Debra L. Nousek
Associate Professor of Classics & Graduate Chair
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B.A. Alberta, M.A. Santa Barbara, Ph.D. Rutgers
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Special Interests:
Roman republican history, Greek and Latin historiography, Greek oratory, and numismatics.
Current Teaching (2012-2013):
- LA 3100A: Latin Prose Selections (MWF 11:30-12:30)
- LA 4903A: Latin Prose Selections (MWF 11:30-12:30)
- Classics 9000: Core Course - History (W 2:30-5:30)
- Latin 9150B: Roman Historiography (Tu 10:30-12:30)
Research Interests:
- Latin historiography, Roman Republican history, and ancient numismatics. My research focuses on studying the works of Latin historical authors within their literary and cultural contexts.
Current Projects:
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"The Commentarii," in the Cambridge Companion to Caesar, edited by Christopher Krebs and Luca Grillo, Cambridge University Press (under contract)
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On Writing Caesar: The Historical Monograph in the Late Republic, a book length study of Caesarian prose and the writing of history.
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"The Literary Caesar," Appendix to the Landmark Caesar's Gallic Wars, ed. R. Strassler (under contract).
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Preparation of an article on the representation of Hypereides' oratory in the treatise On the Sublime.
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Preparation of an article on the significance of wordplay in Caesarian prose.
Publications:
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A Caesar Workbook, co-authored with Rose Williams. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. (ISBN978-0-86516-753-7)
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Ciceronian Echoes in Livys Bacchanalian Narrative, Classical Quarterly, 60.1, 156166.
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"Turning Points in Roman History: the Case of Caesar's Elephant Denarius," Phoenix, vol. 62 (2008), 290-307..
Presentations:
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Taming Caesar, (workshop with Rose Williams [see Rose's website for her contribution to this workshop]) Annual Institute of the American Classical League, UNLV, June 2012. (Download .pdf version)
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Conquering and Creating Gaul: Caesars Use of Geography, Annual Institute of the American Classical League, Minneapolis, MN, June 2011
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"The Bellum Gallicum and the Development of the Historical Monograph in the Late Republic," invited panellist, CAMWS 2009 Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, April 4, 2009.
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Echoes of Cicero in Livy's Bacchanalian Narrative (39.8-19)," American Philological Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL, January 4, 2008.
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Silence and Omission in Caesars Bellum Gallicum, annual meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, St. Johns, Newfoundland, May 23, 2007.
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Turning Points in Roman History: the Case of Caesar's Elephant Denarius," invited speaker for the UWO Classics Colloquium , September 30, 2006. Coinage and Currency in the Ancient World
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"Revitalizing Cornelius Nepos: the Influence of the Vita Attici," Classical Association of Canada annual meeting, Toronto, May 24, 2006.
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"An Unnoticed Pun in Caesar's Bellum Gallicum," Classical Association of Canada annual meeting, Banff, AB, May 14, 2005.
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"Bridging Genres in Caesars Commentarii," American Philological Association annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, January 4, 2004.
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"Jumping Through Hypsos: Assessing Hypereides in Longinus' On the Sublime, American Philological Association annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 5, 2003.
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"C. Iulius Caesar Audax: the Elephant Denarius and the Rhetoric of Civil War," Third Annual Societas Colloquium, sponsored by the University of Oklahoma, Cumae, Italy, May 2002.
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"Reading the Body Politic: the Character of the Plebs in Livy I," Classical Association of the Atlantic States, Spring 2001.