E-mail: Casey.Due@mail.uh.edu
E-mail: Casey.Due@mail.uh.edu
Associate Professor and Director of Classical Studies, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, University of Houston
Office hours: By appointment, Agnes Arnold Hall room 454
MCL Dept. phone number: (713) 743-3007, but e-mail is always preferable
Courses:
Classics 4375: Gender and Race in Greek Myth (Fall 2008)
Classics 3370: Comparative Epic (Fall 2008)
Classics 3345: Myth and Performance in Greek Tragedy
Classics 3366: Greek Art and Archaeology - In Search of the Trojan War (Spring 2008)
Classics 3381: From Homer to Hollywood - Archaic and Classical Greek Themes in Modern Cinema (Spring 2007)
Classics 3307: Ancient Greek and Roman Myths of Heroes (Fall 2003; Fall/Spring 2005-2007 taught on-line through webct)
Classics 3308: Myths and Cult of the Greek Gods (Spring 2003)
Classics 3398: Fifth Century Athens
Greek 3398/4398: Ancient Greek Novel (Spring 2007)
Casey Dué Hackney
Department of Modern and Classical Languages
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-3784CURRENT POSITION: Associate Professor, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, University of Houston; Executive Editor, Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, D.C., 2000-present
SPECIAL INTERESTS: (1) Homeric poetry (2) Greek oral traditions (3) Greek tragedy (4) textual criticism
EDUCATION
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1996-2001
- M.A. in Classical Philology 1998; Ph.D. in Classical Philology 2001American School for Classical Studies, Athens, Summer Session 1998
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 1992-1996
- B.A. in Latin and Greek, magna cum laude with departmental honors and Phi Beta Kappa 1996PUBLICATIONS
Iliad 10 and the Poetics of Ambush: A Multitext Edition with Essays and Commentary (with Mary Ebbott). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, forthcoming (Fall, 2009).
Recapturing a Homeric Legacy: Images and Insights from the Venetus A Manuscript of the Iliad (ed.).Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, forthcoming (Fall, 2008).
The Homer Multitext Project (ed., with Mary Ebbott). Center for Hellenic Studies, on-going.
"Digital Criticism: Editorial Standards for the Homer Multitext." Digital Humanities Quarterly, forthcoming (October, 2008).
"Digital Images of Iliad Manuscripts from the Marciana Library" (ed.,with Christopher Blackwell, Mary Ebbott, and Neel Smith). First Drafts@Classics@ (10/2007).
"Oral Poetics and the Homeric Doloneia" (with Mary Ebbott). First Drafts@Classics@ (edition of 7/11/2007).
"Learning Lessons From The Trojan War: Briseis and the Theme of Force." College Literature 34 (2007): 229-262.
"The Invention of Ossian." Classics@ 3 (2006).
The Captive Woman's Lament in Greek Tragedy. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006.
"Homer's Post-Classical Legacy." In J. M. Foley, ed., A Companion to Ancient Epic. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005.
"Achilles, Mother Bird: Similes and Traditionality in Homeric Poetry." Classical Bulletin 81 (2005): 3-18.
"Illuminating the Classics with the Heroes of Philostratus" (with Gregory Nagy). In E. Aitken and J. Maclean, eds., Philostratus: Heroikos, Religion, and Cutural Identity. Atlanta, Ga.: Society of Biblical Literature, 2004.
"Amor, pérdida, y nostalgia in Los persas de Eschilo." In A. M. G. de Tobia, ed., Ética y Estética. De Grecia a la modernidad. Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, 2004.
“As Many Homers As You Please: An On-line Multitext of Homer” (with Mary Ebbott). Classics@ 2 (2004).
"What is Oral Poetry? Ancient Greek Oral Genres." Oral Tradition 18 (2003): 62-64.
"Preliminaries to Philostratus' On Heroes" (with Gregory Nagy). In E. Aitken and J. Maclean, eds., Philostratus: On Heroes. Atlanta, Ga.: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.
Homeric Variations on a Lament by Briseis. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield Press, 2002.
"Achilles' Golden Amphora in Aeschines' Against Timarchus and the Afterlife of Oral Tradition." Classical Philology 96 (2001): 33-47. [Reprinted in Greek Literature, Volume I: The Oral Traditional Background of Ancient Greek Literature. ed. G. Nagy. New York: Routledge, 2001.]
