Hanna M. Roisman
Hanna M. Roisman | |
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| Born | 1 December 1948 |
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| Alma mater | Tel Aviv University (BA), University of Washington (PhD) |
| Thesis | Loyalty in Early Greek Epic and Tragedy (1981) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classics |
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Hanna M. Roisman is the Arnold Bernhard Professor in Arts and Humanities (Emerita) and a professor of Classics specialising in Greek Drama and Greek Epic poetry at Colby College.
Early life and education
Roisman studied for her BA and MA degrees in classics at Tel Aviv University, completing an MA Thesis on “Hebrew Translations of Horace by Shaul Tschernichovski.” She moved to the University of Washington for her PhD on "Loyalty in Early Greek Epic and Tragedy" completed in 1981.[1]
Academic career
Before 1990, Roisman held a post at Cornell University.[2] In 1990 Roisman and her husband (Yossi Roisman) joined Colby College, where they had been invited to lead the classics department.[3] By 2008 she had been named the Francis F. Bartlett and K. Bartlett Professor of Classics.[4]: xv She has held multiple fellowships, including a fellowship at the Centre for Hellenic Studies in 1985–6,[5] the Tytus Fellowship in 2007–2008 at the University of Cincinnati, and a fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh in 2009.[6][7] In 2012, she was appointed to the Arnold Bernhard Professorship in the Arts and Humanities, a post she held until her retirement.[8] She continues to be associated as a Scholar in Residence with the American University.[9]
Roisman is best known for her work on Greek literature, especially drama and epic. Her book Nothing Is As It Seems: The Tragedy of the Implicit in Euripides’ Hippolytus (1999) was praised for its novelty,[10] and her works aimed at student audiences or for use in teaching have attracted particular positive interest,[11] with Laura McClure describing Tragic Heroines (2021) as "an excellent addition not only to a stand-alone course on women in Greek tragedy... but also of service to a general course on women and gender in antiquity."[12]
Selected publications
- Loyalty in Early Greek Epic and Tragedy (1984);
- Nothing is As It Seems: The Tragedy of the Implicit in Euripides' Hippolytus (1999);
- Sophocles: Philoctetes (2005);
- Sophocles: Electra: Translation with Notes (2008/2017); and Sophocles' Electra: A Commentary (2020);
- Tragic Heroines (2021).
References
- ^ Roisman, Hanna (1981). "Loyalty in Early Greek Epic and Tragedy". University of Washington.
- ^ "CAMWS: Program of the EIGHTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING" (PDF).
- ^ Herrmann, Andrew (11 October 2019). "A Football Odyssey". Colby News.
- ^ "Frontmatter". A Companion to Classical Receptions. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2007. pp. i–xx. doi:10.1002/9780470696507.fmatter. ISBN 978-0-470-69650-7.
- ^ "Previous Fellows 1980-1989". The Center for Hellenic Studies.
- ^ "Tytus". classics.uc.edu.
- ^ "2009". IASH at 50.
- ^ "Two Colby College Professors Named to Endowed Chairs". Women In Academia Report. 11 July 2012.
- ^ "Scholar In Residence". American University.
- ^ "Review of: Nothing Is As It Seems: The Tragedy of the Implicit in Euripides' Hippolytus". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
- ^ "Review of: Euripides' Alcestis. Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
- ^ "Review of: Tragic heroines in ancient Greek drama". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.