Department/College/UnitHumanities Division

TitleProfessor Emeritus

AffiliationFaculty

Other UCSC Campus AffiliationJewish Studies
Classical Studies
Italian Studies

Web SiteAcademia.edu

Additional Location(s)Humanities 1 639

Office HoursMonday 3:30-4:45 PM

Mail StopHumanities Academic Services

Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D. Yale University (Comparative Literature)
B.A. Yale University (Art History; Italian Literature)

Summary of Expertise

Classics
Egyptology
Hellenistic Literature
Mediterranean Studies
Poetics
Literary Theory
Philosophy
Opera
Film Studies
Reception Studies
Politics and Literature

Research Interests

Middle Egyptian Literature
Ptolemaic Literature
The Alexander Romance
Literatures of the Roman Empire
The Politics of Opera
Second Temple Judaism
Early Christianity
Tributary Empires
Indo-European Poetry
Zoroastrianism

Teaching Interests

East Mediterranean cultures of the ancient world, incuding Iran

Hellenistic-Jewish literature

Greek literature under Roman rule

Gnosticism, Neoplatonism, Qabbalah

Film and new digital media

History of literary criticism / literary theory

History of scholarship

Network / Systems theory

Awards, Honors and Grants

John Dizikes Teaching Award
President’s Fellowship, University of California
J. Paul Getty Center, Fellow
Classical Reception Studies Network, UK (grant)
Course Development Fellowship, Committee on Teaching
Postdoktorandenstipendium, Fachgruppe Literaturwissenschaft,Konstanz
Regents’ Junior Faculty Fellowship, University of California
National Endowment for the Humanities Travel Grant
American Council of Learned Societies Research Fellowship
Whiting Fellowship in the Humanities