Dr Geoff Bakewell has returned from sabbatical leave for 2006-2007. He presented the paper “Orality, Literacy, Memory: The Athenian Naval Catalogue” at the Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World VII: Orality, Literacy, Memory” conference in July 2006 in New Zealand. He has been awarded the 2006 CAMWS Award for Excellence in Teaching and the CCAS Dean's Award for Professional Excellence in Teaching. He has just presented a paper “Deque Viro Factus, Mirabile, Femina”: Tiresias, Mel Gibson, and What Women Want,” at the Annual Meeting of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, February, 2006. He has recently published an article, “Written Lists of Military Personnel in Classical Athens,” in The Politics of Orality: Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World VI, ed. Craig Cooper, E.J. Brill, Leiden, 2006. He also anticipates the publication of his article “The One-Eyed Man is King: Oedipus Rex and Spielberg’s Minority Report,” in Celluloid Classics, ed. L. Kirsten Day, Arethusa special issue, 2007. His introductory chapter to Quintus of Smyrna, The War at Troy (Barnes and Noble, New York) appeared late in 2005.
Dr Greg Bucher has been named the next director of the American Academy's Classical Summer School. His term runs from summer 2008 through summer 2010. He taught at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome in the 2006-2007 academic year. His article "Fictive Elements in Appian's Pharsalus Narrative" appeared in volume 59, pages 50-76, of the journal Phoenix. His chapter "Towards a Literary Interpretation of Appian's Civil Wars, Book I" will appear in The Blackwell Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography, slated for an October 2007 release by Basil Blackwell. He spent 5 weeks at the American Academy in Rome in summer 2005 working especially on his entries for the Brill's New Jacoby, a collection of the fragments of the Greek historians, as well as a review of Gillian Clark's Christianity and Roman Society (Cambridge U. Press, 2004) for Bryn Mawr Classical Review, which has now come out. His Jacoby entries 182, 185, 187, 187a 237, 838 were published on-line in 2006, and entries 186 and 648 are in press. He submitted a departmental proposal to revise CANES Classical Language curriculum and defended it before the Curriculum Committee; the proposal was approved substantially as submitted by outgoing dean Tim Austin. The curriculum will took effect 17 May 2007.
Dr Christina Clark's review of Kristina Milnor, "Gender, Domesticity, and the Age of Augustus" (Oxford 2005) has come out in BMCR 2006.12.02. Dr Clark is writing an article on tears in Lucretius for the volume Tears in Graeco-Roman Antiquity at the solicitation of the volume's editor, Dr. Thorsten Fögen of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, to be published in 2007. She will accompany Greg Bucher to Rome in the 2006-2007 academic year, though she will be teaching World Literature courses via computer. She has given a hat trick of papers in March: "Body Posture and Elite Masculinity in Lucretius' De rerum natura," at the Missouri Valley History Conference on March 3, the talk "Silence as an ornament for Women" as a part of the Womens' History Month celebration at Creighton University on 14 March, and one on Gesture in Greek Vase Painting as a part of the CU at Joslyn series on March 18th. Her article "The Poetics of Manhood: Nonverbal behavior in Catullus 51" is in press at Classical Philology. She has been elected a member of the College of Arts and Sciences' Faculty Senate as a sabbatical replacement; as a part of her duties she sits on the CCAS assessment subcommittee. She also serves full-time as an elected member of the Faculty and Academic Council, and serves on the University Committee on the Status of Women. She also recently received her third consecutive STAR award from the Nebraska International Languages Association.
Dr Martha Habash has had her article "Priapic Punishments in Petronius' Satyrica 16-26" accepted for publication in the Fall 2006 issue of the journal Syllecta Classica, and her article "Petronius' Satyrica 24.7: Quartilla's asellus" was published in Ancient Narrative 5 (2005). She delivered papers at the 2005 and 2006 CAMWS conferences. She serves on the University's Faculty and Academic Council. She received a Freshman advising award in February 2007.