"Sunt Aliquid Manes: Homer, Plato, and Alexandrian Allusion in Propertius 4.7." Classical Journal 96 (2001): 401-413.
(ed., with Mary Ebbott and Dimitrios Yatromanolakis) Homer and the Papyri. Center for Hellenic Studies, 2001-present.
"The Care and Feeding of Core Discussion Sections Using Web-based Discussion Forums." Best Practices for Computer-Enhanced Teaching and Learning. Instructional Computing Group, Harvard University (2001).
"Tragic History and Barbarian Speech in Sallust's Jugurtha." Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 100 (2000): 311-325.
"Poetry and the DÍmos: State Regulation of a Civic Possession." Stoa Consortium (2000). [Reprinted in Greek Literature, Volume V: Greek literature in the Classical period: The Prose of Historiography and Oratory. ed. G. Nagy. New York: Routledge, 2001.]
"Performance and Performer: The Role of Tradition in Oral Epic Song." Milman Parry Collection (1999).
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
"Digital Criticism: Standards for the Homer Multitext." Changing the Center of Gravity: Transforming Classical Studies through Cyberinfrastructure. Lexington, KY, October 4-5, 2007.
"Creatures of the Night in Greek Epic." CAMWS Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, April 11-14, 2007.
"Iliad X and the Poetics of Ambush." CAMWS Annual Meeting, Gainseville, FL, April 6-8, 2006.
"Reading the Iliad in the twenty-first century: Wolfgang Petersen’s Troy and Simone Weil’s The Iliad or The Poem of Force." University of Missouri, January 31, 2006.
"The Invention of Ossian." The Homerizon: Conceptual Interrogations in Homeric Studies. Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, DC, June 27-29, 2005.
"Electronic Editions and Digital Libraries: The Homer Multitext and Classical Text Services Protocol." Ancient Studies, New Technologies III, James Madison University, December 4, 2004.
"Achilles, Mother Bird: Similes and Traditionality in Homeric Poetry." CAMWS Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, April 15-17, 2004.
"Animal Similes in Early Greek Poetry and Art." Lecture to accompany special exhibit, The Centaur’s Smile: The Human Animal in Early Greek Art. Museum of Fine Arts Houston, March 11, 2004.
"Love, Loss, and Longing in the Persians of Aeschylus." Rice University, November 13, 2003.
"Amor, pérdida, y nostalgia in Los persas de Eschilo." Ética y Estética. De Grecia a la modernidad, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, June 10-13, 2003.
"Women's Songs and Men's Songs: Gender, Genre, and the Development of Homeric Poetry." CAMWS Annual Meeting, Lexington, KY, April 3-5, 2003.
"As Many Homers as You Please: An On-line Multitext of Homer." APA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, January 3-6, 2003.
"The Captive Woman's Lament." CAMWS Annual Meeting, Austin, April 4-6, 2002.
"The Captive Woman's Lament and Her Revenge in the Hecuba of Euripides." International Women's Day Panel, Women and War. University of Houston, March 11, 2002.
"Teaching Philostratus' Heroikos." Philostratus' Heroikos, Religion, and Cultural Identity. Harvard University, May 4-6, 2001.
"Rediscovering Homer." Harvard University Alumni College Weekend, October 28-29, 2000.
"Teaching Homer in a Global Classroom." New Information Technologies and Liberal Education, Furman University, May 5-7, 2000.
"Poetry and the Dêmos: State Regulation of a Civic Possession." CAMWS Annual Meeting, Knoxville, April 5-8, 2000.
"Albert B. Lord: A Multimedia Event." Harvard University, May 7, 1999.
"Sunt Aliquid Manes: Homer, Plato, and Alexandrian Allusion in Propertius IV 7." CAMWS Annual Meeting, Cleveland, April 17, 1999.
"The Golden Amphora: Aeschines and the Preservation of Oral Poetry." The COMPONO Conference, SUNY Buffalo, April 3-5, 1998.
