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Curriculum Vitae
Micaela W. Janan
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Department of Classical Studies
Duke University
Box 90103
Durham, NC 27708-0103
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919-684-2257, 919-684-5076 (office)
mjanan@duke.edu (email)
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- Education:
- Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Classics, Princeton University, 1988
- B.A. in Classics, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1979
Professional Experience / Employment History
Duke University
Associate Professor, Department of Classical Studies, 1997-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Classical Studies, 1990-97
University of Utah
Assistant Professor, Department of Languages and Literature, 1986-90
University of Southern California
Instructor, Department of Classics, 1984-86
Publications
Books
- Reflections in a Serpent’s Eye: Thebes and Rome in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. (Forthcoming). (being revised according to readers’ reports
for Oxford University Press)
- The Politics of Desire: Propertius IV. University of California Press,
(2001).
- "When the Lamp Is Shattered": Desire and Narrative in Catullus. Southern Illinois University Press,
(1994). (named an Outstanding Academic Book of 1994
by Choice (January 1995 [32.5] 723))
Articles
- "'In the Name of the Father': Ovid's Theban Law." The Sites of Rome: Time, Space, Memory. Edited
by David H. J. Larmour and Diana Spencer. Oxford University Press (2007) 102-137.
- "Was the Aeneid Augustan propaganda?." History in Dispute. Edited
by Charles Platter and Paul Allen Miller. vol. 20 (March, 2005).
- "The Snake Sheds its Skin: Pentheus (Re) Imagines Thebes." Classical Philology 99 (2004) 130-46.
- "The Muse Unruly and Dead: Acanthis in Propertius 4.5." Cultivating the Muse - Struggles for Power and Inspiration in Classical Literature. Edited
by Effrossini Spentzou and Don Fowler. Oxford University Press 187-206.
- "Beyond Good and Evil: Tarpeia & Philosophy in the Feminine (Propertius 4.4)." Classical World vol. 92.5 433-47. (special issue on Augustan elegy)
- "Refashioning Hercules: Propertius 4.9." Helios vol. 25.1 65-77.
- "'There Beneath the Roman Ruin Where the Purple Flowers Grow': Ovid's Minyeides and the Feminine Imagination." The American Journal of Philology vol. 115 427-48.
- "The Labyrinth and the Mirror: Incest and Influence in Metamorphoses 9." Arethusa vol. 24 239-56.
- "'The Book of Good Love?': Design vs. Desire in Metamorphoses 10." Ramus vol. 17 110-37.
Papers
- "Narcissus on the Text: Psychoanalysis, Exegesis, Ethics." American Philological Association, Boston, MA (2005).
- "That Way Madness lies”: The Outrageous Father of Ovid’s Thebes." Classical Association, Manchester, UK, (2004).
- "Delusion and Desire in the Fatherland: The Law in Ovid’s Thebes." American Philological Association, San Francisco, CA (2004).
- "A Snake in the Glass: Pentheus Fashions Thebes (Met. 3.531-63)." Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Austin, TX (2002).
- "Rome’s Mirror Stage: Ovid, the Classics and Reflexive Identity." Psychoanalysis across the Disciplines Conference, Rutgers University (2001).
- "The Parallax View: Arethusa Writes (to) Lycotas." American Philological Association, Dallas, TX (1999).
- "Speaking as (the Ghost of) a Woman: Acanthis as the 'Other Voice' of Prop. 4.5." American Philological Association, Washington, D.C. (1998).
- "Arethusa to Lycotas: The Metaphysics of Decadence." Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Charlottesville, VA (1998).
- "Refashioning Hercules: Propertius 4.9." American Philological Association, Chicago, IL, (1997).
- "Infidelities: (Un)making Belief in Propertius 4.8 (the Lanuvium Elegy)." American Philological Association, New York, NY (1996).
- "The Phenomenology of the Spirits: The Cornelia Elegy (Propertius." American Philological Association, San Diego, CA (1995).
- "'Beyond Good and Evil': Tarpeia & Philosophy in the Feminine." American Philological Association, Atlanta, GA (1994).
- "Hercules in Rome: Propertius 4.9." Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Southern Section, Chapel Hill, NC (1994).
- "Changing the Subject: Hercules and the Interpretation of Catullus 68." Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Atlanta, GA (1994).
