Department of Classical Studies
Randall Pogorzelski
Assistant Professor of Classics
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B.A. (Southern California), M.A. (Pennsylvania), Ph.D. (Santa Barbara)
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Special Interests
Roman literature, especially Augustan and early imperial poetry; literary theory; classical reception. Publications include articles on Lucan, Virgil, and James Joyce.
Current Teaching (2012-2013)
- CS2905A/B -Crime and Punishment in Ancient Greece and Rome MW (9:30-10:30)
- LA3200B - Latin Poetry Selections MWF (11:30-12:30)
- LA4904B - Latin Poetry Selections MWF (11:30-12:30)
- Classics 9000 - Core Course Latin Literature W (2:30-5:30)
- Latin 9210A - Virgil F (2:30-4:30)
Selected Recent Publications:
- "Orbis Romanus: Lucan and the Limits of the Roman World," Transactions of the American Philological Association 141.1 (2011) 143-170.
- "The 'Reassurance of Fratricide' in the Aeneid," American Journal of Philology 130.2 (2009) 261-289. (Winner of the Gildersleeve Prize for the best paper of the year in AJP)
- "Ghosts of Optimism: Virgil's Parade of Heroes in Joyce's "Circe," International Journal of the Classical Tradition 16.3/4 (2009) 443-466.
Forthcoming:
- “Flavian Centers and Peripheries,” in The Blackwell Companion to the Flavian Age. ed. Andrew Zissos. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell (forthcoming).
- “Colonization,” “James Joyce,” and “Orientalism,” in The Virgil Encyclopedia. eds. Richard Thomas and Jan Ziolkowski. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell (in press).