the Republican Oligarchy, 133-44 BCE » 10. Kevin Ross, « The Role of Human Ambition in the Fall of Athens » 11. Emilee Shindel, « The Lord Giveth and the Goths Taketh Away : Reciprocal Exchange between German and Roman Identity in the Fourth Century and Beyond » 12. Mike Stark, « A Compelling Case for His Proper Place Among the Five Good Emperors : Hadrian as Visionary and Reformer » 13. Kim Sweetwood, « Deafness in Medieval Spain, Experienced through the Struggles and Authorship of Teresa de Cartagena, an Extraordinary Deaf Woman of the Fifteenth Century » 14. Margaret Williams, « Medieval Aristotelianism Versus Renaissance Platonism : History’s Existential Crisis »
A Senior Thesis Advised at the University of Colorado, Spring 2016
1. Cheryl Franklin, « Doctrine of Justification by Faith Alone : Salvation All about Faith and Taking It to the Street »
Served on the following M.A. defense committees :
1. Joseph Berg, « Was Rome a Market Economy ? A Case Study Centered on the Western Mediterranean », May 12, 2016. 2. Mike Stark, « A Compelling Case for His Proper Place Among the Five Good Emperors : Hadrian as Visionary and Reformer », April 14, 2016.
A Selection of Senior Theses Advised at the University of Colorado, Spring 2015 :
1. Jacob Nejtek, Flavius Aetius’ Contributions to the End of the Western Roman Empire 2. Trevor Nunley, Deus Vult : Examining the 1st Crusade and its Improbably Success 3. Hana O’Brien, Caligula and Nero : Mad Kings of Rome ? 4. Suzanne Ricker, The Hittite Empire : Seeking a Balance of Power through Diplomacy 5. Garrison Summers, Christian Identity in the Early Fifth Century
Served on the following M.A. defense committees :
1. Nicole Dennis, « Paul and the Ordination of Women », UCCS, May 14, 2015
2. Linda Aldrich, « Polybius, Cicero, and Ayala: Interpreting Just War in the Roman Republic », UCCS, April 18, 2014 3. Nicole Emmons, « Boudica Through Time: A Look at the Perceptions of Her in Roman, Elizabethan, and Victorian Times », UCCS, May 2, 2014 4. Margaret Sergeant, « The Feminine in Ancient Greek Oratory », UCCS, May 5, 2014 5. Preston Petermeier, « The Evolution of the Doctrine of the Incarnation: Rivalries and Unclear Language », UCCS, May 5, 2014
Chaired the following M.A. defense committees :
1. Jeremiah Snyder, « Lord, Deliver Us From Evil: Eusebius of Caesarea on War in the Age of Constantine » and « Avarice and the Murderous Runaway: Related Themes in John Chrysostom’s Two Homilies on Eutropius », UCCS, April 28, 2014 2. Christopher Darrow, « King Servius Tullius : From Slave to King », UCCS, April 25, 2014
A Selection of Graduate Theses Advised at the University of Colorado, Fall 2013 :
1. Linda Aldrich, « Polybius, Cicero, and Ayala: Interpreting Just War in the Roman Republic » 2. Nicole Dennis, « St. Paul’s Enduring Influence: the Modern Debate on Women’s Roles in the Catholic Church » 3. Nicole Emmons, « Boudica Through Time: A Look at the Perceptions of Her in Roman, Elizabethan, and Victorian Times » 4. Kendra Johnson, “Augustus, Maecenas and Horace— Literature, Politics and Philosophical Conundrums” 5. Preston Petermeier, « The Evolution of the Doctrine of the Incarnation: Rivalries and Unclear Language » 6. Margaret Sergeant, « The Feminine in Ancient Greek Oratory »
A Selection of Senior Theses Advised at the University of Colorado, Fall 2013 :
1. Michael Asmar, « Cause and Effect: Slavery and Its Influences on Epictetus » 2. Arthur Belmore, “Caesarnattus” 3. Jennifer Jackson, « The Passion versus the Acts of Perpetua » 4. Alex Kyniston, « One Ousia, Three Hypostases: An Analysis of Gregory of Nyssa’s Writings in Relation to the Essence of the Trinity and the Eternal Equality Between all Three Subsequent Components » 5. Bradley Lail, « Roman and Persian Relations: A Complex History Built On Power » 6. Phillip Ray, « Euripides on the Philosophy of Moderation: Human Agency in Moments of Suffering In the ‘Medea’ » 7. Felicity Smith, « Roman Britain: A Brigante Tribal-logue » 8. Dylan Tyler, « Apatheia and Empire: A Literary Analysis of Stoicism in the Second Sophistic » 9. Jennifer Vanderwalker, « The Search for the Inconceivable Uncontained: Revealing the Unique Eschatology in the Gospel of Truth » 10. Kelcey Vogel, « Warrior and Queen: Boudica’s Identity According to the Romans »
Michael Petrin, a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Notre Dame, sollicted a copy of my translation of the Trinitarian Works of Gregory of Nyssa for his dissertation under Brian Daley, October 2014.
