Christopher Francese<\/p>\n
Asbury J. Clarke Professor of Classical Studies, Dickinson College<\/p>\n
office: 717-245-1202 | francese@dickinson.edu | @DCComm<\/p>\n
University of Texas at Austin Ph.D. in Classical Studies\u00a0 1993<\/p>\n
University of Texas at Austin\u00a0 M.A. in Greek\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01989<\/p>\n
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio B.A. in Greek\u00a0 \u00a0 1987<\/p>\n
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n
Asbury J. Clarke Professor of Classical Studies\u00a0 2014 \u2013 pres.<\/p>\n
Professor of Classical Studies\u00a0 \u00a0 2011 \u2013 2014<\/p>\n
Associate Professor of Classical Studies\u00a0 \u00a02002 \u2013 2011<\/p>\n
Assistant Professor of Classical Studies\u00a0 \u00a01996 \u2013 2002<\/p>\n
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Studies\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01993 \u2013 1996<\/p>\n
Christopher Francese, Giovanni Pietro Maffei: Historiarum Indicarum Libri XVI<\/em>. Leiden: Brill, estimated date 2026. Latin text, English translation, and notes. Published in 1588, the work is a history of the Portuguese seaborne empire.<\/p>\n Christopher Francese, Core Latin and Ancient Greek Vocabularies<\/em>. Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2020. 176 pp. ISBN: 978-1947822061. The most common words in Latin and Ancient Greek, based on large hand-analyzed data sets. 2020<\/p>\n Christopher Francese and R. Scott Smith, Ancient Rome: An Anthology of Sources<\/em>, Edited and Translated, with an Introduction. Indianapolis\/Cambridge, MA: Hackett Press, 2014. 548 pp. ISBN: 978-1-62466-000-9. Co-authored collection of newly translated primary sources with notes and introductions.<\/p>\n Christopher Francese, Ancient Rome in So Many Words<\/em>. New York: Hippocrene Press, 2007. 248 pp. ISBN: 978-0-78181-153-8. Examination of nearly 100 culturally significant Latin words and their histories. Reviews: Bryn Mawr Classical Review<\/em> 2008.07.30. Scholia Reviews<\/em> ns 17 (2008) 23. Digressus<\/em> 7 (2007) 14\u201318.<\/p>\n Christopher Francese, Parthenius of Nicaea and Roman Poetry<\/em>. Bern\/Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, Studien zur klassischen Philologie no. 126, 2001. 264 pp. ISBN: 978-3-631-37844-1. Monograph on the influential first century BC Greek poet and friend of Vergil and Cornelius Gallus.<\/p>\n Dickinson College Commentaries (DCC) (Project Director)<\/p>\n Founder, director, and lead editor of series of classical texts for reading with media, vocabulary, essays, and grammatical, historical, and stylistic notes. Oversees two senior editors and 20-member editorial board. 14,000 users per month, as of January 2017. http:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2010 \u2013 pres.<\/p>\n Dickinson Classics Online (DCO) (Officer)<\/p>\n Co-founder and co-director with Marc Mastrangelo and Jinyu Liu of site for Chinese students and scholars of the ancient Greek and Latin classics. http:\/\/dco.dickinson.edu<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>2015 \u2013pres.<\/p>\n Core Latin and Greek Vocabularies<\/strong><\/p>\n Collected and analyzed large datasets and supervised editing team to create lists of the thousand most common words in Latin and the 500 most common words in ancient Greek. Supervised translation into various languages.\u00a0 http:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/vocab\/core-vocabulary<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02012<\/p>\n Dickinson College Commentaries Blog<\/strong><\/p>\n Short essays on digital editions, technology and pedagogy. http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/<\/a>\u00a0 2012 \u2013 pres.<\/p>\n Sulpicius Severus, Life of St. Martin<\/strong><\/p>\n Wrote an original commentary on the Latin text, with images, audio recordings, and maps. http:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/sulpicius-severus\/preface<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a02009<\/p>\n Latin Poetry Podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n Discussed, translated, and read aloud short passages of Latin poetry. http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/latin-poetry-podcast<\/a> 2006 \u2013 pres.<\/p>\n Leonard Euler, Proof of some notable properties with which solids enclosed by plane faces are endowed (Co-translator)<\/strong><\/p>\n Wrote with David Richeson the first English translation of Leonard Euler\u2019s \u201cDemonstratio nonnullarum insignium proprietatum quibus solida hedris planis inclusa sunt praedita\u201d (Euler, Opera Omnia<\/em> vol. 26, pp. 94-108). http:\/\/www.eulerarchive.org\/<\/a>\u00a0 2006<\/p>\n Jerome, Malchus the Captive Monk (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n Supervisory editor for William Turpin’s multimedia edition. Edited introduction, Latin text, vocabulary, and notes. http:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/homer-iliad\/intro\/preface<\/p>\n Homer, Iliad 6 and 22 (2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n Supervisory editor for Thomas Van Nortwick and Geoffrey Steadman\u2019s multimedia edition. Edited introduction, Greek text, vocabulary, and notes. http:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/homer-iliad\/intro\/preface<\/p>\n