- "'Shadow of a Doubt': Framing the Subject in Propertius' Gallus-poems." American Philological Association, Washington, D.C. (1993).
- "`There Beneath the Roman Ruin Where the Purple Flowers Grow': Ovid's Minyeides and the Feminine Imagination." American Philological Association, New Orleans, LA (1992).
- "Double Trouble, or, How Lacan Invented the Anxiety of Influence for Ovid: A Reading of the Caunus/Byblis Tale in Ovid's Metamorphoses." University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1991).
- "The Politics of Interpretation: Judging the Hermaphrodite." American Philological Association, Boston, MA (1989).
- "`Stop Making Sense': Drawing the Line(s) in Catullus 68." Utah Academy of Arts and Sciences, Logan, UT (1989).
- "The Labyrinth and the Mirror: Incest and Influence in Metamorphoses 9." Rocky Mountain Modern Languages Association, Las Cruces, NM (1988).
- "Desire and Narrative in Catullus 11 and 51." Utah Academy of Arts and Sciences, St. George, UT (1988).
- "New Twine in Old Shuttles: Women Weaving Rebellion in Metamorphoses IV." Philological Association of the Pacific Coast, Santa Cruz, CA (1985).
- "The Pen and the Phallus, or, `Eros by Any Other Name...'." Philological Association of the Pacific Coast, Santa Barbara, CA (1983).
Reviews
- Readers and Writers in Ovid's Heroides, by Effrossini Spentzou. Classical Philology 99:4
(2004) 381-85.
- The Roman Mistress by Maria Wyke. Classical Journal 100:2
(2004-2005) 201-03.
- Roman Propertius and the Reinvention of Elegy, by Jeri Blair DeBrohun. American Journal of Philology 125:4
(2004) 622-26.
- Jeri Blair DeBrohun, Roman Propertius and the Reinvention of Elegy. American Journal of Philology 125.4
(2004) 622-26.
- Ovid’s Poetics of Illusion, by Philip Hardie. Classical World 97.2 (2004)
216-217.
- Powerplay in Tibullus, by Parshia Lee-Stecum. BMCR 99.6.6
(electronically published 1999).
- Catullan Provocations, by William Fitzgerald. Phoenix 50.3-4
(1996) 344-5.
- Lyric Texts and Lyric Consciousness, by Paul Allen Miller. Classical Outlook 74.1
(1996) 40-2.
- Torture and Truth, by Page Dubois. Ancient Philosophy 14
(1994) 217-22.
- 100 Years of Homosexuality, by David Halperin. Women's Classical Caucus Newsletter 17
(Fall, 1991) 40-3.
Other
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Franklin Humanities Seminar Fellow(Seminar topic: "Indigeneity and Diaspora: Epistemologies of Belonging", 2005-2006
- Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Duke University, 1993-94
- Lilly Teaching Fellowship, Lilly Endowment, September 1992
- Career Development Award, University of Utah, March 1989
- Faculty Summer Research Grant, University of Utah, 1988
Professional Lectures
Invited Lectures: - The Revenger's Constancy: Construing Juno in Ovid's Thebes, University of Toronto, October 06, 2006
- Stained Glass: Narcissan Reflections on Thebes in Rome, Invisible Cities Colloquium: An Exploration of the Role of Other Cities in the Roman Imaginary, Stanford University, 11-12 February, 2005
- The Study of Revenge: Making Sense of Ovid's Unappeasable Juno (Metamorphoses III-IV), Latin Seminar, Institute of Classical Studies, Univeristy of London, 7 March, 2005
- Anamorphosis in the Metamorphoses: Looking Awry at Ovid's Thebes, Oxford University, 8 March, 2005
- Faith-base Initiatives: Patriotism, Piety, and Sadism in Ovid's Thebes, University of California-Santa Cruz, March 13, 2003
- Courting the Demon: The Uses of Terror in Ovid's Thebes, John Patrick Sullivan Memorial Lecturer 2002-03, March 11, 2003
- The Subject of Speculation: The Mystery of Identity in Propertius’ Gallus-poems, at Constructions of the Self: The Poetics of Subjectivity, 1st Annual University of South Carolina Comparative Literature Conference, University of South Carolina (featured speaker), April 9-10, 1999
- The Return of the Dead: Cornelia's Indictment of Rome (Propertius 4.11), University of Michigan, October 31, 1997
- How Does She Know?: Epistemology and the Feminine in the Ancient World, at French Feminism Across the Disciplines, 30th Annual Texas Comparative Literature Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (Plenary session speaker), January 30-February 1, 1997
