Jeremy J. Swist, PhD.
Curriculum Vitæ
CONTACT INFORMATION
Campus:
Department of Classics and Modern Languages
906 Schott Hall
Cincinnati, OH
45207
Email addresses:
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Imperial Greek and Roman historiography and rhetoric; late antiquity; classical reception in heavy metal music
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2021- Lecturer
Department of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
2021 Lecturer
Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Texas at San Antonio
2020-2021 Adjunct Instructor
Department of Classics and Modern Languages, Xavier University
2019-2020 Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Classics, Miami University
2018-2019 Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Classics, University of Iowa
2015-2017 Graduate Instructor/Teaching Assistant
Department of Classics, University of Iowa
2013-2015 Graduate Instructor
Department of Rhetoric, University of Iowa
2012-2014 Scientific Writing Instructor
Upward Bound Math-Science Summer Program, University of Maine
2011-2012 Adjunct Instructor
Department of Modern Languages & Classics, University of Maine
EDUCATION
2014-2018 Ph.D., University of Iowa
Major: Classics
Dissertation: A Principio Reges: The Reception of the Seven Kings of Rome in Imperial Historiography from Tiberius to Theodosius
Advisor: Sarah E. Bond
Committee: Paul Dilley, Craig Gibson,, Robert Ketterer, Rosemary Moore
2012-2014 M.A., University of Iowa
Major: Classics
2007-2011 B.A., summa cum laude, highest honors, University of Maine
Majors: Latin, European History
Minor: Classics
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
“Sexual Intercourse in Celsus’ De Medicina.” Syllecta Classica 31 (2020) 65-93.
“Satan’s Empire: Ancient Rome’s Anti-Christian Appeal in Extreme Metal.” Metal Music Studies 5.1 (2019) 35-51.
“Medicine in the Thought and Action of the Emperor Julian.” International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 12.1 (2018) 13-38.
“Prosecuting Epicurus in the Emperor Julian’s Court: A Reading of Himerius’ Oration 3.” Journal of Late Antiquity 10.1 (2017) 221-249.
“Sophistry and Sorcery in Libanius’ Declamations.” Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 57.2 (2017) 431-453.
“Pagan Altars and Monarchic Discourse in Libanius, Declamation 22,” Phoenix 70.1-2 (2016) 170-189.
Book Chapters
“Sparta and the Reception of Ancient History in Metal Music.” In J. Herbst (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Metal Music (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2023).
“Headbanging to Byzantium: The Reception of the Byzantine Empire in Heavy Metal Music” (Istanbul Research Institute, forthcoming 2021).
“From Romulus Conditor to Hadrianus Augustus: Livy’s Seven Kings of Rome in Florus.” In O. Devillers & B. B. Sebastiani (eds.), Sources et modèles des historiens anciens II (2021): 341-355.
Book Reviews
Burden-Stevens, C. & Lindholmer, M. (eds.), Cassius Dio’s Forgotten History of Early Rome: The Roman History, Books 1-21 (Leiden: Brill, 2018) in The Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2019.07.40.
Encyclopedia Articles
“Rome, myth and history of,” in V. E. Pagán (ed.), The Tacitus Encyclopedia (Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming 2021).
INVITED PAPERS
“An Unholy Trinity: Antiquity, Heavy Metal, and White Supremacism.” Eta Sigma Phi University of Iowa Chapter, February 2021, Iowa City, IA.
“By Spartan Law, We Rock: Laconophilia in Heavy Metal Music.” Miami University Department of Classics, November 2019, Oxford, OH.
“Apuleius’ Metamorphoses,” University of Maine Honors College, February 2012, Orono, ME.
“Vergil and the Imperial Epic,” University of Maine Honors College, January 2012, Orono, ME.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
(* = confirmed. ** = accepted but not delivered due to travel restrictions)
**“Like a Father More Than a Tyrant: Romulus as Paradigm in Appian’s Roman History.” (Romulus: God, King, and Founder of Rome, June 2021, Velletri, Italy).
“Julian and Rome’s Eternal Re-foundation” (Society for Classical Studies, January 2020, Washington, DC).
“As Rome Burns: Metal, Barbarians, and Empire” (Somewhere in Time: A Conference on Metal and History, August 2019, Victoria, BC).
