Dal's Classics Department brings the wisdom of the past into the classroom. But you'll also have the opportunity to participate in the department's rendition of the Pythian Games - the ancient Greek forerunner to the Olympics. Find out more about our Pythian Games competitions.
Engaging with the past in the present
Professors in Dalhousie's Department of Classics actively engage in publishing - and editing - scholarly articles in a wide range of research areas. Below is just a sample of some of our recent publications.
"Janamejaya's Last Question." Journal of Indian Philosophy 37 (6), 2009: 597-625.
"Draupadi'sFall: Snowballs, Cathedrals, and Synchronous Readings of the Mahabharata." International Journal of Hindu Studies 15 (1), 2011: 111-137.
"The Fructification of the Tale of a Tree: The Parijataharana in the Harivamsa and its Appendices." Journal of the American Oriental Society 133 (2), 2013: 249-268.
Dr. Eli Diamond
Mortal Imitations of Divine Life: The Nature of the Soul in Aristotle鈥檚 De Anima (Northwestern University Press, forthcoming 2014)
鈥淧arallel Trials: The Dramatic Structure of Plato鈥檚 Euthyphro鈥� in Classical Quarterly 62 (02): 523-531 (2012)
鈥淭he Relation Between the Divided Line and the Constitutions in Plato鈥檚 Republic,鈥� in Polis: The Journal of the Society for Greek Political Thought, vol. 23, no. 1, 2006, pp. 74-94.
鈥淎ristotle鈥檚 Appropriation of Plato鈥檚 Sun Allegory in De Anima鈥� forthcoming in APEIRON.
鈥淭he Common Structure of Religion, Politics and Philosophy in Spinoza鈥檚 Tractatus Theologico-Politicus鈥� in the on-line journal Animus, vol. 12, 2008.
Dr. Daniela Rodica Firanescu
鈥淢a鈥榓ni al-kalam chez az-Zarkashi. Interrogation et performance,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Romano-Arabica, III. Bucharest: University of Bucharest, Centre for Arab Studies, 2004.
Exclamation in Modern Literary Arabic. A Pragmatic Perspective (doctorate thesis published in English). Bucuresti: Editura Universitatii Bucuresti, 2003.
Geneza cercurilor. Filiatia spirituala. (鈥淭he Genesis of the Circles. The spiritual filiations鈥�), introductory study, notes and translation into Romanian of Ibn Arabi鈥檚 treatise 鈥淜itab nasab al-khirqa.鈥� Bucuresti: Kriterion (Bibliotheca Islamica), 2003.
鈥淟e modalisateur aspectuel-temporel qam en arabe syrien.鈥� Proceedings of the 5th Conference of AIDA, Cadiz (2002). Universidad de Cadiz Publicationes, 2003.
鈥淒e l鈥檃mour et la coquetterie en islam arabe m茅di茅val. La perspective d鈥檃s-Suyuti,鈥� Romano-Arabica, II. Bucharest : University of Bucharest, Center for Arab Studies, 2002.
Dr. Michael Fournier
鈥淭he Platonic Structure of Cicero鈥檚 Tusculanae.鈥� Accepted for inclusion in Plato and Platonisms: The Constitution of a Tradition, eds. Mark Beck and Jan Opsomer, publisher TBA.
鈥淏oethius and Homer,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;The Downside Review 128 (2010): 183-204.
鈥淎苍蝉别濒尘鈥檚&苍产蝉辫;Proslogion and the Problem of Writing in Plato鈥檚 Phaedrus,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;The McNeese Review 48 (2010): 1-26.
鈥淩ing Structure in Chapters Six to Thirteen of Anselm鈥檚 Proslogion,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Dionysius 27 (2009): 127-144.
鈥淪eneca on Platonic Apatheia,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Classica et Mediaevalia 60 (2009): 211-36.
Dr. Leona MacLeod
"Dolos and Dike in Sophokles鈥� Elektra: An Ethical Study." Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2001.
鈥淢arauding Maenads: The First Messenger Speech in the Bacchae.鈥� Mnemosyne 59, 2006: 578-84.
"Recognizing Dionysos: The Second Messenger Speech in the Bacchae.鈥� Scholia 17, 2008: 1-13.
In progress: A book on the narrative art of Greek tragedy.
Dr. Peter O'Brien
"Ammianus Marcellinus, the Caesar Julian, and Rhetorical Failure." Cahiers des 脡tudes Anciennes 50 (2013): 139-160.
鈥淐onstantian Rhetoric and Ammianus鈥� Transformation of Political Discourse.鈥� Dialogues d鈥檋istoire ancienne suppl. 8 (2013): 211-248.
"La Franciade de Le Brun: Po茅tique Ovidienne de l'Exil en Nouvelle-France." Tangence no. 99 (2012): 35-60.
鈥淎n Unnoticed Reminiscence of Aeneid 10.517-20 at Ammianus Marcellinus 22.12.6,鈥� Mnemosyne 60.4 (2007): 662-668.
鈥淎mmianus Epicus: Virgilian Allusion in the Res Gestae,鈥� Phoenix 60.3-4 (2006): 274-303.
Dr. Alexander Treiger
Inspired Knowledge in Islamic Thought: Al-Ghaz膩l墨鈥檚 Theory of Mystical Cognition and Its Avicennian Foundation (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East, 27). London: Routledge, 2012. ()
The Orthodox Church in the Arab World (700-1700): An Anthology of Sources. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press (co-edited with S. Noble; forthcoming in 2014).
鈥淎l-Ghaz膩l墨鈥檚 鈥楳irror Christology鈥� and Its Possible East-Syriac Sources.鈥� Muslim World 101.4 (2011): 698-713.
鈥淎vicenna鈥檚 Notion of Transcendental Modulation of Existence (ta拧k墨k al-wu臒奴d, analogia entis) and Its Greek and Arabic Sources,鈥� in: F. Opwis and D.C. Reisman (eds.), Islamic Philosophy, Science, Culture, and Religion: Studies in Honor of Dimitri Gutas. Leiden: Brill, 2012, pp. 327-363.
鈥淭he Arabic Version of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite鈥檚 Mystical Theology, Chapter 1: Introduction, Critical Edition, and Translation,鈥� Le Mus茅on 120.3-4 (2007): 365-393.
Dr. Emily Varto
鈥淥f This Descent and Blood: Kinship in the Developing Greek Polis.鈥�The Classics and Early Anthropology: A Companion to Classical Reception, edited by E. Varto. Brill. (edited volume, book manuscript in preparation; anticipated publication in January 2016)
鈥淚nteracting Ideas of Kinship and the Nature of Greek Influence on Orientalizing Pontecagnano.鈥� In Griechen in 脺bersee und der historische Raum. G枚ttinger Studien zur Mediterranen Arch盲ologie, Band 3, edited by Johannes Bergemann, p. 213-17. Rahden: Verlag Marie Leidorf, 2012.
鈥淟essons from the Demise and Renewal of Kinship Studies.鈥� In Family and Life Course Studies, Rosetta: Papers of the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity at the University of Birmingham 8, 2010.
