James F. Patterson Curriculum Vitae, July 22, 2015

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1 James F. Patterson Curriculum Vitae, July 22, 2015 Department of Classics University of Texas at Austin 2210 Speedway, Stop C3400 Austin, TX Tom Green #4 Austin, TX EMPLOYMENT Lecturer, Department of Classics, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2015-present. EDUCATION Ph.D. in Classics, University of Texas at Austin, May Dissertation: In tempora dissilui: Time, Memory, and Narration in Augustine s Confessions. Recognised Student in Philosophy (non-degree), Wolfson College, University of Oxford, August 2011-March M.A.T. in Latin and Classical Humanities, University of Massachusetts Amherst, B.A. in Classics (minor in Psychology), University of Massachusetts Amherst, L Università per Stranieri (non-degree), Siena, Italy, January-May RESEARCH INTERESTS Greek and Latin Literature and Linguistics, Ancient Religion and Philosophy, Augustine, Late Antiquity, Cognitive History, Pedagogy. PUBLICATIONS Articles 1. P. Oxy. 112/23(b): Homer, Iliad VI transcript and notes. Accepted in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri (The Egypt Exploration Society, 2 pages). 2. Latin Philosophy for Kids: Introducing Ancient Philosophy to the Latin Classroom. New England Classical Journal 34.1 (2007): Book Reviews 1. D. van Dusen. The Space of Time: A Sensualist Interpretation of Time in Augustine, Confessions X to XII. Supplements to the Study of Time 6. Brill, The Journal of the History of Philosophy 53.4 (2015): A. Nightingale. Once out of Nature: Augustine on Time and the Body. University of Chicago Press, BMCR Textbook & C. W. Oughton. Lexis: Prosdiasaphesis (vii pages). [In-house publication: primary textbook used in the UT Intensive Summer Greek Program to accompany G. Morgan's Lexis.] PATTERSON 1

2 In Preparation (Book) 'Telling Time in Augustine's Confessions.' (Textbook) & C. W. Oughton. 'Ancient Greek: A Diachronic Approach.' (Article) 'Augustine's Fig Tree (Confessions 8.12).' (Article) 'Intentio in Augustine's Confessions.' (Article) 'The Hippocratic Critical Days: Texts and Education in Greek Late Antiquity.' PRESENTATIONS By Refereed Abstract 1. "Intentio in Augustine's Confessions." XVII International Conference on Patristic Studies (Oxford, UK), August "The Hippocratic Critical Days: Texts and Education in Greek Late Antiquity." Society for Classical Studies (New Orleans, LA), January "Augustine in the Underworld: Aeneid 6 and the Puzzle of Confessions " Classical Association of the Middle West and South (Waco, TX), April "Rem tene, imagines sequentur: Augustine and the Method of Loci in Confessions 10." Classical Association of the Middle West and South (Iowa City, IA), April Christian Morality and Pagan Literature: Clarifying Augustine s Attitude toward Terence. North American Patristics Society (Chicago, IL), May, A Justifiable Suicide: Christian Neoplatonism and a Reinterpretation of Plato s Phaedo. XV International Conference on Patristic Studies (Oxford, UK), August Omnia Appetunt Esse: A possible Link Between Plethon and Scholasticism. 32nd Annual Byzantine Studies Conference (St. Louis, MO), November Time and Human Perception in Augustine s Confessions XI. North American Patristics Society (Chicago, IL), May (Latin) Philosophy for Kids: Introducing Ancient Philosophy to the Latin Classroom. Classical Association of New England (Amherst, MA), March Neo-Platonism and the Revival of Greek Antiquity in the Fifteenth Century: Gemistos Plethon s Monody for Helena Dragaš Palaiologina. 31st Annual Byzantine Studies Conference (Athens, GA), October & Rex Wallace. The Etruscan Texts Project. Ancient Studies/New Technology (James Madison University, VA), December By Invitation 1. "Intertextuality and Autobiography in Augustine's Conversion Story (Confessions 8.12)." Eta Sigma Phi Lecture Series (University of Texas at Austin), April De magistro : Are Self-exhibiting Actions Sufficient for Teaching? Augustine Lectio (Cornell University), April Time and Eternity in Confessions XI Augustine Lectio (University of Massachusetts Amherst), April , Rex Wallace & Michael Shamgochian. The Current State of the Etruscan Texts Project. Markup for Museums: Scripts, Artefacts, and XML (Brown University), November Soliloquies II.9-10 and 20: On falsum and disciplina. Augustine Lectio (Cornell University), April De mendacio 6.9: Should One Lie to Save the Life of Another? Augustine Lectio (University of Vermont), May PATTERSON 2

