Casey Dué Hackney
Department of Modern and Classical Languages
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-3784
CURRENT 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 2001
American 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 1996
PUBLICATIONS
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 (Spring, 2009).
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 3.1 (Winter, 2009).
"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.
"Tragic History and Barbarian Speech in Sallust's Jugurtha." Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 100 (2000): 311-325.
"Poetry and the Demos: 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
"New Light on an Ancient Text: Accessing the Iliad through the Lens of the Venetus A Manuscript." The annual conference of the International Documentation Committee of the International Council of Museums: “The Digital Curation of Cultural Heritage.” Athens, Greece, September 15-18, 2008.
“Homer and History in the Venetus A.” (Part of the organized panel Rediscovering Homer: Capturing the Venetus A Manuscript of the Iliad.) CAMWS Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, April 17-19, 2008.
“Agamemnon's Densely-packed Sorrow in Iliad 10: How to Read a Homeric Simile.” College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, March 12, 2008.
“Flowers of Commemoration: Ancient and Modern Interpretations of the Death of Young Men in the Iliad.” Bates College, Lewiston, ME, March 10, 2008.
"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
Gender and Race in Greek Myth, University of Houston, Fall 2008
Comparative Epic, University of Houston, Fall 2008
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, 2008
Greek and Roman Myths of Heroes, University of Houston, Fall 2001, 2002, 2003; Spring 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 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 1998
RELATED 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 1999
AWARDS 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)
Gregory Nagy (gnagy@fas.harvard.edu)
