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| Department
of World Languages & Cultures:
Joseph P. Wilson |
Achilles with the body of Hector, c. 560 B.C. |
| OFFICE: |
St. Thomas Hall 380
Department of World Languages and Cultures
University of Scranton
Scranton, PA 18510 |
| PHONE: |
(717) 941-4220 Office |
| EDUCATION: |
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University of Iowa, Ph.D., Classics |
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University of Toledo, B.A., Classics |
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| APPOINTMENTS: |
| University of Scranton, Lecturer, 1985-1987;
Assistant Professor, 1987-1992; Associate Professor 1992 - |
| University of Toledo, Instructor, 1983-1985,
summer 1992 |
| RETS (nee National) Institute of Technology,
Instructor, 1983-1985 |
| Central Catholic High School, 1983-1984 |
| Cardinal Stritch High School, 1983-1984 |
| University of Iowa, Teaching Assistant, 1979-1981;
Lecturer, 1982-1983 |
| Kirkwood Community College, Fall 1981 |
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| AWARDS: |
| "Fulbright Fellow, University
of Gjirokaster,Albania, Spring 2003. |
| NEH Summer Seminar, 1994 - "The Frontiers
of the Roman Empire," Stephen Dyson, Director. |
| NEH Summer Institute, 1991 - "Teaching
the Roman Empire: New Perspectives," George Houston and
Richard Talbert, Co-directors. |
| NEH Summer Seminar, 1989 - "The Family
in Classical and Hellenistic Greece," Sarah Pomeroy,
Director. |
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ACADEMIC WORK:
| Papers |
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"Homer and the End of Poetry," Hawaii
International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Jan. 2003 |
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"Oedipus: The Hero and the
Riddle," Classical Association Meeting, Lampeter, Wales,
April 1998. |
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"Homer's Aias: The Hero and
the Poet," APA Annual Meeting, New York, NY, December
1996. |
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"Aias: Immutable Heroism and
Oral Poetry,"
Epos and Logos Conference, University of Natal, Durban, South
Africa, July, 1996. |
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"Theseus in Sophocles and
Euripides." XIX Comparative Drama Conference, University
of Florida, March 1995. |
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"Oedipus at Colonus 637;
empalin or empolin," APA Annual Meeting, Atlanta,
GA, December 1994. |
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"The Military Reputation of
Augustus Reconsidered," CAAS Fall Meeting, Annapolis,
MD, October 1993. |
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"The Trouble with Oedipus'
Grave." CAAS Spring Meeting, Villanova University, April
1992. |
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"Oikos and Polis
in Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus,"
Kentucky World Languages and Cultures Conference, University of Kentucky,
April 1990. |
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"Emperors and Prefects: Lessons
in Social Climbing," Missouri Valley History Conference,
Omaha, NE, March 1989. |
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"Roman Law and the end of
the Aeneid," PA Classical Association Meeting,
Philadelphia, October 1988. |
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"Attenuated Manus in
Free Roman Marriage," CAAS Spring Meeting, St, Joseph's
University, April 1988. |
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"The Dido Episode and Roman
Marriage," Ohio Classical Conference Meeting, Toledo,
OH, October 1987. |
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"Adultery, Homosexuality,
and Usurpation at Rome." Missouri Valley History Conference,
Omaha, March 1987. |
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"Some Women In Tacitus,"
Iowa Classical League Meeting, University of Iowa, April 1981. |
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Commentator, Ancient History Session,
Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, March 1991, 1990,
and 1988. |
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| Publications |
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"Homer and the End
of Poetry," Proceedings of the Hawaii International
Conference on Arts and Humanities, Jan. 2003
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The Hero and The City: An Interpretation
of Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus (Ann Arbor, 1997). |
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"Grex Scipionis in
De Amicitia: A Reply to Gary Forsythe,"
American
Journal of Philosophy, vol. 115, No. 2, 1994, 269-271. |
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"A Note on Choephori
1058," Hermes Band 122 No, 3, 211-212. |
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"A Note on Cicero's De
Finibus 3.75," Mnemosyne vol. XLV, Fasc. 31
1992, 364-365. |
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"The Death of Lucan: Suicide
and Execution in Tacitus," Latomus Tome XLIX,
No. 2, 1990, 458-463. |
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"Defending an Unwed Stepmother:
Catullus 64.402," Classical Bulletin Spring 1988,
45-49. |
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"Three Non-Uses of Frater
in the Pro Caelio," Classical Journal,
February-March 1988, 207-211. |
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"The Entitlement of Vespasian,"
Journal of Indo-European Studies, Spring-Summer 1987,
221-222. |
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"A Note on the Entitlement
of Otho," JIES Fall-Winter 1983, 191-192. |
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Reviews |
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J. Peter Euben (ed.), Greek
Tragedy and Political Theory. Classical Bulletin,
Summer-Fall 1988. |
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Michael Gagarin, Early Greek
Law. Classical Bulletin, Spring 1988. |
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John Lazenby, The Spartan Army.
Classical Bulletin, Winter 1987. |
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Larry L. King, None But A Blockhead.
Best Sellers, June 1986. |
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Leonard Mosley, Disney's World.
Best Sellers, March 1986. |
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