James J. Clauss
Department of
Classics
Box 353110
University of Washington
Seattle WA 98195
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Institution Degree Dates
American School of Classical Studies, Athens 1982-83
University of California, Berkeley Ph. D. 1976-83
Fordham University M.A. 1974-76
Rome Center, Loyola University of Chicago 1973-74
University of Scranton B.A. (summa cum laude) 1971-74
Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Allusion and the Narrative Style of Apollonius Rhodius
EMPLOYMENT RECORD
Institution Position Dates
University
of Washington Director of Honors Program 2007-present
University of Washington Adjunct Professor:
Comparative Literature 2006-present
Near Eastern Languages and Civilization 2007-present
University of Washington Chair of Classics 2002-2007
University of Washington Professor 1997-present
University of Washington Associate Professor 1990-1997
University of Washington Assistant Professor 1984-1990
Creighton University Instructor/Asst. Prof. 1983-1984
University of California (Berkeley) Greek Workshop (Dir.) summer,
1981
Teaching Asst./Assoc. 1977-1980
University of Scranton Instructor summer, 1977
Fordham University Teaching Assistant Fall, 1975
PRIZES AND FELLOWSHIPS
Distinguished
Teaching Award, University of Washington, 1996
Thomas Day Seymour Fellowship, American School of Classical
Studies in Athens, 1982-83
John Wesley Brittan Fellowship in Classics, University of
California, Berkeley, 1982-83
Richardson Latin Translation Prize, University of California,
Berkeley, 1982
Lulu J. Blumberg Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley,
1980-81
Alpha Sigma Nu, National Honor Society, 1974
RESEARCH PROJECTS AND GRANTS
University of Washington, Graduate Research Fellowship,
Winter, 1991
University of Washington, Graduate School Research Fund,Summer,
1988
University of Washington, CAS, Release Time Grant, Winter, 1986
Nebraska Committee for the Humanities, for Symposium, Intermundia
Hellenistica, Spring, 1984
BOOKS, COLLECTIONS, TRANSLATIONS
Special Issue of Syllecta Classica 6 (1995), co-editor and co-author of the introduction
ARTICLES
"Allusion and Structure in Horace Satire 2.1: the Callimachean Response,"Transactions of the American Philological Association 115 (1985) pp. 197-206.
"Lies and Allusions: the Addressee and the Date of Callimachus' Hymn to Zeus,"Classical Antiquity 5 (1986), pp. 155-170.
"Ironic E)/KPLHCIS in Livy 21.16,"Ancient History Bulletin 1 (1987), pp. 65-67.
"The Episode of the Lycian Farmers in Ovid's Metamorphoses,"Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 92 (1988), pp. 297-314.
"Vergil and the Euphrates Revisited,"American Journal of Philology 109 (1988), pp. 309-320.
"Two Curious Reflections in the Argonautic Looking Glass (Argo. 1.577 and 603),"Giornale Italiano di Filologia 41 (1989), pp. 195-207
"The Ignoble Consistency of M. Caelius Rufus,"Athenaeum, 78 (1990), pp. 531-540
"Hellenistic Imitations of Hesiod, Catalogue of Women, fr. 1.6-7 M&W,"Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica 65 (1990), pp. 129-140
"A Mythological Thaumatrope in Apollonius Rhodius,"Hermes 119 (1991), pp. 484-488
"An Attic-speaking Crow on the Capitoline: A Literary Emigré from the Hecale,"Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 96 (1993), pp. 167-173
"Undisciplined Reflections: Hellenistic Studies and the APA,"TAPA 124 (1994) pp. 341-344, co-author
"A Delicate Foot on the Well-Worn Threshold: Paradoxical Imagery in Catullus 68b,"American Journal of Philology 116 (1995) pp. 237-253
"The Mephistophelian Nausicaa: Medea in Book 3 of Apollonius' Argonautica," in Medea pp. 149-177
"A Course on Classical Mythology in Film,"Classical Journal 91 (1996) pp. 287-95
"Domestici Hostes: the Nausicaa in Medea, the Catiline in Hannibal," Materiali e Discussioni 39 (1997) pp. 165-185
"An Acrostic in Vergil (Eclogues 1.5-8): The Chance That Mimics Choice," Aevum Antiquum 10 (1997) pp. 267-287
"Cosmos without Imperium: The Argonautic Journey through Time," Hellenistica Groningana IV: Apollonius Rhodius, (Groningen 2000) pp. 11-32
"Once upon a Time on Cos: A Banquet with Pan on the Side in Theocritus Idyll 7," Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 101 (2001) pp. 289-302
"Vergil's Aeneas: The Best of the Romans," in Approaches to Teaching Vergil W. S. Anderson and L. N. Quartarone (edd.) (Modern Language Association 2002) pp. 87-98
"Vergil's Sixth Eclogue: The Aetia in Rome," in M. A. Harder a.o. (edd.), Hellenstica Groningana VI: Callimachus (Groningen 2004) pp. 71-93
"Large and Illyrical Waters in Vergil's Eighth Eclogue," Hermathena 173/174 (2003/04) [2005] pp. 165-173
"Theriaca: Nicander's Poem of the Earth," Studi Italiani di Filologia Classica 6 (2006) pp. 160-182
"When Nature Becomes Natural: Spiritual Catastrophe in Pasolini's Medea," Phasis 10.2 (2007) pp. 147-152
"Hercules Unchained: Contaminatio, Nostos, Katabasis, and the Surreal," Arethusa 41 (2008) pp. 51-66
WORK IN PROGRESS
Companion to Hellenistic Literature, co-editor and author of chapters
REPRINTS
The Best of the Argonauts. The Redefinition of the Epic Hero in Book 1 of Apollonius' Argonautica (University of California Press 1993) 1-13 in Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism Vol. 28 (Detroit/London 1999)
REVIEWS
E. -R. Schwinge, Künstlichkeit von Kunst. Zur Geschichtlichkeit der alexandrinischen Poesie, (München 1986), American Journal of Philology 109 (1988), pp. 447-451.
