Elizabeth Kennedy-Klaassen
Greek and Roman Studies, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
- BA (Toronto), MA (Bryn Mawr College), PhD (Bryn Mawr College)
- 2A55 Paterson Hall, 杏吧原创 University
- 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
- Email Elizabeth Kennedy-Klaassen
- 613-520-2600 ext 2531
Biography
Liz Klaassen has been teaching Latin and Greek languages and literatures, Roman history, and archaeology at 杏吧原创 since the fall of 2006.
She is interested in promoting interdisciplinary work, and her research is at the intersection of history and literature. She is currently exploring the relationship between historical exempla and literary imitation. In her teaching of archaeology and history, she examines the cognitive nexus of space, memory and history.
She spent a year teaching at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome, and a summer as a graduate student at the American Academy in Rome. Her archaeological experience includes a summer spent digging at Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos.
Research Interests
- Greek and Roman literature, especially the historical epic of Silius Italicus and imitation
- Roman history and material culture
2024-2025 Courses
ARCY 1008A/CLCV 1008A: Introduction to Archaeology I (F)
CLCV 2008A/ENGL 2012A Greek and Roman Ethic (F)
CLCV 2010A/ENGL 2605A: Greek and Roman Drama (W)
LATN 1005B: Introduction to Latin I (F)
LATN 1006A: Introduction to Latin II (W)
LATN 3901B: Advanced Latin II (W)
Publications
Bryn Mawr Latin Commentaries: Silius Italicus, Punica 14 (Hackett Publishing, forthcoming)
Review of R. Marks, From Republic to Empire: Scipio Africanus in the Punica of Silius Italicus ( Studien zur klassischen Philologie, vol. 152; Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2005) in Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2006.08.31)
New Second Steps in Latin, co-author (Focus Publishing, 2001)