Todd Krulak, Visiting Assistant Professor at DePauw University, sollicited a copy of my translation of Proclus’ Commentary on the Republic for a monograph on ancient sacrifice, March 2014-present.
David Hay, University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada, sollicited my translation of “On the discussions in the fifth book of the Republic demonstrating that the virtues and the education of men and women are common” and “On the arguments of Theodorus of Asine proving that there is the same virtue of a man and a woman, and an examination of what Socrates said”, in Proclus, Commentary on the Republic, for a study of female combatants in medieval military thought, December, 2013.
Beau Branson, Graduate Student at the University of Notre Dame, sollicited use of my translation of the Trinitarian Works of Gregory of Nyssa for his dissertation on the Doctrine of the Trinity in Gregory of Nyssa, February, 2014.
Directed the design of an MA program in History for Colin McAllister, University of Colorado, Summer 2013.
A Selection of Graduate Theses Advised at the University of Colorado, Fall 2011 :
1. Luke Bohanon, « Commodus : Status, Glory, and Consequences » 2. Kym Brumlik, « The Heroic Epic of National Socialism : Creating Ideology through the Requisition of the Great Alta rat Pergamum » 3. Christopher Darrow, « King Servius Tullius, From Slave to King » 4. Ben Luther, « Plato’s Critique of Athenian Democracy in the Republic » 5. Jason Rasmussen, « Athenaeus’ The Learned Banqueters » 6. Larry Reedy, « Every Beast is Driven to Pasture by Blows : Recontextualizing the Life and Times of Heraclitus of Ephesus » 7. Joseph Sandoval, « Religious Figures with Merging Parallels that Appear to Become One : Apollonius of Tyana and Jesus of Nazareth » 8. Alan Van’t Land, « Sarah’s Tomb : A Study in the Martyrology of Prudentius’ Scenes from History »
Served on the following M.A. defense committees :
1. Ray Schultz, « The Hundred-fold Fruit : Asceticism, Virginity, and the Creation of Holy Women on Earth ». 2. Ben Luther, Plato’s Critique of Athenian Democracy in the Republic. 3. Kay Smith, « Ancient Wars, Ancient Wounds : An Investigation of Medical Treatment on the Battlefields of Ancient Greece ». 4. Michaela Steen, « An Ivory Fragment from the Samian Heraion : A Reappraisal of Style ». 5. Christina Frischmann, « Roman Women in Love During the Augustan Principate : Ovid’s Gendered Depiction of Women in His Amatory Works ». 6. Chris Bairn, « The End is Nigh… Or Maybe Not : A Temporal Comparison of Eschatology Between Tertullian’s Apology and St. Augustine’s Letter 199 and City of God ».
Instructed Gabriel Bleuwater, David Stielow and Patti Weintraub and Collin MacDonald in Latin for advanced research in Ancient History, Univ. Colorado, Fall 2011.
Represented UCCS History Dept. at the Graduate School Open House, University Center, Oct. 27, 2011.
Instructed UCCS undergraduates Kyle Miller, Joni Raile and Hope Grigsby in Attic Greek, Univ. Colorado, Spring 2011. This reading group is designed to prepare students for advanced study in Ancient History.
Member of the University of Colorado C&R Committee, Univ. of Colorado, 2010-11.
Member of the University of Colorado Planning Committee, Univ. Colorado, 2008-present. Am currently developing a blog on Environmental Sustainability, which will be launched Fall 2011, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. The Committee is also working to develop a standard model for departmental and faculty websites, which will facilitate inter-departmental and inter-disciplinary collaboration.
Member of the University of Colorado Admissions Committee, Univ. Colorado, 2011-present.
Member of the University of Colorado Heller Preservation Committee, Univ. Colorado, 2007-present.
Represented the Classics Minor at the UCCS Majors/Minors Fair, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, September, 2010.
Represented the History Dept. and LAS at the 23rd Annual Faculty to Faculty Conference in Denver, Oct. 9, 2009. The purpose was to convene faculty from Colorado’s two- and four-year public, post-secondary institutions, to review specific majors and programs, and to complement current state efforts to update institutional transfer guides.
