C. A. E. Luschnig
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3174
luschnig@uidaho.edu
Home page: www.its.uidaho.edu/luschnig/
Education
Academic Degrees
B.A. (Latin and Greek), 1962, City College
of New York (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). New York State Scholarship (1959-62).
M.A. (Classics), 1963, The University of
Cincinnati. Thesis: "Country Life in the Late Roman Empire." Semple Fellowship.
Ph.D. (Classics), 1972, The University of
Cincinnati. Dissertation: "The Logos-Ergon Conflict: A Study of Euripidean
Tragedy. Semple Fellowships; Summer Travel Fellowship; Semple
Teaching Fellowship. In residence 1963-66..
Post-doctoral Study
NEH Summer Seminars for College
Teachers:
- 1977: "Tragedy" directed by Norman
Rabkin, University of California, Berkeley.
- 1982: "Greek Tragedy" directed by Marsh
McCall, Stanford University.
- 1989: "The Family in Classical Greece"
directed by Sarah Pomeroy, City University of New York.
NEH Institute for College Teachers
- 1996: "New Perspectives on Classical Antiquity" directed by Bella (Zweig)
Vivante, University of Arizona
Teaching
Academic-Year Positions
Professor (1982-) of Classics, University
of Idaho (hired, 1975; tenured , 1981). Coordinator of Classical Studies (1975-1993, 1995-
with L. Perraud).
Assistant Professor of Classics, University of Washington, 1973-4.
Instructor in Classics, Ohio University, 1966-70.
Teaching Fellow, the University of Cincinnati, 1965-6.
Other
Lecturer at the
Tennessee Governor's School for the Humanities, summers 1985, 1986.
Professor at University of Colorado, summer
session 1990.
NEH planning grant with L. Perraud, "The Ancient World in the Curriculum,"
1985-6: work with secondary school teachers.
NEH Secondary Education Grant with L. Perraud and Connie Evans, "Ancient World
Institute," 1987-8. (A program for secondary school teachers which included a
six-week institute and a one-week follow-up workshop for twenty-four Idaho teachers.)
Courses Developed at the University of Idaho
- Greek 349.01 Taped course for Elementary Greek Language Lab (2 semesters).
- Latin 163 Taped course for Elementary Latin Language Lab. (2 semesters).
- Latin composition and grammar review to
supplement third semester Latin.
- Greek grammar review for third semester Greek
- Greek sight-reading.
- Latin sight-reading.
- Latin vocabulary building and textbook Vocabula
published by the New England Classical Association.
- Greek vocabulary building and textbook (in progress) Lexeis.
- Greek Tragedy in Context: Aeschylus, Sophocles,
Euripides, and Aristophanes in English translation.
- Greek without Pain: a general education course to introduce students and other adults in
the community to the basics of Greek grammar, syntax, and vocabulary
- Readings on Classical Scholarship in Antiquity (in Greek)
- Readings on Roman Women (in Latin)
- Readings on Greek Women (in Greek)
- Intensive Greek for the Summer (with L. Perraud)
- Seminar in Roman Letters
- Greek/Latin Comparative Syntax (Lab)
- Greek Web site in
collaboration with Van Anderson
Research, Scholarship, and Recognition
Books and Monographs
- An Introduction to Ancient Greek: A Literary Approach,
Charles Scribner's Sons,
1976 (402 pp.); acquired by MacMillan and later by Prentice Hall (1992).
Latin and Literacy: An Essay on How and Why to Revive Latin in the Schools, American
Classical League, 1978 (50 pp.).
ETYMA: An Introduction to Vocabulary Building from Latin and Greek (with L. J.
Luschnig), University Press of America, 1982 (340 pp.).
Etymidion: A Student's Workbook for Vocabulary Building (with L. J. Luschnig),
University Press of America, 1985 (178 pp.).
Vocabula: A Course in Latin Vocabulary Building, Classical Association of New
England Publications, 1987 (62 pp.).
