LOUISE PRATT
Office:
221B Candler Library
Phone:
404.727.7593
E-Mail:
lpratt@emory.edu
Areas of Special Interest:
Archaic and Classical Greek Poetry Greek Pedagogy
Ancient Literary Criticism Greek Philosophy and Ethics
Education:
The University of Michigan Ph.D. 1988 Classical Studies
A.M. 1984
Williams College B.A. 1982 Classics & History of Ideas
Employment and Teaching Experience:
Emory University
- Associate Professor of Classics (1995-present)
- Chair of Classics (2005-2009)
- Interim Chair of Classics (1995-96)
- Assistant Professor of Classics (1989-1995)
Bowdoin College
- Visiting Assistant Professor (1988-89)
The University of Michigan
- Teaching Assistant (1983-86)
Fellowships and Awards:
Eta Sigma Phi (local chapter) Award for Excellence in the Classroom (2005, 2006)
CTC Summer Curriculum Development Grant (2004)
Emory University Research Committee Grant (2004)
CAMWS Award for Excellence in College Teaching (2003)
Emory University Research Committee Grant (1994)
ACLS Recent Ph.D. Fellowship (1990-91)
Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, The University of Michigan (1986-87)
Humanities Prize Fellowship, The University of Michigan (1982-83)
Charles Lansing Fellowship, Williams College (1982)
Rice Prize in Greek, Williams College (1981, 1982)
Phi Beta Kappa, Williams College (1981)
Publications:
Books (completed):
1. Eros at the Banquet: Reviewing Greek with Plato’s Symposium (in press). The University of Oklahoma Press.
2. The Essentials of Greek Grammar: A Concise Reference for Students of Attic Greek (in press). The University of Oklahoma Press.
3. Lying and Poetry from Homer to Pindar: Falsehood and Deception in Archaic Greek Poetics, The University of Michigan Press, 1993.
Publications (cont.):
Book (in progress):
Images of Childhood: Children and Child-rearing in Ancient Greek Literature
Peer-reviewed articles and contributions to peer-reviewed edited volumes:
1. "Diomedes, the Fatherless Hero of the Iliad," in S. Hübner, D. Ratzan (eds.), Growing Up Fatherless in Antiquity, Cambridge University Press (2009) 141-161.
2. “The Parental Ethos of the Iliad," in A. Cohen, J. B. Rutter (eds.), Constructions of Childhood in Ancient Greece and Italy, Hesperia suppl. 41 (2007) 25-40.
3. “The Old Women of Greece and the Homeric Hymn to Demeter” Transactions of the American Philological Association 130 (2000) 41-65.
4. "Four Ptolemaic Papyri illustrating a dispute among tax farmers, P.Mich inv. 6953, 6960, 6952 & 6971," co-authored with T. Caulfield, A.Keith, K.O. Lord, in P.Mich. XVIII: A Festschrift for Ludwig Koenen, T. Gagos, A. Hanson, G. Most, P.J. Sijpesteijn (eds.) (1996).
5. "The Seal of Theognis, Writing, and Oral Poetry," American Journal of Philology 116 (1995) 171-84.
6. "Odyssey 19.535-50: On the Interpretation of Dreams and Signs in Homer," Classical Philology 89 (1994) 148-53.
Encyclopedia articles:
1. “Children” in M. Finkelberg (ed.), Homer Encyclopedia, Blackwell (accepted, in press).
2. “Dreams” in M. Finkelberg (ed.), Homer Encyclopedia, Blackwell (accepted, in press).
3. “Lies” in M. Finkelberg (ed.), Homer Encyclopedia, Blackwell (accepted, in press).
4. “Achilles” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome, Oxford University Press (accepted, in press).
5. “Diomedes” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome, Oxford University Press (accepted, in press).
6. “Helen” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome, Oxford University Press (accepted, in press).
7. “Odysseus” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome, Oxford University Press (accepted, in press).