A.S. Hollis (ed.), Callimachus Hecale (Oxford 1990) Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2 (1991) pp. 134-139
R. L. Hunter (ed.), Apollonius of Rhodes Argonautica Book III (Cambridge 1989) Echos du Monde Classique / Classical Views 11 (1992) pp. 63-67
R. A. B. Mynors (ed.), Virgil: Georgics (Oxford 1990) Vergilius 38 (1992) pp. 126-134
K. Thiel, Erzählung und Beschreibung in den Argonautika des Apollonios Rhodios (Stuttgart 1993) American Journal of Philology 116 (1995) pp. 324-327
W. Clausen, Virgil. Eclogues (Oxford 1994) Bryn Mawr Classical Review 6.8 (1995) pp. 681-685
S. Jackson, Creative Selectivity in Apollonius' Argonautica (Amsterdam 1993) Hermathena 161 (1996) pp. 91-96
R. A. Gurval, Actium and Augustus (Ann Arbor 1995) Bryn Mawr Classical Review 7.7 (1996) pp. 582-588
B. H. Fowler, Vergil's Eclogues (Chapel Hill 1997) International Journal of the Classical Tradition 6.4 (2000) pp. 613-615
Theodore D. Papanghelis and Antonios Rengakos (eds.), A Companion to Apollonius Rhodius (Leiden 2001) Classical World 96.2 (2003) pp. 229-230
R. J. Clare, The Path of the Argo. Language, Imagery, and Narrative in the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius (Cambridge 2002) Vergilius 49 (2003) pp. 152-158.
Susan Stephens, Seeing Double. Intercultural Poetics in Ptolemaic Alexandria (Berkeley 2003) Phoenix 59 (2005) pp. 161-65.
Gary Berkowitz, Semi-Public Narration in Apollonius' Argonautica (Louvain 2004) Classical Review 55 (2005) pp. 454-56
Alan Cameron, Greek Mythography in the Roman World (Oxford 2004) Classical Philology 101 (2006) 295-99
I. Graduate seminars and symposia given at this or other Universities:
"Originality in Ancient Greek and Roman Literature and the Gospel of St. Luke," Catalysts, University of Washington, 14 May 2008
"Classical Mythology and Traditional Folktales in Film," UW Annual Faculty Lecture (AIA), 4 March 2008
"When Nature becomes Natural: Spiritual Catastrophe in Pasolini's Medea," Argonautica and World Culture, Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia, October 3, 2007
"Nicander's Poem of the Earth," Seminario di Lettaratura Classica, Arezzo, March 17, 2006
"Programmatic Puns in Vergil and Nicander," University of California (Berkeley), November 4, 2004
"Vergil's Sixth Eclogue: The Aetia in Rome," University of Calgary, October 24, 2003
"Descent into Hell: A Folktale Motif in Ancient Mythology and Modern Cinema," Calgary Society for Mediterranean Studies, University of Calgary, Oct. 25, 2003
"Catastrofe Spirituale in Pasolini's Medea," On Board the Argo Through Time and Media (Conference), University of Washington, November 3, 2000
"If only the Argo never sailed: Paradoxical Evolution in Apollonius' Argonautica," Universitˆ di Fiorenze, March 21, 1999
"Vergil's Aeneas: The Best of the Romans,"Colby College, Maine, November 8, 1995
"Cast in Another's Role: Medea as Nausicaa, Hannibal as Catiline," Allusion and the Limits of Interpretability (Colloquium), University of Washington, 29 April 1995.