Time Holds the Mirror: A Study of Knowledge in Euripides' Hippolytus, Mnemosyne Suppl.
102, E. J. Brill, Leiden,1988 (118 pp.).
Tragic Aporia: A Study of Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis,
Ramus
Monographs, No. 3, 1988 (130 pp.) (actual publication date: spring 1989).
Etymidion II (revised edition, greatly expanded), 239 pp. University Press of
America, 1994.
The Gorgon's Severed Head: A Study of Euripides' Alcestis, Electra,
and Phoenissae, (255 pp.) E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1995.
Euripides' Alcestis: A Commentary for Students, with
Hanna Roisman, University of Oklahoma Press (in press)
On the Web
- A Latin Reader: "De feminis Romanis: Readings on Roman Women" at DIOTIMA: Materials for
the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World, January, 1996 (with Erin Carney,
Luke Henderson, and Josh Livie, three undergraduate Classics majors)
- Translation: "The Life of Hipparchia" with notes at DIOTIMA: Materials for the
Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World, July, 1997.
- A Greek Reader: "
Peri\ (Ellhni/don: Readings on Greek Women" in preparation on the Diotima
web site. Project done with student collaboration. http://www.stoa.org/ph/index.shtml
"The Slave’s Voice in
Euripides’ Medea" — abstract published on the conference web site. http://www.ucalgary.ca/glah/conference/abstract.html#luschnig
The Fragments of Neophron’s Medea with commentary at DIOTIMA
(Published, March 1999):
The Hypotheses and Selected Scholia to Euripides' Medea at DIOTIMA
(March 1999):
Euripides' Alcestis, translation with notes (with help from L. J. Luschnig)
(June 1999):
In progress: The Medea Project with Susan Spencer (Central Oklahoma
University):
a web site devoted to
Euripides’ Medea :
. My contributions include:
Articles:
Articles on Euripides (Trojan Women, Iphigenia among the Taurians,
Helen, Hecabe, Hippolytus, Iphigenia at Aulis) in The
Classical World, Classical Journal, American Journal of Philology,
Ramus, Classical Texts and their Traditions: Studies in Honor of C.R. Trahman
1971-1984.
Recent Refereed Articles:
- "Euripides' Alcestis and the Athenian oikos," Dioniso
LX (1990): 9-39.
- "Interiors: Imaginary Spaces in Alcestis and Medea," Mnemosyne
XLV (1992): 19-44.
- "Playing the Others: The Mythological Confusions of Admetus," Scholia:
Natal Studies in Classical Antiquity NS 1 (1992): 12-27 (actual publication, February
1993).
- "Electra's Pot and the Displacement of the Settings in Euripides' Electra,"
Dioniso LXII: 7-27 (1992) (actual publication date, fall 1993).
"Seeing the Real You at
Last: Understanding Medea's Changing Roles" by Interdisciplinary
Humanities, 16 (1999):97-112. [Actual publication date: July 2000]
"Medea in Corinth: Political Aspects of Euripides'
Medea, " DIGRESSUS I
(2001), 8-28.
Review:
David Wiles, Tragedy in Athens: Performance space and theatrical meaning,
Cambridge University Press, 1997, 1999 . for Text and Presentation 20 (1999):94-6.
[Actual publication date: March 2000].
Other professional publication
s:
Occasional Pieces on pedagogy, ancient culture, and
promoting the classics in Classical Journal, Vexillum, New England Classical
Newsletter, Committee on Smaller Classics Departments Newsletter, Classical World,
1973-1983.
Presentations
Oral Presentations on pedagogy, Roman
politics, Roman
Cooking, promoting the Classics, Euripides, the island of Kos, travel in Turkey
presented to the American Philological Association, Idaho Association of Teachers of
Language and Culture, Northwest Latin Teachers, Eta Sigma Phi (classics honorary), Phi
Alpha Theta (history honorary), the Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest,
Classics Department, University of Ioannina (Greece), Classical Association of Canada,
National Association for Humanities Education, 1973- present.