- Listening to the Dead: Rome on Trial in the Cornelia Elegy (Propertius 4.11), Ancient Voices and Ancient Personae lecture series, University of London, November 11, 1996
- Grave Secrets: A Dead Woman's Indictment of Rome (Propertius 4.11), Bristol University, May 9, 1996
- The Mechanics of Fluids: Tarpeia in Propertius 4.5, Cambridge University, May 8, 1996
- The Muse Unruly and Dead: Acanthis in Propertius 4.5, at Cultivating the Muse: Power, Desire and Inspiration in (and beyond) the Classical World, Wolfson College, Oxford University (Keynote speaker), May 4, 1996
- 'Knowing': Lacan and the Epistemology of the Feminine in Catullus, Feminist Theory and the Classics lecture series, Brown University, 1992-93
Professional Service
University Committees/Service
- Library Council, Faculty member, 1997-2001
- Arts and Sciences Council, Representative, 2003
Departmental Committees/Service
- Chair, Tenure Committee for Nigel Nicholson, 2007
- Duke University Classical Studies Department, Director of Graduate Studies, 1997-2000
- Library Liaison Representative (between Classical Studies and Perkins Library), Library Liaison, 1997 to present
- Ward, Laury. Dissertation: "Philosophical Allurements: Education and Argument in Ancient Philosophy", Committee member, 2008 - forthcoming
- Ward, Laura, Dissertation: "Philosophical Allurements: Education and Argument in Ancient Philosophy", Committee Member, Forthcoming
- Drinkwater, Megan. Dissertation: "Epic and Elegy in Ovid's Heroides: Paris, Helen, and Homeric Intertext", Committee member, 2002-2003
- Prince, Meredith. Dissertation: "Magic, Love, and the Limits of Power: The Figure of Medea in Latin Love Elegy.", Committee member, 2001-2002
- Bernstein, Neil. Dissertation: "Stimulant Manes: The Ghost in Lucan and Silius Italicus.", Committee member, 1999-2000
- Romero, Joseph. Dissertation: "The Ethics of Genre: Towards a Rhetoric of Apology in Vergilian Bucolic Discourse.", Committee member, 1998-1999
- Banta, David. Dissertation: "Literary Apology and Literary Genre in Martial.", Committee member, 1997-1998
- Hostetler, Laura Davis. Dissertation: "Telemachus and the Absent Father: Problems of Memory and Maturity in the Son of Odysseus.", Committee Member, 1997-1998
- Uzzi, Jeannine. Dissertation: "The Representation of Children in Public Art of the Roman Empire, from Augustus to Constantine.", Committee member, 1997-1998
- Ward, Laury, Dissertation: "Philosophical Allurements: Education and Argument in Ancient Philosophy", Committee member, 2008
- Ward, Laury. Dissertation: "Philosophical Allurements: Education and Argument in Ancient Philosophy", Committee Member, 2008
Service to the Profession
- Blackwell's, Cambridge University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, Routledge, University of, Referee
- Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, Referee, present
- Helios, Referee, present
- Classical Journal, Referee, present
- Classical World, Referee, present
- American Journal of Philology, Referee, present
- Women's Classical Caucus Steering Committee, Member, 2005 - 2008
- Women's Classical Caucus, Co-chair, 1999
- Ovide analysé: New Directions in Ovid Studies, Conference Organizer, 1994
- "Images of Desire: Psychoanalysis and Antiquity", APA panel Organizer (with Robert Cohon and Paul Allen Miller), 2004
- Recognition, Subjectivity and Gender in Roman Poetry, Panel Organizer (with Paul Allen Miller), 2002
- "The Speaking Subject at Rome", APA panel organizer (with Paul Allen Miller), 1999
- "Gender Trouble in Roman Elegy", APA panel organizer (with Paul Allen Miller), 1998
- The Speaking Subject in Rome, Panel Organizer (with Paul Allen Miller), 1998
- Configurations of Gender in Roman Literature, Panel Organizer, December 1992
- Philological Association of the Pacific Coast session on Classics (Latin), Chair, 1987
- Philological Association of the Pacific Coast session on Classics (Greek), Chair, November, 1986
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