A Selection of Graduate Theses Advised at the University of Colorado, Spring 2010 :
Chris Bairn, « The End is Nigh… Or Maybe Not : A Temporal Comparison of Eschatology Between Tertullian’s Apology and St. Augustine’s Letter 199 and City of God ». John Todd Belmear, « An Examination of the Tradition that the Septuagint was Written at the Request of Ptolemy II Philadelphus ». Jonathan Ferris, « Masters Becoming Subjects : Sidonius and Cassiodorus in Gothic Service ». Nina Ellis Frischmann, « Roman Women in Love During the Augustan Principate : Ovid’s Gendered Depiction of Women in His Amatory Works ». Nancy Hoist, « Women in Classical Greece ». Myrna Holstrom, « Jews in the Ancient World : Identity and Otherness ». Cydney Jones, « Hadrian : The Man. The Wall. The War ». Michelle Lastoka, « Interaction and Integration with the Germanic Tribes : A Study as to why the Gallo-Romans did not Defend Themselves ». Paulina Loveless, « In Vino Veritas : Women, Wine, and the Cult of Bacchus in the Roman Republic ». Jennifer Meredith, « The Book of Mark : Problems with Interpretation ». Nate Miller, « Defending Used Car Salesmen : Tacitus, Suetonius and Modern Method ». Stephanie Reese, « Pedagogues in Rome and Greece : Dominion of the Fathers ». Raymond Schultz, « The Hundred-fold Fruit : Asceticism, Virginity, and the Creation of Holy Women on Earth ». Annie Shukaitis, « The Three Wisemen of Aqueducts ». Kay Smith, « Ancient Wars, Ancient Wounds : An Investigation of Medical Treatment on the Battlefields of Ancient Greece ». Michaela Steen, « An Ivory Fragment from the Samian Heraion : A Reappraisal of Style ». Melody Studebaker, « Miletos : Where Milesians Were Once Mighty Men ». Tracy Suarez, « Rites of Passage : The Legacy of Aeneas and Augustine ». Lane Tande, « Roman Women : A Hidden Participation in the Power of Rome ».
A Selection of Senior Theses Advised at the University of Colorado, Spring 2010 :
Matt Bomar, « The Price of Pride : A Study of the Battle of Aegospotami ». Jonathan Bryant, « Roman Foundations ». Nicholas Casale, « On the Success of the Mystery Cult of Jesus ». Sarah Clarke, « Causes of the Three Major Roman Slave Uprisings ». Kevin-Kyle Edens, « Old and New Testament Sacrifices : for Personal Atonement ». Jeremy Eldridge, « Theopompus the Greek Historian : His Influences and the Philippica ». Jimmy Hayes, « The Struggle for God : A Look at Religious Violence in Islam and Christianity ». Jordan Hendrickson, « Constantine : His Fingerprints on Christianity ». Nate Hill, « Achilles and Odysseus : The Homeric Heroes ». Jonathan Johnson, « The Letters and Interpretations of Marcus Cicero ». Nicole Karr, « Vampire : Myth or Reality ? » Greg Mahoney, « From Tyranny to Tyranny : The Political Motivations of Mark Antony and Octavian for Rome in the Months Following the Ides of March ». Charlie Morath, « Prohairesis : A Dialogue ». Katie Pehoviack, « Portrayal of Women in Greek Tragedies ». Ben Phillips, « A Modern Look at Ulysses ». Kimberlee Pollard, « Christians in Rome : Five Purposes of Martyrdom ». Larry Reedy, « Justice at Chalcedon : A Defense of the Tribunal of 361-362 CE ». Elliot Reynolds, « Islamic Fracturing and the First Crusade ». Courtney Sebastianelli, « Ancient Athens : Exceptional Women ». Kolby Stallings, « Women and Men in Greek Mythology ». Jennifer Stone, « The Power and Impact of Cyrus the Great ». Jennifer Thompson, « Slavery in the Roman Republic : The Emergence of Slave Rights and Legislation ». Jen Trimpey, « The Sociological Changes Regarding Marriage with the Emergence of Christianity ». Emily Wade, « Alexander the Great : the Great Man, Who Only Elephants Could Stop ».
A Selection of Graduate Theses Advised at the University of Colorado, Fall 2008 :
Robert Evans, « The Foundations of Phoenicia ». Cassandra Marshall, « Orientalism in Contemporary Popular Culture Representations of the Battle of Thermopylae & The Intersecting of East and West Through the Aesthetic Subconscious ». Matthew Niedzielski, « The Meek Shall Inherit the Empire : How Humility Facilitated Christianity’s Displacement of Paganism ». Roy Jo Sartin, « Isis Writes : Epistolary Portraits of Women’s Empowerment in Roman Egypt ». Jacob Stiedemann, « Reinterpreting Maimonides : A Contextual Comparison with the Cairo Geniza ». Edward White, « Athenian Women of the Archaic and Classical Periods : Negotiating a Life Within the Patriarchy ».
