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FRANCESCA DâALESSANDRO BEHR, Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Modern and Classical Languages
Website: http://www.hfac.uh.edu/MCL/faculty/behr |
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FRANCESCA DâALESSANDRO BEHR, Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Modern and Classical Languages
Website: http://www.hfac.uh.edu/MCL/faculty/behr |
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Epic, Gender Studies, Religion, Satire, Narratology, Comparative Literature.
EDUCATION
| Ph.D (2000) |
State University of
New York at Buffalo Faculty of Arts and Letters Department of Classics Dissertation Title: "Apostrophe, Irony and Death in Lucanâs Bellum Civile." Dissertation Director: Martha Malamud Special Field: Womenâs Studies |
| M.A. (1997) |
Special field: Greek Literature |
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Undergraduate Studies |
Universitˆ
degli studi di Roma ãLa Sapienzaä |
| Maturitˆ (1988) |
Liceo Classico ãDante Alighieriä, Latina, Italy |
SCOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2001: Summer Faculty Seminar, Erasmus Institute (Notre Dame),
2001: Research Development Grant, University of Houston
1998: Teaching Assistantships, SUNY Buffalo
1996-97: Teaching Assistantships, SUNY Buffalo
1995-96: Teaching Assistantships, SUNY Buffalo
1993-94: Teaching Assistantships, SUNY Buffalo
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Spring 2002 - Intermediate Italian, U of H
Spring 2002 - Renaissance Literature and Society, U of H
Spring 2002 - Intermediate Latin, Caesarâs Gallic War, U of H
Fall 2001 - Intermediate Latin, U of H
Fall 2001 - Intermediate Italian, U of H
Fall 2001 - Upper Level Latin: Vergilâs Aeneid, U of H
Spring 2001 - Renaissance Literature and Society, U of H
Spring 2001 - Intermediate Italian, Part II, U of H
Spring 2001 - Upper Level Latin, Senecaâs Phaedra, U of H
Fall 2000 - Intermediate Latin, U of H
Fall 2000 - Up. Lev. Lat: Ovidâs Amores and Metamorphoses, U of H
Fall 2000 - Intermediate Italian, U of H
1999/2000 - Latin 101 & 102, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY
Summer 1999 - Latin 101, SUNY Buffalo
1998/99 - Latin 101 & 102, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY
Spring 1998 - Latin Literature in Translation, SUNY Buffalo
Spring 1997 - Women in the Ancient World, SUNY Buffalo
Fall 1996 - World Civilization (assistant), SUNY Buffalo
Spring 1996 - Greek myth (assistant), SUNY Buffalo
Fall 1995 - Latin 101, SUNY Buffalo
Fall 1993 - Latin 101, SUNY Buffalo
PUBLICATIONS
Book Review of D. Lyonsâ book Gender and Immortality. Heroines in Ancient Greek Myth and Cult. Princeton Univ. Press, 1997, in New England Classical Journal.
"Conservation and Conversation in Persiusâ Saturae," under consideration by Harvard Studies in Classical Philology.
"Moderata Fonteâs Lady Knight: A different Perspective on Women, War and Epic" under consideration by Renaissance Quarterly.
PAPERS, LECTURES AND SEMINARS
2002: "Women and Ancient Philosophy": A Saturday Seminar with presentations by Dr. C. Freeland, Professor of Philosophy and Dr. F. DâAlessandro Behr, Asst. Prof. Of Modern and Classical Languages, March 23.
2002: "More than a Knight: Women and War in Renaissance Epic" presented at the University of Houston for the International Womenâs Day organized by the University of Houston Womenâs Studies Program, March 11.
2001: "Conversation and Conservation in Persiusâ Saturae: A View of Roman Satire" presented at "Narrative: An International Conference," Rice University, Houston, March 8-11.
OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES
1995 - Assistant editor for the classical journal Arethusa
1998 - Research Assistant, Professor Susan Cole, SUNY Buffalo
1999 - Research Assistant, Professor Susan Cole, SUNY Buffalo
FIELD WORK
1998-1999: Research Project "Statonia" sponsored by SUNY Buffalo, Università di Siena, and the American Academy of Rome.
1997: Research Project "Agro Falisco" sponsored by SUNY Buffalo and the American Academy in Rome.
1991: Excavation Campaign sponsored by the I University of Rome "La Sapienza" at the Etruscan site of Pyrgi (Italy)
1990: Excavation Campaign 1990 at the temple of the Magna Mater, South-West area of the Palatine in Rome, sponsored by the I University of Rome, "La Sapienza".
1989: Archaeological Survey of an insula in the North-West area of Ostia (Rome), sponsored by the I Univ. of Rome, "La Sapienza,"
1988: Excavation Campaign at the temple of the Magna Mater, South-West area of the Palatine in Rome, sponsored by the I Univ. of Rome, "La Sapienza."