Dr Ron Simkins' forthcoming articles are "Teaching the Bible through the Internet: A Case Study," Going the Distance: Theology, Religious Education and Distance Education; edited by A. A. Zukowski, and "The Embodied World: Creation Metaphors in the Ancient Near East," Materials for a History of the Human Body in the Ancient Near East; edited by T. G. Wilfong and C. E. Jones. Groningen: Styx Publications. Simkins heads the Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society and is editor of the Journal of Religion and Society.
A French translation of Dr William Stephens' article titled "Amour et compassion selon Épictète" was posted in November 2006 on two websites, leportique and groups.yahoo.com/group/stoiciamici/. KPTM Television, Omaha's FOX affiliate, will air the interview of Dr Stephens and his Philosophy Dept. colleague Dr Michael Brown on "What happens when we die?" in their Great Question segment during the Nine O'clock News on Sunday December 17. Stephens' interview on Stoicism aired on the San Francisco radio station KALW's Philosophy Talk series July 25, 2006. In June 2006 he presented the paper "The Providential Tourist or Epictetus on How a Stoic Travels" to the Athens Institute for Education and Research conference on Philosophy in Vilia, Greece. His review of Food for Thought: The Debate over Eating Meat (Prometheus Books, 2004) was published in the Journal of Philosophy, Science & Law 6 (March 20, 2006). His edited book, The Person: Selected Readings in the History of Philosophy, was published in July 2005. His essay "Stoicism in the Stars: Yoda, the Emperor, and the Force," in Star Wars and Philosophy, edited by K. Decker & J. Eberl (in the Philosophy and Popular Culture series) also appeared in 2005.
(If we have missed something about you or someone you know, tell us and we'll put it up. We're dependent upon your input! Furthermore, if you access the student directory from the CANES home page you can contact current and former majors. Tell us if we haven't got your email address or if we've accidentally left your name out. Many current majors and alums have entries in the Fall 2003 CANES Newsletter.)
CANES Latin and Theology Double Major Cathy Reid is to be inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu December 2, 2006. Congratulations to Cathy!
CANES alumna Katie Antholz (LAT '04) served as the Sergeant-at-Arms of our Eta Sigma Phi chapter in 2003-2004. She went, with a hefty scholarship, to Wichita State University for her MFA in English. A recent sighting of Katie confirms that she is happy and prospering in her graduate career; she has been teaching English composition and now understands what it's like for World Lit professors! In addition, she was hired in a prestigious teaching program through Duke University this (2006) summer.
CANES Greek Major Brian Barrett (LAT CBA '05) is now President of our Eta Sigma Phi chapter. See his entry in the Fall 2003 CANES Newsletter. For a peek into his scholarly work, see the entry for Greg Bucher, above. Brian is well on his way to his masters degree in Theology at Notre Dame.
CANES alumna Rachel Bash (CNE '02) (see photo below) attended the departmental dedication ceremony on 7 May 2004 (see the entry for Martha Habash, above). She is currently pursuing a graduate degree in English at the University of Oregon at Eugene. She will soon send an update.
CANES alumnus Michael Dawson (LAT CBA '04) was 2003-2004 secretary of our Eta Sigma Phi chapter. See his entry in the Fall 2003 CANES Newsletter. He has now finished his second year at Creighton Medical School. For a peek into his scholarly work, see the entry for Bucher, above.
CANES alumna Jenny Fotsch (LAT '03) has finished her teaching MA and is departing Central High for the greener pastures of Milwaukee. She will be teaching Latin I, II, and III at Brookfield East HS and Wisconsin Hills MS, 3305 Lilly Road, Brookfield WI 53005. See her entry in the Fall 2003 CANES Newsletter.
CANES alumna Shay D. Graves (CNE '04) has an entry in the Fall 2003 CANES Newsletter and is currently a reporter. She was married earlier this year (2006) to Tim Burke.