“The Women of Regal Rome in Imperial Abbreviated Histories: 30-400 CE” (Celtic Conference in Classics, June 2019, Coimbra, Portugal).
“Servius Tullius’ Imperial Nachleben” (CAMWS, April 2019, Lincoln, NE).
“Regal Women in the Breviarists of Late Antiquity” (Temple University Consortium on Women, Marriage and the Household from Antiquity to the Present, February 2019, Philadelphia, PA).
“The Kings as Imperial Models in Aurelius Victor, Eutropius, and the Epitome de Caesaribus” (“Limits on Imperial Authority in Late Antiquity” [organized by the Society for Late Antiquity], Society for Classical Studies, January 2019, San Diego, CA).
“Julian’s Providential Roman History” (16th International Society for Neoplatonic Studies Conference, June 2018, Los Angeles, CA).
“Romulus and the Sabine Kings in Tacitus’ Annales” (CAMWS, April 2018, Albuquerque, NM).
“King Numa and Emperor Julian” (Numa Numa: The Life and Afterlife of the Second King of Rome, October 2017, Ann Arbor, MI).
“Medicine in Julian’s Religious and Philosophical Thought” (14th International Society for Neoplatonic Studies Conference, June 2016, Seattle, WA).
“Intellectual Caricature in Libanius’ Declamations” (CAMWS, March 2016, Williamsburg, VA).
“Greek Declamation and the Altar of Victory in the Fourth Century” (50th International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 2015, Kalamazoo, MI).
“Greek Declamation and Scholastic Rivalries: The Case of Himerius’ Oration 3” (CAMWS, March 2015, Boulder, CO).
“Networking Paganism: The Ecclesiastical Framework of Julian’s Theocracy” (Heartland Graduate Conference in Ancient Studies, September 2013, Madison, WI).
“Homeric and Platonic Contrasts in Julian’s Propaganda” (Exegi Monumentum Aere Perennius: Self-Promotion in the Ancient World, October 2012, Buffalo, NY).
“And They’re Off! Translating the Chariot Race of Iliad XXIII” (Translations 2011 Conference, October 2011, Lewiston, ME).
RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2017 Graduate College Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa, $4000
PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP, MEDIA APPEARANCES, & OUTREACH
“Jeremy Swist on the Emperor Julian.” The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. (forthcoming 2022)
“Let’s Talk About Metal, Baby!” Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! (forthcoming 2021)
“Comfort Classics: Jeremy J. Swist.” Comfort Classics. 2 March 2021.
https://classicalstudies.support/2021/03/02/comfort-classics-jeremy-j-swist/
“Antiquity and Heavy Metal.” Scholars from the Edge of Time. 25 February 2021.
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/herculesinvictus/2021/02/26/scholars-from-the-edge-of-time
“Cleopatra (1963) with Dr. Jeremy Swist and Dr. Nicole Becklinger.” Movies We Dig: A Podcast about Film, Antiquity and Everything in Between. 19 February 2021.
“Laconophilia in Heavy Metal Music.” Relevant or Irrelevant. KALA 106.1 FM, St. Ambrose University. 10 January 2020. https://soundcloud.com/kalaradio/roi-343?in=kalaradio/sets/relevant-or-irrelevant
“Dreams of Helicon: Manilla Road and the Classical World.” Ride Into Glory. 30 December 2019. https://rideintoglory.com/dreams-of-helicon-manilla-road-and-the-classical-world/
“Why is Heavy Metal Music Obsessed with Ancient Sparta?” Society for Classical Studies Blog. 27 December 2019. https://classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/jeremy-j-swist/blog-why-heavy-metal-music-obsessed-ancient-sparta
“Gladius & Goēteia: A Guide to Classical Mythology & History in Traditional Heavy Metal (Pt. I: 80’s Origins),” Ride Into Glory. 18 April 2019. https://rideintoglory.com/gladius-goeteia-a-guide-to-classical-mythology-history-in-traditional-heavy-metal-pt-i-80s-origins/
“Dissertation Spotlight: A Principio Reges: The Reception of the Seven Kings of Rome
in Imperial Historiography from Tiberius to Theodosius,” Ancient Jew Review. 19 December 2018. https://www.ancientjewreview.com/articles/2018/8/21/dissertation-spotlight-a-principio-reges-the-reception-of-the-seven-kings-of-rome-in-imperial-historiography-from-tiberius-to-theodosius
“Aristophanes’ Clouds: A Reader’s Theater Production.”
