Francis Cairns: Curriculum Vitae: August 2011
FRANCIS CAIRNS: CURRICULUM VITAE
1. Degrees
Ph.D. University of Liverpool (1982)
B.A. (Lit. Hum.) Balliol College, Oxford University (1963); M.A. Oxford (1968)
M.A. (Classics) University of Glasgow (1961)
2. Appointments
Professor of Classical Languages, The Florida State University 2000-
Research Professor of Latin Language and Literature, University of Leeds, UK, 1999-2001
Professor of Latin Language and Literature (Established Chair), University of Leeds, UK, 1989-1999
Professor of Latin (Established Chair), University of Liverpool, UK, 1974-1988
Lecturer in Humanity (Latin), University of Edinburgh, UK, 1966-1973
Assistant Lecturer in Humanity (Latin), University of Edinburgh, UK, 1963-1966
3. Visiting and Research Appointments, and Named Lectureships
Armstrong Distinguished Visiting Professor of Classics, University of Texas at Austin, 1999
James Loeb Lecturer, Harvard University, 1990
Professore à contratto, Università di Bologna, 1984
Visiting Professor, Seminar für Mittellatein, Freie Universität Berlin, 1982
Fellow, Calgary Institute for the Humanities, 1980
Honorary Research Fellow in Classics, Birkbeck College, University of London, 1977-1979
Dill Memorial Lecturer, Queens University Belfast, 1978
Inaugural Lecturer, University College Dublin, 1977
School Student, British School at Athens, 1963-1964
4. Principal Research Interests
Republican and Augustan Latin poetry
Hellenistic Greek Poetry
Medieval and renaissance Latin
Epigraphy of Euboea, Greece
Computer-aided learning
5. Research Roles
Joint General Editor of the series ARCA Classical and Medieval Texts, Papers and Monographs
General Editor of the series Latin and Greek Texts
Joint General Editor of the series Collected Classical Papers
Editor/Joint Editor of Papers of the Langford Latin Seminar
Corrispondente straniero of Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica
Member of Consejo Asesor of Emerita
Member of Advisory Board of Res Publica Litterarum
Correspondant étranger of Latomus
Member of Comitato Internazionale of Paideia
Member of the ‘Comitato di referee’ of Athenaeum
Member of ‘Comitato d’Onore del Certamen Horatianum’
Socio corrispondente dell’Accademia Properziana del Subasio (Assisi)
Tutore per il Dottorato di Ricerca in Filologia Classica dell’Università di Parma (Tutorato XIX ciclo)
(Former) Director of UGC/Computer Board CTI project “The computerisation of Learning Latin”
(Former) Coordinator of Leeds Karystos Group
(Former) Member of the Comitato Scientifico dell’Istituto Internazionale di Studi Piceni
(Former) Member of the British Medieval Latin Dictionary Committee
(Former) Joint Editor of Papers of the Leeds International Latin Seminar (1990-1998) (Volume 1 = PLLS 6 1990, 2 = PLLS 7 1993, 4 = PLLS 9 1995, 5 = PLLS 10 1998)
(Former) Co-Director of the Leeds International Latin Seminar (1988-2001)
(Former) Editor of Papers of the Liverpool Latin Seminar (five volumes – 1976-1985)
(Former) Organiser of the Liverpool Latin Seminar (1975-85)
6. Publications
Four monographs, one volume of Collected Papers, seven edited volumes, seven jointly edited volumes, and 147 papers/book chapters. See ‘List of Publications’ below.
7. Research in Progress
A study of Greek epigrams; papers on Greek and Roman poetry, medieval and renaissance Latin, and Euboean epigraphy.
8. Research and Travel Grants
1974-1999: approx. $100,000 total in funding (from external and internal sources) towards the travel costs of visiting scholars invited by me to the Universities of Liverpool and Leeds, in particular under the auspices of the Liverpool Latin Seminar and the Leeds International Latin Seminar.