CANES alumnus Thinh T. Ho (LAT '03) successfully pursued the Latin MA at the University of Iowa. He was president of a Vietnamese organization in Iowa City, has applied to Creighton's school of Pharmacy, and served as a dealer in a casino to help make ends meet last year.
CANES alumna Amanda Kimura (LAT CBA '04) headed up our chapter of Eta Sigma Phi as President in 2003-2004, and has in that capacity just presided over a successful initiation of 15 new members. See her entry in the Fall 2003 CANES Newsletter. She is finishing her first year at the University of Texas at Austin pursuing the PhD in Classics with a 5-year scholarship. She also attended the American Academy in Rome's Classical Summer School in summer 2004: see her report here.
CANES alumna Sarah Lewis (CNE '06) sent this useful and interesting summation of her experience in the department:
Having walked through the doors at Creighton and the Classics department, I immediately began my studies in Classical languages. Being a Freshman, and having no other language training, except Spanish in High School, I knew that learning a new language was going to be both challenging and exciting. I was really "pumped" to learn Latin--especially when I would be able to spout out fun idioms at parties. Learning Latin was great, but I soon discovered my absolute passion for the Greeks and their language. Greek was, at least to me, easier to learn. That was of course, after I had familiarized myself with a little bit of Latin, which is a close grammatical companion. But like learning any new language, it can be difficult to master -- every instructor was very willing to provide methods to help the grammar and vocabulary "stick" as best as possible. (Thank you everyone!!) I would recommend to students to familiarize themselves with at least one Classical language. Not only because it is fun, but it can help in other courses too. For example, in Ancient Philosophy, Greek words were occasionally written on the board and the instructor would ask for them to be translated; and I was able to provide the right English translation. I am very grateful for my instructors for having taught me the Classical languages -- I feel that I not only enhanced my English vocabulary but I also took in a bit of culture as well -- now I can say "Gnothi seauton" and know exactly where it comes from and what it means. And "Knowing Thyself" is important, especially knowing not to be above the gods.
CANES alumnus Brandon Massin (LAT '03) is currently studying Medicine at Creighton and interning at UNMC. See his entry in the Fall 2003 CANES Newsletter.
CANES alumna Anastasia McCaffrey (GRK '03) was married last summer and now bears the cognomen Wheeler. See her entry in the Fall 2003 CANES Newsletter. Anastasia has just informed us that she gave birth to son Hugh Richard on 10 April, at 7lb, 2oz. See a photo here.
CANES Major Julie Mund (CNE '05) served as liaison between the Classics Club and Eta Sigma Phi in 2003-2004, and is now chapter Vice President. She was Creighton's deligate to the Eta Sigma Phi convention in New Orleans in spring 2004. See her entry in the Fall 2003 CANES Newsletter. Julie has taken an impressive position as a medical research assistant in the 2005-2006 year.
CANES alumna Jasmine Parhar (CNE '03) is currently studying medicine in India. She writes that she is well and settling in; a sighting in the fall of 2004 proved her to be happy and healthy. See her entry in the Fall 2003 CANES Newsletter.
CANES alumna Rebecca (Stephens) Falcasantos (GRK CBA '02) gave birth to Kiara Alexis on Oct. 6, 2004. Kiara measured 20 inches and weighed 7.00 pounds. Rebecca and the beautiful Kiara were seen in the department on a visit during the spring 2004 semester. Congratulations to Rebecca and husband Brian! Update! Rebecca writes in: "I graduated from Notre Dame this past May with my Master of Arts in Early Christian Studies. Right now, my family and I are living near Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, where my husband is stationed. Next semester, I'm scheduled to start at Austin Peay State University in nearby Clarksville, TN as an adjunct in the Department of Languages and Literatures."
CANES alumna Rachel Waggoner (CNE Co-Major '04) served as treasurer of our chapter of Eta Sigma Phi in 2003-2004. She graduated (2006) with the MA in Theology at Creighton.
