James F. Patterson Curriculum Vitae, July 22, 2015 Department of Classics University of Texas at Austin 2210 Speedway, Stop C3400 Austin, TX 78712 +1 512-471-5742 3707 Tom Green #4 Austin, TX 78705 +1 413-658-8238 james_patterson@utexas.edu EMPLOYMENT Lecturer, Department of Classics, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2015-present. EDUCATION Ph.D. in Classics, University of Texas at Austin, May 2015. 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 2012. M.A.T. in Latin and Classical Humanities, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2006. B.A. in Classics (minor in Psychology), University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2003. L Università per Stranieri (non-degree), Siena, Italy, January-May 2001. 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.89-100 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): 42-52. 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, 2014. The Journal of the History of Philosophy 53.4 (2015): 778-9. 2. A. Nightingale. Once out of Nature: Augustine on Time and the Body. University of Chicago Press, 2011. BMCR 2012.02.18. Textbook & C. W. Oughton. Lexis: Prosdiasaphesis (vii + 334 pages). [In-house publication: primary textbook used in the UT Intensive Summer Greek Program to accompany G. Morgan's Lexis.] PATTERSON 1
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 2015. 2. "The Hippocratic Critical Days: Texts and Education in Greek Late Antiquity." Society for Classical Studies (New Orleans, LA), January 2015. 3. "Augustine in the Underworld: Aeneid 6 and the Puzzle of Confessions 10-13." Classical Association of the Middle West and South (Waco, TX), April 2014. 4. "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 2013. 5. Christian Morality and Pagan Literature: Clarifying Augustine s Attitude toward Terence. North American Patristics Society (Chicago, IL), May, 2008. 6. A Justifiable Suicide: Christian Neoplatonism and a Reinterpretation of Plato s Phaedo. XV International Conference on Patristic Studies (Oxford, UK), August 2007. 7. Omnia Appetunt Esse: A possible Link Between Plethon and Scholasticism. 32nd Annual Byzantine Studies Conference (St. Louis, MO), November 2006. 8. Time and Human Perception in Augustine s Confessions XI. North American Patristics Society (Chicago, IL), May 2006. 9. (Latin) Philosophy for Kids: Introducing Ancient Philosophy to the Latin Classroom. Classical Association of New England (Amherst, MA), March 2006. 10. 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 2005. 11. & Rex Wallace. The Etruscan Texts Project. Ancient Studies/New Technology (James Madison University, VA), December 2004. 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 2015. 2. De magistro 10.29-31: Are Self-exhibiting Actions Sufficient for Teaching? Augustine Lectio (Cornell University), April 2010. 3. Time and Eternity in Confessions XI. 13.16-15.18. Augustine Lectio (University of Massachusetts Amherst), April 2006. 4., Rex Wallace & Michael Shamgochian. The Current State of the Etruscan Texts Project. Markup for Museums: Scripts, Artefacts, and XML (Brown University), November 2005. 5. Soliloquies II.9-10 and 20: On falsum and disciplina. Augustine Lectio (Cornell University), April 2005. 6. De mendacio 6.9: Should One Lie to Save the Life of Another? Augustine Lectio (University of Vermont), May 2004. PATTERSON 2
7. The Harvest Metaphor in De Genesi Ad Litteram. Augustine Lectio (University of Massachusetts Amherst), March 2003. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research assistant to Jennifer Ebbeler. Proposed and developed an access-only database of teaching material. Summer-Fall 2012. Research assistant to Timothy Moore. Helped produce index rerum for his book, Music in Roman Comedy (CUP, 2012). Summer 2011. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE Professional Article referee: Teaching Classical Languages, 2015. Manuscript referee: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. University of Texas at Austin Mentor for graduate students preparing to teach Latin at the university level, Spring 2014. Graduate Student Mentor in the IE Pre-Graduate School Internship Program, Fall 2013. Established and organized the Classics Dissertation Workshop, Fall 2012 to Fall 2014. Established and organized the Texas Neoplatonism Lectio, 2009-2011. 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, 2007-2008. 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
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 2015. Nominated by students for the Texas Foreign Language Teaching Excellence Award (University of Texas at Austin), Spring 2015. College of Liberal Arts Teaching Fellowship (University of Texas at Austin; $5,000), Spring 2015. Classics Travel Fellowship (University of Texas at Austin, $475), Fall 2014. Professional Development Award (University of Texas at Austin, $375), Fall 2014. Armstrong Graduate Excellence Award (University of Texas at Austin, $1,000), Summer 2014. Livingston S. William Graduate Fellowship (University of Texas at Austin, $21,432), Fall 2013- Spring 2014. Professional Development Award (University of Texas at Austin, $530), Fall 2013. William J. Battle Graduate Fellowship (University of Texas at Austin, $1,000), Summer 2007, Summer 2011. Harry J. Leon Fellowship in Classics (University of Texas at Austin, $300), Spring 2007, Spring 2010. Outstanding TA Award (University of Texas at Austin, $300), Spring 2007. Professional Development Award (University of Texas at Austin, $680), Fall 2006. Center for Teaching Scholarship (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Spring 2004. LANGUAGES Ancient Latin (proficiency), Greek (proficiency) Modern Italian (near fluency), German (reading), French (reading), Spanish (reading) PATTERSON 4
REFERENCES Prof. R. J. Hankinson, Professor of Philosophy and Classics, University of Texas at Austin (rjhankinson@austin.utexas.edu; +1 512-471-5572) Prof. Sir Richard Sorabji, Honorary Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Oxford (richard.sorabji@philosophy.ox.ac.uk; +44 (0)1865 274 100) Prof. Lesley Dean-Jones, Associate Professor and Chair of Classics, University of Texas at Austin (ldjones@austin.utexas.edu; +1 512-471-2352) Prof. Rabun Taylor, Associate Professor of Classics, University of Texas at Austin (rmtaylor@austin.utexas.edu; +1 512-471-0677) Prof. Stephen White, Professor of Classics and Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin (sawhite@utexas.edu; +1 512-475-7457) PATTERSON 5