1974-1999: approx. $70,000 total in funding (from external and internal sources) towards the costs of my own travel and research.
1985: $30,780 (= 19,000 GBP) from the UK University Grants Committee/Computer Board Computers in Teaching Initiative for the project “The Computerisation of Learning Latin.”
1976 to present: $80,000 total (approx.) subventions from grant-giving bodies (e.g. the British Academy, Canadian Federation for the Humanities, the Publication Funds of many Universities) towards the publication of volumes in the series ARCA (edited by me) and other academic volumes.
1991: $8,100 (= 5,000 GBP) from the UK Government ‘Enterprise in Higher Education’ initiative for the project ‘Karystos: A Greek city and its territory’ (1991-94)
2002: $7,200 COFRS Summer Award (FSU) Project: ‘Propertius: The Augustan Elegist’
2002: $4,300 AHPEG Award (FSU) Project: ‘Propertius: The Augustan Elegist’
2007: $13,000 COFRS Summer Award (FSU) Project: ‘Greek and Roman Epigrams’
2007: $30,000 Loeb Classical Library Foundation Grant: Project: ‘Greek and Roman Epigrams
2007: $13,873 AHPEG Award (FSU): Project: ‘Greek and Roman Epigrams
9. Teaching and Teaching Administration
Undergraduate/Graduate teaching
Homer; early Greek lyric; Pindar and Bacchylides; Lysias; Euripides; Callimachus; Theocritus, Apollonius; Greek Anthology; Xenophon; Catullus; Caesar; Sallust; Virgil Eclogues, Aeneid; Horace; Propertius; Tibullus; Ovid; Senecan tragedy; Martial, Statius, Juvenal, Tacitus; Latin language; Medieval Latin of all periods, both poetry and prose; Renaissance Latin; introductory Latin; Karystos; Age of Augustus (the last two being Ancient History special subjects); classics in translation; classical civilisation; computing and the Classics.
Postgraduate supervision at M.A and Ph.D. level
Hellenistic poetry; Classical Latin; late Latin; ninth-century Latin.
Course development
During my Headship (1974-88) of the Department of Latin at the University of Liverpool, I was responsible for organising and implementing new subsidiary courses in Introductory Latin, and Literary and Linguistic Computing (taught in collaboration with the Computer Laboratory), new Single Honours degrees in Latin (Classical and Medieval), Roman Studies, Ancient History and Latin, and Classical Civilisation (the last three taught in collaboration with the Departments of Greek and Ancient History); and new Joint Honours degrees in Latin and Linguistics, Hispanic Studies and Latin, Latin and Russian, and Medieval History and Medieval Latin.
During my Chairmanship of the School of Classics, University of Leeds (1989-92), a complete reorganisation and modularisation of all courses was carried out. This work included the reshaping of the Classical Civilisation and Classics degree structures, the introduction of a new scheme of Special Subjects and Topics, and the development of student-oriented teaching methods and student self-monitoring procedures.
10. University Administration
2004-6 Chair of departmental Philology Committee (The Florida State University)
2003-2006 Member of “Overseers’ Committee to Visit the Department of the Classics of Harvard College”
2000- Committee for Conferences and Colloquia (The Florida State University)
2000- Organiser of Fall Langford Seminars
1992 -1999 Convenor of various departmental committees (University of Leeds)
1989 –1992 Chairman of School of Classics; Member of Senate (University of Leeds);
1974–1988 Head of Department of Latin (University of Liverpool); Member of Faculty and Senate and of various Faculty and Senate Committees
11. Invited Lectures
(Lectures given at Universities were in Departments of Classics/Latin unless otherwise noted)
Year / Institution/Event / Country1962 / University of Glasgow, Alexandrian Society / U.K.
1967 / University of Edinburgh, Classical Association / U.K.
1971 / University of St. Andrews, Classical Society / U.K.
1972 / University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne / U.K.