Recent Presentations:
- Keynote address to Classical Association of Canadian West: "No Easy Answers:
Euripides’ Medea and the Education of the Athenians," March, 1997. (Abstract)
"Medea Among Us" in
"Teaching Medea in a Multi-cultural Setting" (a session organized by
Susan Spencer of Oklahoma Central University) National Association of Humanities
Education, Provo, Utah, 21 March 1997
"Euripides
Medea: No Easy Answers" to Eta Sigma Phi March 31, 1997 (1 hour)
"Medea in Corinth: Political Aspects of Euripides' Medea," to
the Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest, April 1998, Portland, Oregon. (Abstract)
"Medea in Corinth II: Politics of the Choral Odes," to the Classical
Association of the Pacific Northwest, March, 1999, Spokane, Washington. (Abstract)
"The Slave's Voice in Euripides' Medea"
October 21 1999 to Eta Sigma Phi in 25th annual lecture series (one hour) (Handout)
"Medea in Corinth III: Medea's Response to Creon," to the Classical
Association of the Pacific Northwest, March, 2000, Victoria, B.C. (Handout)
"Medea for the Millennium" Foreign Language Faculty Seminar, April, 2000.
"Oh Rats: Dirty Tricks in Cicero's Campaign for Office"
Eta
Sigma Phi, 21 September 2000; invited lecture: 10 January 2001 at EWU.
Residencies:
- Taft Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of Cincinnati, 1972-3: to work on a new Greek
textbook.
- Associate Member, American School of Classical Studies in Athens, 1990-91: to work on
Euripides Alcestis, Electra, Phoenissae; 1997-8: to work on Medea.
- Summer Scholars Program, The Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, D.C., summer 1994:
to work on the tragic person as artist.
Professional Awards
:
- American Philological Association Award for Excellence in Teaching the Classics, 1979.
- Phi Kappa Phi/University of Idaho Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award, 1986.
Sabbaticals:
- 1983-84 in Greece to work on Hippolytus. Completed Time Holds the Mirror
(published in 1988 by E.J.Brill) also completed Etymidion (published in 1985 by
University Press of America).
- 1990-91 at American School of Classical Studies in Athens to work on Alcestis,
Electra, Phoenissae. (completed work on Alcestis and Electra, published
three articles and later The Gorgon’s Severed Head, Brill, 1995).
- 1997-8 to work on The Polysemous Medea spent at the American School of Classical
Studies in Athens and various other libraries.
Work in Progress:
Articles and book on Medea
Medea web site
in collaboration with Susan Spencer, Associate Professor of English
at Central Oklahoma University.
Commentary on Euripides' Alcestis, in
collaboration with Hanna Roisman, Professor of Classics, Colby College.
Accepted by the University of Oklahoma Press for publication in the Spring of
2002.
Service
- Various Department, College, and
University Committees 1976-present.
Committee to revise departmental criteria
on promotion and tenure.
Member of American Federation of Teachers; service
on grievance committee.
President, Classical Association of the Pacific
Northwest, 1987-8.
Editor of the Classical Association of the Pacific
Northwest Bulletin, 1976-86.
Advisory Council, Tennessee Governor's School for
the Humanities, 1985-6.
Member of the Editorial Board, Scholia: Natal
Studies in Classical Antiquity (University of Natal, South Africa) 1993-1997.
Member of Graduate Council, 1984-5.
American Philological Association Committee on
Smaller Classics Departments, 1979-81 (elected post).
American Philological Association Teaching Awards
Committee, 1980-82.
Adviser to University of Idaho chapter of
Eta Sigma Phi, the classical studies
honorary society, 1975-present.
National Eta Sigma Phi Scholarship Committee,
1981-3 (Chair, 1982-3).
Reader/Referee for various
journals
Secretary of the UI chapter of the AFT (1999-2002)
Creation and maintenance of the Classics
Web page.
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