3 7. The Harvest Metaphor in De Genesi Ad Litteram. Augustine Lectio (University of Massachusetts Amherst), March RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research assistant to Jennifer Ebbeler. Proposed and developed an access-only database of teaching material. Summer-Fall Research assistant to Timothy Moore. Helped produce index rerum for his book, Music in Roman Comedy (CUP, 2012). Summer ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE Professional Article referee: Teaching Classical Languages, Manuscript referee: Wiley-Blackwell, University of Texas at Austin Mentor for graduate students preparing to teach Latin at the university level, Spring Graduate Student Mentor in the IE Pre-Graduate School Internship Program, Fall Established and organized the Classics Dissertation Workshop, Fall 2012 to Fall Established and organized the Texas Neoplatonism Lectio, Co-founder (2007), executive committee member (2007, 2008, and 2010), and chair (2009) of the William J. Battle Lecture Series. International Organizations Assistant Director of Builders for Peace, Fojnica, Bosnia, TEACHING Instructor: University of Texas at Austin Introduction to Ancient Greece (large lecture course, Fall 2015) Death and the Afterlife (upper-division undergraduate seminar, Spring 2015) Intensive Summer Greek I (Summer 2010, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014) Intensive Summer Greek II (Homer, Euripides, and Plato, Summer 2009) First-year Greek II (Spring 2013) Intermediate Greek I (Lysias and Plato, Fall 2014) Conference Course in Intermediate Greek I (Herodotus and Plato, Fall 2010) Accelerated First-year Latin (Fall 2008) First-year Latin I (Spring 2008) First-year Latin II (Fall 2009, Fall 2012, Fall 2015) Intermediate Latin I (Petronius, Spring 2009; Vergil, Spring 2010 and Spring 2011) Intermediate Latin II (Cicero, Fall 2010) Instructor: University of Massachusetts Amherst Elementary Latin I (Fall 2004) Intensive Intermediate Latin (Summer 2005) PATTERSON 3

4 Intermediate Latin II (Spring 2006) Online Instructor: University of Massachusetts Amherst Greek Mythology (Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2013, Summer 2013 [two sections], Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Summer 2014 [two sections]) Teaching Assistant: University of Texas at Austin Greece and Rome: Film and Reality, Karl Galinsky (Fall 2006) Rise of Christianity, L. Michael White (Spring 2007) Pagans and Christians in the Later Roman Empire, Jennifer Ebbeler (Fall 2007) Teaching Assistant: University of Massachusetts Amherst Greek Civilization, Marios Philippides (Spring 2004, Fall 2004) Roman Civilization, Brian Breed (Spring 2005) Greek Mythology, Marios Philippides (Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006) AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS Henry J. Leon Award for Excellence in Teaching (University of Texas at Austin; $500), Spring Nominated by students for the Texas Foreign Language Teaching Excellence Award (University of Texas at Austin), Spring College of Liberal Arts Teaching Fellowship (University of Texas at Austin; $5,000), Spring Classics Travel Fellowship (University of Texas at Austin, $475), Fall Professional Development Award (University of Texas at Austin, $375), Fall Armstrong Graduate Excellence Award (University of Texas at Austin, $1,000), Summer Livingston S. William Graduate Fellowship (University of Texas at Austin, $21,432), Fall Spring Professional Development Award (University of Texas at Austin, $530), Fall William J. Battle Graduate Fellowship (University of Texas at Austin, $1,000), Summer 2007, Summer Harry J. Leon Fellowship in Classics (University of Texas at Austin, $300), Spring 2007, Spring Outstanding TA Award (University of Texas at Austin, $300), Spring Professional Development Award (University of Texas at Austin, $680), Fall Center for Teaching Scholarship (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Spring LANGUAGES Ancient Latin (proficiency), Greek (proficiency) Modern Italian (near fluency), German (reading), French (reading), Spanish (reading) PATTERSON 4

5 REFERENCES Prof. R. J. Hankinson, Professor of Philosophy and Classics, University of Texas at Austin ) Prof. Sir Richard Sorabji, Honorary Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Oxford +44 (0) ) Prof. Lesley Dean-Jones, Associate Professor and Chair of Classics, University of Texas at Austin ) Prof. Rabun Taylor, Associate Professor of Classics, University of Texas at Austin ) Prof. Stephen White, Professor of Classics and Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin ) PATTERSON 5

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