1974 / University of Urbino / Italy
1974 / Annual General Meeting of the British Classical Association held at Newcastle / U.K.
1974 / University of Manchester Classical Society / U.K.
1974 / Roman Society (London) / U.K.
1975 / University of Durham / U.K.
1975 / Freie Universität Berlin / West Germany
1976 / Birmingham University Medieval Society / U.K.
1976 / University College of North Wales, Bangor / U.K.
1976 / Edinburgh University Classical Society / U.K.
1977 / University of Athens / Greece
1977 / Fundacion Pastor, Madrid / Spain[*]
1977 / University of Salamanca / Spain*
1977 / University of Valladolid / Spain*
1977 / Universidad Autonoma, Madrid / Spain*
1977 / University of Lund / Sweden
1977 / Portsmouth Polytechnic / U.K.
1977 / Birkbeck College, London / U.K.
1977 / University of Birmingham Classical Association / U.K.
1977 / University of Manchester Seminar: Topics in Current Research / U.K.
1977 / Oxford Philological Society / U.K.
1978 / Birkbeck College, University of London / U.K.
1978 / Queen’s University, Belfast / U.K.
1979 / University of Padua / Italy
1979 / University of Bologna / Italy
1979 / University of Rome / Italy
1979 / University of Bari / Italy
1979 / Annual General Meeting of the British Classical Association held at Birmingham / U.K.
1979 / Oxford University Classical Society / U.K.
1979 / University of Göttingen / West Germany
1979 / Freie Universität Berlin / West Germany
1980 / University of Calgary / Canada
1980 / University of Edmonton / Canada
1980 / University of Vancouver / Canada
1980 / University of Victoria / Canada
1980 / Third Triennial Congress of the International Courtly Literature Society, held at University of Liverpool / U.K.
1981 / Nickle Conference on Ancient Numismatics, Calgary / Canada
1981 / University of Toronto / Canada
1981 / McMaster University / Canada
1981 / University of Western Ontario / Canada
1981 / University of Winnipeg / Canada
1981 / University of Manitoba / Canada
1981 / University of Rostock / East Germany[*]
1981 / University of Halle / East Germany*
1981 / University of Jena / East Germany*
1981 / Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin / East Germany*
1981 / Colloquium Propertianum, Assisi / Italy
1981 / Società italiana per lo studio dell’ antichità classica (SISAC) – conference on Hellenistic Epigram and Roman Elegy, Naples / Italy
1981 / University of Lancaster Classical Association / U.K.
1981 / University of Glasgow Classical Association / U.K.
1981 / University of London Classical Association / U.K.
1981 / University of Cambridge, Herodotean Society / U.K.
1982 / Conference on Augustan Poetry, Jena / East Germany
1982 / Eighth International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Athens; University of Ioannina / Greece
1982 / Cornell University / U.S.A
1982 / University College of North Wales, Bangor / U.K.
1982 / City Literary Institute, London / U.K.
1982 / University of Leeds, Virgil Bimillenniary Celebration / U.K.
1982 / University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Faculty Lecture / U.K.
1983 / Fourth Triennial Congress of the International Courtly Literature Society, Toronto / Canada
1983 / International Conference on New Methodologies in Classical Studies, Heiligendamm / East Germany
1983 / University of Jena / East Germany
1983 / University of Halle / East Germany
1983 / Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin / East Germany
1983 / Birkbeck College, University of London / U.K.
1984 / International Conference on The Crisis of the Third Century, Halle / East Germany
1984 / Convegno Internazionale di Studi Tibulliani, Rome / Italy
1984 / University of Bari / Italy
1985 / University of Ioannina / Greece
1985 / University of Pisa / Italy
1985 / VI Convegno Internationale di Studi Piceni, Sassoferrato / Italy
1985 / International Courtly Literature Society, Annual Conference, Cambridge; / U.K.
1985 / University of London Medieval Society / U.K.