A Selection of Senior Theses Advised at the University of Colorado, Spring 2007:
Jim Adams, « The World of Muhammad ». Chad Baker, « The Initial Emergence of Islam ». David Cerasuolo, « Christianity’s Rise Amid an Empire’s Decay ». Ben Clasquin, « The Renaissance : A Sobering Experience ». Veronica Christensen, « Historical Interpretations of Akhenaton ». Hannah Conway, « A Concise Evaluation of the Level of Influence Held by Women in Medieval European Politics, Literature and Religion ». Laura Difiore, « Busting the Myth : The Use and Misuse of Myth in Historical Philosophy ». Clinton Eaton, « Bach’s Legacy ». Maria Encarnacion, « The Rise of Power of Lorenzo and Cosimo de Medici ». Elizabeth Frelly, « A Comparison of St. Basil of Caesarea, Clement of Alexandria, and St. Augustine of Hippo : Their Works in Christian Theology and Greek Education ». Rebecca Haegeland, « Christianity in Vietnam ». Sarah Haggard, « Julian’s Attempt to Eradicate Christianity : Why He Tried and Why He Failed ». Juree Hindman, « Obedience and Rebellion : Conflicting Images of Theresa of Avila ». Jennifer Larkins, « Finding the Method to his Madness : Interpretations of the Emperor Caligula ». Jamie Light, « Viking Women : A World Ahead ». Emmaline Repp, « Attila of the Huns : How One Barbarian King Contributed to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire ». Angela Ritter, « Hammurabi : The Most Powerful Akkadian Ruler ». Elizabeth Saunders, « Etruscan Ideology ». Kyle Shelhamer, « Deir El-Medina : Skilled Workers Not Slaves ». Jessica Smith, « Nero and the Minorities ». Amy Wigand, « Akhenaton : The Belief and the Legacy ».
Read and evaluated the Senior Thesis of Christina Frischmann, Why Gregory of Nyssa’s Trinitarian Theology is Incomplete, University of Colorado, December 2005.
Read and evaluated the Senior Thesis of G.E. Gibson, Heraclitus : Extant Fragments and the Missing Logos, University of Colorado, May 2005.
Read and evaluated the Senior Thesis of Valeria Holtz, With Regard for Her Philosophy : Margaret Cavendish and 17th-Century Philosophy, University of Colorado, May 2005
Sponsored the lecture of Valeria Holz, «With Regard for Her Philosophy : Margaret Cavendish and 17th Century Science», University of Colorado Springs Undergraduate Conference on Research, Scholarly, Creative and Public Service Activities, May, 2005.
Sponsored the lecture of Jordan Kiper, «Negative Peace : Postmodern Politics and the Philosophy of Peace», University of Colorado Springs Undergraduate Conference on Research, Scholarly, Creative and Public Service Activities, May, 2005.
Mentored Jordan Kiper and Valeria Holz in their successful applications for LAS Student Scholar Awards, University of Colorado, October 2004.
Sponsored the lecture of Matt Butcher, “Instantiating Metaphysics: Being, Becoming and Forms in Object-Oriented Computer Programming”, University of Colorado Springs Undergraduate Conference on Research, Scholarly, Creative and Public Service Activities, May, 2004. Voted best presentation in the College of Arts and Letters.
Sponsored the lecture of G.E. Gibson, “Heraklitus: Flux and the Logos”, University of Colorado Springs Undergraduate Conference on Research, Scholarly, Creative and Public Service Activities, May, 2004.
Developed and edited La Plume, a literary and philosophical journal at l'Institut Universitaire de Saint Melaine, Rennes, France (1996).
Reorganized the Biblical Greek program at Concordia College (1994-96).
Member of the Technology Development Committee for language studies at Concordia College. Purchased the Perseus program and the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae and Thesaurus Linguae Latinae programs. Developed the Religion and Philosophy Video collections, and created a corresponding Video Catalog which is now included in the Tri-College Film Catalog. (1994-95)
Reviewed the Library holdings in Classics at Concordia, and created a Bibliography of recommended acquisitions. (1994)
Served as Coeditor of New Voices, published through the Concordia Division of Humanities. (1995-96)
Established an Ancient Philosophy Reading Group, concentrating on Plato and Aristotle, Concordia College. (1995-96)
Chaired the Pedagogical Development Workshop at Concordia College. (Summer 1995)
Advisor of a Senior Thesis by Tom Vogl, entitled "The Golden Fleece, the Golden Ass and the Magna Mater," which was submitted for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in the Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Spring 1992.
Writer and Reader of Eric Plumer's Doctoral Examination in Theology at the University of Notre Dame, December 1992. Topic: Cicero's influence on Augustine's theory of rhetoric in the De Doctrina Christiana.
Language advisor to Tsung Yeh, Conductor of the South Symphony, in the production of Poulenc's Gloria, Spring 1990.