Translator & Director
Presented in conjunction with the University of Maine School of Performing Arts, Department of Philosophy, and Department of Modern Languages & Classics, Minksy Recital Hall, University of Maine, Orono ME, March 21, 2012.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021 University of Texas at San Antonio
Lecturer
Courses instructed: Classical Mythology (CLA 2323; online)
2020- Xavier University
Adjunct Instructor
Courses instructed: From Augustus to Attila (CLAS 161); Intensive Elementary Latin II (LATN 112); Intensive Elementary Latin I (LATN 111); Intermediate Latin I – Prose (LATN 201)
2019-2020 Miami University
Visiting Assistant Professor
Courses instructed: Greek Civilization in its Mediterranean Context (CLS:101); Classical Mythology (CLS:121); Greek & Roman Epic (CLS:211); Beginning Latin 2 (LAT:102)
2018-2019 University of Iowa
Visiting Assistant Professor
Courses instructed: Greek Civilization (CLSA:1830); Hero, God, Mortal: Literature of Greece (CLSA:1010); Word Power: Building English Vocabulary (CLSA:3742/WRIT:3742); Roman Civilization (CLSA:1840); Golden Age of Roman Poetry (CLSL:2002); Ancient Medicine (CLSA:1181; online)
2018 University of Iowa
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Courses instructed: Roman Civilization (CLSA:1840; online, summer term)
2013-2017 University of Iowa
Graduate Instructor
Courses instructed: Golden Age of Roman Poetry (CLSL:2002); Elementary Latin II (CLSL:1002); Elementary Latin I (CLSL:1001); Rhetoric (RHET:1030)
2013-2017 University of Iowa
Teaching Assistant
Courses: Hero, God, Mortal: Literature of Greece (CLSA:1010); Love and Glory: The Literature of Ancient Rome (CLSA 1020; online); Medical and Technical Terminology (CLSA:3750; online); Classical Mythology (CLSA:2016; online); Word Power: Building English Vocabulary (CLSA:3742; online)
2012-2014 Upward Bound Math-Science Summer Program, University of Maine
Scientific Writing Instructor
Course instructed: Scientific Writing
2011-2012 University of Maine
Adjunct Instructor
Courses instructed: Elementary Greek II (GRE 102); Elementary Greek I (GRE 101); Intermediate Latin I (LAT 203)
AWARDS
2017 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
University of Iowa, Council on Teaching
2017 Mary White Prize for Best Article in Phoenix (2016)
Classical Association of Canada
2016 Peter Green Essay Prize
University of Iowa
2014 Peter Green Essay Prize
University of Iowa
2011 Outstanding Graduating Senior
University of Maine, Department of History
2011 Laurence & Elizabeth Taylor-Evans Scholarship in History
University of Maine
2011 Comstock-Weston Scholarship in History
University of Maine
2010 Phi Beta Kappa
2010 Nancy R. Johnson Memorial Prize in Ancient History
University of Maine
2009 Roger B. Hill Scholarship in Latin
University of Maine
SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP
2017-2018 Senator for the Department of Classics
Jakobsen Conference Subcommittee
Graduate Student Senate, University of Iowa
2016-2017 Steward for the Department of Classics
Campaign to Organize Graduate Students (UE Local 896)
MEMBERSHIPS
Society for Classical Studies
Classical Association of the Middle-West and South
Classical Association of the Atlantic States
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCIES
Advanced level reading: Ancient Greek, Latin, French, German, Italian
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Dr. Sarah E. Bond
Dissertation Supervisor, Associate Professor of History, University of Iowa
919-923-7557
Dr. Denise McCoskey
Associate Professor of Classics and Black World Studies Affiliate, Miami University
513-529-1486
Dr. Thomas E. Strunk
Associate Professor of Classics, Xavier University
513-745-1930
Dr. Craig A. Gibson
Chair & Professor of Classics, University of Iowa
319-335-2324
Dr. Marcia H. Lindgren
Director of the Latin Program, Lecturer in Classics, University of Iowa
319-335-2322
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