1985 / St. David’s College, University of Wales, Lampeter / U.K.
1985 / University of Mainz / West Germany
1985 / University of Heidelberg / West Germany
1985 / University of Mannheim / West Germany
1985 / University of Konstanz / West Germany
1986 / University of Siena at Arezzo / Italy
1986 / University of Siena at Siena / Italy
1986 / University of Bologna / Italy
1986 / University of Bristol / U.K.
1986 / University of Leeds Classical Association / U.K.
1987 / University of Ottawa / Canada
1987 / Carleton University / Canada
1987 / McMaster University / Canada
1987 / McGill University / Canada
1987 / Queens University, Kingston / Canada
1987 / International Conference on the Intergration of Disciplines in the Classics, Halle / East Germany
1987 / XXIX Convegno Internazionale di Studi Umanistici, Montepulciano / Italy
1987 / Cornell University / U.S.A.
1987 / University of Massachussets at Amherst / U.S.A.
1987 / University of Hull: Conference ‘The Use of Computers in the Teaching of Language and Languages’ / U.K.
1987 / Birkbeck College, University of London / U.K.
1988 / University of Windsor / Canada
1988 / Carleton University / Canada
1988 / University of Ottawa / Canada
1988 / McGill University / Canada
1988 / IX Convegno Internationale di Studi Piceni, Sassoferrato / Italy
1988 / Groningen University / Netherlands
1988 / University of Michigan at Ann Arbor / U.S.A
1988 / University of Illinois at Chicago / U.S.A
1988 / University of Wisconsin at Madison / U.S.A
1988 / University of Nebraska at Lincoln / U.S.A
1988 / University of Colorado at Boulder / U.S.A
1988 / Conception Seminary, Missouri / U.S.A
1988 / University of Pittsburgh / U.S.A
1988 / Cambridge Philological Society / U.K.
1989 / McGill University / Canada
1989 / Thessaloniki University / Greece
1989 / First International Symposium on Achaia and Elis in Antiquity, Athens / Greece
1989 / X Convegno Internationale di Studi Piceni, Sassoferrato / Italy
1989 / IX Congress of the International Federation of the Societies of Classical Studies, Pisa / Italy
1989 / Culture e lingue classiche (30 convegno di aggiornamento e di didattica), Palermo / Italy
1989 / University of Manchester Schools Day / U.K.
1990 / Symposium: New Directions in Augustan Poetry at Macmaster University; / Canada
1990 / McGill University / Canada
1990 / Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano / Italy
1990 / Università Statale di Milano / Italy
1990 / Certamen Horatium IV, Venosa / Italy
1990 / Colloquio Ovidiano, Università di Salerno / Italy
1990 / Symposium: The Interpretation of Roman Poetry: Empiricism or Hermeneutics? U. of Austin, Texas / U.S.A.
1990 / Harvard University / U.S.A.
1991 / XII Convegno Internationale di Studi Piceni, Sassoferrato / Italy
1991 / Annual General Meeting of the Roman Society (London) / U.K.
1991 / Open University Tutors Study Group (London) / U.K.
1991 / Cambridge Renaissance Latin Conference / U.K.
1992 / Congresso Internazionale ‘Modelli testuali e prassi poetica: Grecia ellenistica e Roma’, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano / Italy
1992 / XIII Convegno Internationale di Studi Piceni, Sassoferrato / Italy
1992 / Convegno internazionale di studio (su Orazio), Potenza/Venosa / Italy
1992 / Horace Bimilleniary Conference, Corpus Christi College, Oxford / U.K.