Book Reviews:
1. F. Hartog, Memories of Odysseus, American Historical Review (2003) 557.
Book Reviews (cont.):
2. M. Finkelberg, The Birth of Literary Fiction in Ancient Greece, Classical World 93 (2000) 301-2.
3. C. Segal, Singers, Heroes, and Gods in the Odyssey, Phoenix 50 (1996) 3-4.
4. N. Denyer, Language, Thought and Falsehood in Ancient Greek Philosophy, Classical World 88 (1995) 494-95.
5. J. M. Foley, Immanent Art: From Structure to Meaning in Traditional Oral Epic, Classical World 86 (1992) 174.
Podcasts:
1. “Monsters!” with Marshall Duke and Bonna Wescoat in the “Carlos Conversations” series (http://www.carlos.emory.edu/podcasts) (2007)
2. “Selections from Homer in Greek” (for students wanting to practice reading hexameter)” http://homepage.mac.com/jrodr01/homer.xml (2006)
Talks and Papers Presented:
1-3. "Diomedes, the Fatherless Hero of the Iliad," Emory University, May 2007; Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, June 2007; Indiana University, September 2007.
4. "The Influence of the Iliad and the Odyssey on Fifth Century Athens" (docent training), Michael C. Carlos Museum, March 2007.
5-7. “Homeric Children and Their Parents,” Coming of Age: Children and Childhood in the Ancient Mediterranean, Dartmouth College, November 2003; Emory University, November 2003 (twice, once for faculty, once for students).
8. “You are like a child: child-similes and apostrophe in the Iliad,” Classical Association of the Midwest and South, Lexington KY, April 2003.
9. “That was Then, This is Now: Penelope in the 1990s,” Creighton University, Omaha Nebraska, September 1996.
10. "An Introduction to Greek Culture through Olympia," (high school teacher training), Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 1995.
11. "The Seal of Theognis, Writing, and Oral Poetry," Voice into Text: Orality and Literacy in Ancient Greece, The University of Tasmania, July 1994.
12. "Penelope's Dream: Ancient vs. Modern Codes of Interpretation" Classical Association of the Midwest and South, Iowa City, April 1993.
13. response to Paul Woodruff, "The Unexamined Verse," Plato and the Greek Literary Tradition, Emory University, April 1992.
14-17. "Ancient Party Etiquette" and "College Classics," Georgia Junior Classical League, Fall Forum, November 1990, 1991.
Classes Taught:
Classical Civilization: Introduction to Classical Literature in Translation, Latin Literature in Translation, Greek Civilization, Roman Civilization, Greek Tragedy in Translation, Sex and Society in Antiquity, Classical Athens, Ancient Drama, Sex and Love in Greece and Rome (freshman seminar), Early Greece: Real and Imagined, Homer and the Heroic Imagination (freshman seminar), The Trojan War and the Travels of Odysseus: The Iliad, the Odyssey and Their Influence (freshman seminar)
Greek: Elementary Greek I & II, Intermediate Greek (Plato, Herodotus, Homer), Advanced Greek (Euripides, The Myth of Prometheus, The Presocratic Philosophers, Dionysus in Drama, Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns, Plutarch’s Life of Antony)
Latin: Elementary Latin I & II, Intermediate Latin (Cicero, Apuleius, Catullus & Ovid), Advanced Latin (Vergil)
Service:
Classics:
Chair 2005-09
Director of Undergraduate Studies 2005-08
Chair, Search Committee 2006-07
Chair, Future of the Department Task Force 2004-05
Eta Sigma Phi advisor 2004-05
Honors Coordinator 2004-05
Coordinator, New General Education requirements 1996
Interim Chair 1995-96
Member, Future of the Department Committee 1992-93
Member, Committee on Review Procedures 1991-92
Secretary 1991-92
Local Organizer: National Junior Classical League convention at Emory 1990-91
Member, Search Committee 1989-90, 1992-93, 1998-99
Advisor to undergraduate majors 1989-present
Representative at Majors Fairs, Freshman Orientation, etc. (many times)