"Un passo delicato su una soglia consunta. Immagini e matafore paradossali nel carme 68 di Catullo,"
Universitŕ degli Studi di Verona (Italy), April 13, 1994
Universitŕ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan (Italy), April 14, 1994
"Augustan Rome: an Urban Panegyric," Department of Classics, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, British Columbia, October 21, 1989.
"Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica: heroic contrasts,"Faculty Seminar in Ancient Studies, The University of Puget Sound, April 21, 1989.
"Ambition and Anger as Factors in Roman Politics of the Late Republic: M. Caelius Rufus and his Rejection of the Caesarian Cause," The University of Victoria, Department of Classics, January 28, 1988.
"The Narrative Technique of Apollonius Rhodius,"University of Victoria, Department of Classics, January 29, 1988.
"Poets in the Library: the New Literary Movement of the Hellenistic Age," Creighton University (Intermundia Hellenistica, a symposium) April 4, 1984.
II. Papers read before scholarly associations:
"God Made Man: The Classical Hero in Film," American Philological Association Meeting, San Diego, Jan. 2007
"Hercules Unchained: Nostos, Katabasis, Contaminatio and the Surreal," American Philological Association Meeting, Boston, Jan. 2005
"Descent into Hell: A Folktale Motif in Ancient Mythology and Modern Cinema," Calgary Society for Mediterranean Studies, University of Calgary, Oct. 25, 2003
"Catastrofe Spirituale in Pasolini's Medea," The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, Albuquerque New Mexico, February 13, 2003
"Callimachus in Rome: Vergil's Sixth Eclogue," Sixth Groningen Workshop on Hellenistic Poetry, Groningen, Netherlands, August, 2002; Chicago Classical Club, May, 2003
"The Katabasis Theme in Ancient Myth and Modern Film," Guelph Classics Association 6th Annual Symposium, Feb 27, 1999
"Casting a Wider and More Inclusive Net: Teaching Multiculturalism at Home and Abroad", in panel "Multiculturalism and the Classics" (organized by the author), American Philological Association Meeting, Washington DC, Dec. 1998 .
"Strategies for teaching the Classics," Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers, Appleton WI, 6 November 1998
"Did Maurizio Nichetti steal Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thief," Dante Alleghieri Society, Seattle, October 14, 1998
"If only the Argo never sailed: Paradoxical Evolution in Apollonius' Argonautica," Fourth Groningen Workshop on Hellenistic Poetry, Groningen, Netherlands, September 4, 1998
"Descent into Hell: Mythic Paradigms in The Searchers", Western History Association, St. Paul, MN, October 1997
"An Acrostic in Vergil (Eclogues 1.5-8)?", Classical Association of the Middlewest and South, Nashville, TN, April 1996
"Hannibal in Catiline: The Opening of the Third Decade of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita, Classical Association of the Middlewest and South, Omaha, NE, 20 April 1995.
"Hannibal in Catiline: From Historical Analysis to Moral Drama,"Xe congrčs de la fédération internationale des associations d'études classiques, 27 Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada, August 27, 1994
"A Delicate Foot on the Well Worn Threshold: Inverted Poetics in Catullus 68b"Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest, Vancouver BC, April 3, 1992
"The Mephistophelian Nausicaa: Medea in the Argonautica," American Philological Association Annual meeting, Chicago, December 1991
"The Best of the Argonauts," American Philological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, December 28, 1989.
"A Hephaestian 'holkas' (Apollonius Rhodius 1.603)," Classical Association of the Middlewest and South, Lexington, KY, April 1, 1989.
"Argonautic Heroics," Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest, Victoria B.C., April 15, 1989.
"Poetic Investiture in the Episode of the Lycian Farmers," Classical Association of the Middlewest and South, Boulder, Colorado, April 1987.
"Ordinal Imitation in the Sixth Eclogue," Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest, Seattle, WA, April 1987.
"Allusion, Date and Function of Callimachus' Hymn to Zeus," American Philological Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., December, 1985.
"The Sacrifice and Apportionment of the Argo," Classical Association of the Middlewest and South, Williamsburg, VA, April 1984.
"Horace, Satire 2.1.17-21: a Callimachean Reply," American Philological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, December 1982.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
Advisory Editor, Focus Classical Library, Cambridge, Mass. 1987-present
Advisory Council, School of Classical Studies, American Academy in Rome 1987-present
American
Philological Association, member 1975-present
APA Editorial Board for Textbooks (EBT) 1991-1996
APA EBT, chair 1993-1996
APA Committee on Publications 1993-1996
Search Committee for the editor of TAPA 1995
Committee on Scholarships for Minority Students 1996-1999, chair
1998-99
Archaeological
Institute of America, member 1989-present
Vice-president of the Seattle chapter 1990-1991
President of the Seattle chapter 1991-1992
Classical
Association of the Pacific Northwest, member1985-present
Chair, Scholarship Committee 1987-92
Vice-president 1991-92
President 1992-93
Classical Association of the Middlewest and South, member 1983-present
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