1993 / XIII Convegno Internationale di Studi Piceni, Sassoferrato / Italy
1994 / McGill University / Canada
1994 / University of Cyprus / Cyprus
1994 / Friedrich Schiller Universität, Jena / Germany
1994 / XIV Convegno Internationale di Studi Piceni, Sassoferrato / Italy
1995 / Collegio Ghislieri, Università di Pavia / Italy
1995 / Università di Bologna / Italy
1995 / XV Convegno Internationale di Studi Piceni, Sassoferrato / Italy
1996 / Hamburg University / Germany
1996 / Greifswald University / Germany
1996 / Rostock University / Germany
1996 / Tübingen University / Germany
1996 / Freiburg Conference on Orality / Germany
1996 / Conference: ‘Cameron and His Critics’, Wadham College, Oxford / U.K.
1997 / Università di Cagliari / Italy
1997 / Università di Sassari / Italy
1997 / University of Durham / U.K.
1998 / Universidad de Huelva / Spain
1998 / Universidad de Sevilla / Spain
1999 / Conference: ‘Augustan Poetry and the Traditions of Ancient Historiography’ University of Durham / U.K.
1999 / University of Georgia (Athens) / U.S.A.
1999 / The Florida State University / U.S.A.
1999 / Baylor University / U.S.A.
2000 / Symposium Cumanum 2000: ‘Vergil and Philodemus’, Cuma/Baia / Italy
2000 / Conference: ‘Myth, History, and Performance in Republican Rome’, University of Exeter / U.K.
2000 / British Epigraphy Society Spring Colloquium, University of Durham / U.K.
2000 / The Cambridge Conference on Ancient Etymology, University of Cambridge / U.K.
2000 / University of Virginia (Charlottesville) Graduate Conference (keynote speaker) / U.S.A.
2001 / University of Sassari, Convegno ‘Quale futuro per gli studi classici in Europa?’ / Italy
2001 / Virgil Society, London / U.K.
2002 / Convegno Internazionale: ‘Properzio tra Storia Arte Mito’, Accademia Properziana del Subasio, Assisi / Italy
2002 / Conference: ‘What’s in a Name?’, University of Wales Institute of Classics/University of Leeds School of Glassics, Gregynog, Wales, U.K. / U.K.
2002 / Conference: ‘The Celtic Conference in Classics’, University of Glasgow / U.K.
2002 / Emory University, Atlanta / U.S.A.
2002 / University of Iowa / U.S.A.
2003 / Università di Torino / Italy
2003 / Associazione Italiana de Cultura Classica, Trento / Italy
2003 / Università di Trento / Italy
2003 / XV Convegno Internazionale, “Guerra e pace nel pensiero del rinascimento”, Chianciano – Pienza / Italy
2004 / Università di Parma / Italy
2004 / Oxford Philological Society / U.K.
2005 / Florida State University / U.S.A
2005 / Petronian Society, Munich / Germany
2005 / XVII Convegno Internazionale, “Pio II Umanista Europeo”, Chianciano – Pienza / Italy
2006 / Conference: “Epigramma Longum: from Martial to Late Antiquity” Università di Cassino / Italy
2006 / XVIII Convegno Internazionale “Il Concetto della Libertà nel Rinascimento” Chianciano-Pienza / Italy
2007 / Ave Maria University, Naples FL / U.S.A.
2007 / XIX Convegno Internazionale “Oriente E Occidente Nel Rinascimento” Chianciano-Pienza / Italy
2008 / Classical Association AGM, Liverpool: / UK
2008 / University of Vienna / Austria
2008 / Università di Firenze / Italy
2008 / Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, Firenze / Italy
2008 / Università di Bologna / Italy
2009 / University of Edinburgh, Classics Research Seminar / UK
2009 / University of Cambridge, Faculty of Classics Research Seminar / UK
2009 / XX Convegno Internazionale “Mecenati, Artisti e Pubblico nel Rinascimento” Chianciano-Pienza / Italy
2010 / University of Edinburgh “Symposium in Memory of Kerr Borthwick” / UK
2011 / Florida State University, Langford Conference “Texts, Non-Texts and Contexts: On the Varieties of Writing Experiences in the Ancient Mediterranean World” / USA
FRANCIS CAIRNS: LIST OF PUBLICATIONS