Pseudo-Demonsthenes, Against Neaira (2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n Supervisory editor for Deborah Kamen\u2019s multimedia edition of 4ht century BC speech about the noted courtesan Neaira. Edited introduction, Greek text, vocabulary, and notes. http:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/against-neaira\/intro\/preface<\/p>\n Bede, Historia Eccelsiastica Selections (2017)<\/strong><\/p>\n Supervisory editor for Rob Hardy\u2019s multimedia edition of this chronicle of early Anglo-Saxon history. Edited introduction, Latin text, and notes. http:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/bede-historia-ecclesiastica\/intro\/preface<\/a><\/p>\n Society for Classical Studies Blog (2016 \u2013 2017)<\/strong><\/p>\n Supervisory editor for blog of the principal learned society in North America for the study of ancient Greek and Roman languages, literatures, and civilizations.\u00a0 https:\/\/classicalstudies.org\/scs-blog<\/a><\/p>\n Society for Classical Studies Digital Project Reviews (2016-pres.)<\/strong><\/p>\n Supervisory editor for series of reviews of digital project reviews published under the auspices of the SCS blog. Led development of guidelines for digital project reviews.\u00a0 https:\/\/classicalstudies.org\/publications-and-research\/scs-digital-project-review-guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n Tacitus, Agricola (2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n Supervisory editor for Cynthia Damon\u2019s multimedia edition of this Latin biography. Edited Latin text and notes, contributed audio recordings. http:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/tacitus-agricola\/preface<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a02016<\/p>\n Vergil, Aeneid Selections (2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n Lead editor of a commentary on selections from Vergil\u2019s Aeneid<\/em> (about 2000 lines at first release). Edited notes selected from older school commentaries, supervised creation of original maps, video, and other multimedia content, edited scholarly essays, created audio files, and added links to online grammars. 1,500 users per month as of Jan. 2017. http:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/vergil-aeneid\/preface<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2016<\/p>\n Allen and Greenough\u2019s Latin Grammar (2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n Lead editor of multimedia edition of this classic Latin grammar. 3,000 users per month as of Jan 2017. http:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/grammar\/latin\/credits-and-reuse<\/a><\/p>\n Callimachus, Aetia (2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n Supervisory editor for Susan Stephens\u2019 multimedia edition of this Greek poetry collection. Edited Greek text, English translation, vocabulary lists, and introductory matter. http:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/callimachus-aetia\/toc<\/a><\/p>\n Digital Humanities at Dickinson College Blog (2012-2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n Lead editor. Solicited and shared news of digital projects at Dickinson, edited Mellon grant reports for public sharing, and publicized grant guidelines and deadlines. http:\/\/blog.dickinson.edu\/digitalhumanities<\/a><\/p>\n Goodell\u2019s School Grammar of Attic Greek (2014)<\/strong><\/p>\n Lead editor of multimedia edition of Thomas Dwight Goodell’s, A School Grammar of Attic Greek<\/em> (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1902). http:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/goodell\/chapters\/Chapter-001.html<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2014<\/p>\n Ovid, Amores Book 1 (2012)<\/strong><\/p>\n Supervisory editor for William Turpin\u2019s multimedia edition of this Latin poetry collection. Edited Latin text, notes, vocabulary lists, and introductory matter; contributed audio recordings. http:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/ovid-amores\/epigram-0<\/a><\/p>\n Caesar, Gallic War Selections (2010)<\/strong><\/p>\n Lead editor of commentary on selections from Caesar\u2019s Gallic War<\/em>. Edited notes selected from older school commentaries, supervised creation of original maps, video, and other multimedia content, created audio files, and added links to online grammars. 2,500 users per month as of Jan 2017.\u00a0 http:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/caesar\/caesar-introduction<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a02010<\/p>\n \u201cParthenius of Nicaea\u201d Chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Mythography<\/em>, Stephen Trzaskoma and R. Scott Smith, eds. Oxford University Press.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Forthcoming 2020<\/p>\n \u5168\u7403\u5316\u53e4\u5178\u4e3b\u4e49\u7684\u65b0\u65b9\u5411 (\u201cNew Directions in Global Classicism\u201d), transl. Qizhen Xie, in Jinyu Liu, ed., \u5168\u7403\u89c6\u91ce\u4e0b\u7684\u53e4\u7f57\u9a6c\u8bd7\u4eba\u5965\u7ef4\u5fb7\u7814\u7a76\u524d\u6cbf (The New Frontiers of Research on the Roman Poet Ovid in the Global Context<\/em>), pp. 384\u2013389. Beijing: Peking University Press, 2020.<\/p>\nDigital Projects Directed<\/h3>\n
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