Assistant Professor
Classical Studies Program Coordinator
100 College Drive, Box 5002
North Bay, Ontario P1B 8L7
Office: H 339
Telephone: (705) 474-3450 ext. 4423
email: ilsem@nipissingu.ca
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Courses Winter 2012
Roman Myth and Religion
Tu/Th 8:30 - 9:50 in A 250
Course Books:
1. T.P. Wiseman, The Myths of Rome, Exeter 2004, ISBN 9780859897044
($ 50.12 at Amazon.ca );
2. Lucius Apuleius, The Golden Ass. ISBN 9780140435900 ($12.78 at Amazon.ca)
Additional Primary Source Material will be made available on line
Roman Slavery
Tu/Th 12:30 - 1:50 in H
Course Books:
1. Frederick Douglass, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, ISBN 9781604240696 ($ 5.10 at Amazon);
2. Sandra Joshel, Slavery in the Roman World, Cambridge 2010,
ISBN 9780521535014 ($ 19.46 at Amazon)
3. Keith Bradley, Slavery and Society at Rome, Cambridge 1994,
ISBN 9780521378871 ($ 31.10 at Amazon);
4. Thomas Wiedemann, Greek and Roman Slavery, Routledge 1981,
ISBN 978041502728 ($ 41.95 at Amazon);
5. Brent D. Shaw, Spartacus and the Slave Wars, U of Penn Press 2001,
ISBN 9780312183103 ($ 19.11 at Amazon)
CLAS 3117 - taught with CLAS 4107
Latin Authors II: Latin Poetry: Selections from Ovid
Tuesdays 10 - 11:30 and Thursdays 2 - 3:30
CLAS 4107 - taught with CLAS 3117
Advanced Readings In Latin Poetry: Selections from Ovid
Honours Seminar: Topics in Roman History and Culture: Marginal Groups in the Roman World
Tu 3:30-6:20 in A 260
Courses taught Fall 2011
CLAS 2307
The Roman Historians
Tu/Th 2-3:30 in A 122
War and Society in the Roman World
Tu/Th 10-11:20 in A 252
Topics in Roman History and Culture:
Marginal Social Groups in the Roman World
Wd 12:30 - 3:20 in A 227
This course examines several social groups that mainstream Roman culture considered to be marginal. Some of the groups the course will focus on include the disabled, thepoor, the old, unattached women, homosexuals and transsexuals, criminals, gladiators and slaves. Students will examine a wide variety of primary sources ranging from legal and literary sources to inscriptions, papyri, works of art as well as archaeological evidence. Attention will also be paid to the methodological problems historians encounter when studying marginal social groups.
CLAS 4417
Selected Topics in Roman History and Culture:
Marginal Groups in the Roman World
Fall term taught combined with 3417
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Internet Resources:
Writing Aids:
On-Line guide for Chicago Style (preferred for Classical Studies and History Essays.
http://www.docstyles.com/cmscrib.htm
On-line reference guide for MLA style http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/mlagd.php
Writing Centre at Queens University: http://www.queensu.ca/writingcentre/handouts/index.html
Very helpful site at Purdue: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
advice on writing an annotated bibliography
Research Resources:
Diotima, a site for the study of women and gender in antiquity; it offers searchable bibliographies on many topics, and many excellent images. It also has links to many primary sources.
Primary Documents on the Internet
The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook. This site has a large selection of primary ancient sources on a broad range of topics.
LacusCurtius - Large Collection of Primary Sources, both Greek and Roman.
Perseus digital library. This site has a very full collection of Greek and Roman texts, both in the original languages and in translation. The site also offers an overview of Greek History by T. Martin.
Classical Texts on Line. This site has a large selection of Classical Greek and Roman authors in English translation
The Internet Classics Archive. Large selection of ancient authors at MIT- in alphabetical order
Johnstonia by Ian Johnston. This site includes many new translations of Greek Texts including the Iliad, Odyssey, Aristotle, Plato, as well as several comedies by Aristophanes and a number of Greek Tragedies.
ForumRomanum - a website providing links to primary sources and an outline of Roman history (not the latest work, but sufficient to provide a general outline)
Note - this outline is only intended to provide students who have little or no previous background in Classical Studies with the necessary foundation in Roman History. It is not an acceptable secondary source for your research essays.
VRoma - has a good selection of images