TEACHING
Classics 3381: From Homer to Hollywood - Archaic and Classical Greek Themes in Modern Cinema University of Houston, Fall 2005, Spring 2007
Greek Art and Archaeology: In Search of the Trojan War, University of Houston, Spring 2004
Greek and Roman Myths of Heroes, University of Houston, Fall 2001, 2002, 2003; Spring 2004, 2006, 2007 and Fall 2005, 2006 (on-line)
Myths and Cult of the Greek Gods, University of Houston, Spring 2002, 2003
Fifth Century Athens, University of Houston, Fall 2003, Summer 2004
Greek 1301-1302: Beginning Greek, University of Houston, 2001-2006
Greek 2301-2302: Intermediate Greek, University of Houston, 2002-2006
Greek 3398/4398: Ancient Greek Novel, University of Houston, Spring 2007
Greek 3398: Aristophanes, University of Houston, Spring 2004
Greek 3398: The Iliad, University of Houston, Fall 2003, Spring 2006
Greek 3398: Homer, Herodotus, and Thucydides, University of Houston, Fall 2002
Greek 3398: The Odyssey, University of Houston, Fall 2001
Greek 4398: Euripides and Demosthenes, University of Houston, Spring 2003
Greek 4398: Sophocles, University of Houston, Spring 2002
Latin 4398: The Aeneid, University of Houston, Spring 2003, Fall 2006
Latin 4398: Sallust, University of Houston, Spring 2002
The Concept of the Hero in Greek Civilization, Harvard University, 1998-2001
Undergraduate Seminar: Virgin Sacrifice in Greek Tragedy, Harvard University, Spring 2000
The Concept of the Hero in Greek Civilization, Harvard Extension School, Spring 2000
The Rome of Augustus, Harvard University, Spring 2000
Latin A, Harvard University, Fall 1999
Greek 4: Selections from Homer's Iliad, Harvard University, Spring 1999
Cicero and Livy, Harvard University, Fall 1998RELATED EXPERIENCE
Executive Editor, Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature 1999-present
Academic and Residential Adviser, Freshman Dean's Office, Harvard University, 1999-2001
Co-Project Leader Homeric Odyssey and the Cultivation of Justice, Spring 2000
Co-Project Leader, Homer's Poetic Justice, Spring 1999
Graduate Writing Fellow, Harvard Unversity, Fall 1999AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES OF DISTINCTION IN TEACHING
CLASS Teaching Excellence Award 2004
The Concept of the Hero in Greek Civilization 1999 and 2001, Latin A 1999, The Rome of Augustus 2000
REFERENCES:
Richard Armstrong (Richard.Armstrong@mail.uh.edu)
Dora Pozzi (dcpozzi@uh.edu)Gloria Ferrari Pinney (pinney@fas.harvard. edu)
Albert Henrichs (henrichs@fas.harvard.edu)
Gregory Nagy (gnagy@fas.harvard.edu)
Current Projects Oral Poetics and The Homeric Doloneia, an edition of Iliad book 10 with accompanying essays, a line by line commentary, and a critical text, ed. Casey DuČ and Mary Ebbott. Our project seeks to correct a major imbalance in Homeric studies, namely the absence of a scholarly commentary that embraces and applies the past 80 years of scholarship into the oral traditional background of the Iliad and Odyssey. This research has shown that the Iliad and Odyssey are products of oral recomposition-in-performance, as demonstrated by the foundational work of Milman Parry and Albert Lord. In recent decades much work has been done to show how the artistry of such a system works, and the poetics of an orally composed, traditional poem are becoming much better understood. But the standard commentaries, including the most recent, do not for the most part engage this scholarship. Instead they rely on older models that attribute the artistry of the Iliad and Odyssey to a single genius (often named “Homer” and often conceived of as literate). The volume we have undertaken will consist of 1) a series of introductory essays that addresses central questions in Homeric scholarship discussed in the narrative below and how they apply to Iliad 10 in particular; 2) a critical text of the highly controversial book 10 of the Iliad, together with an apparatus that calls attention to the many and varying historical witnesses to the text; 3) a detailed commentary, intended to explicate the text of this book and situate it within the poetics of the oral tradition in which the Iliad and Odyssey were composed.
The Homerizon: Conceptual Interrogations in Homeric Studies. ed. Richard Armstrong and Casey DuČ. Conference Proceedings from the June 2005 conference held at the Center for Hellenic Studies. Edited with an introduction by Armstrong and DuČ. This volume has been submitted for consideration for publication.
Cretan Tales (ed.) This is a book about Cretan story-telling traditions, and how those traditions are incorporated into and reflected in the Iliad and Odyssey. The book is the result of seminar on Cretan traditions held at Harvard University in the fall of 2000.
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