Nefasdicere, when not otherwise busy, is a Romanist, which is to say that he studies Greek and Roman material and literary culture. (That might be the definition of a Classicist, but most of those are really Philologists, no, actually, most of those do some form of Comparative Literature.) It is his opinion that all languages are sign systems that are inseparable from the spatial and material systems within which they operate or operated. But this is all academic.
Professional interests
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Post-Augustan Latin Poetry (especially the Satires of Juvenal)
Indo-European Linguistics (Latin, Greek, Sanskrit)
Photography and digital imaging manipulation (Photoshop)
3D reconstruction and animation (3Dsmax/AutoCAD)
Field Archaeology (Greek and Roman)
Numismatics (especially late 1st BCE to 2nd CE Roman coinage)
Personal interests
editRoad and Mountain Biking
Hiking
Photography
Film
Geology
Skiing (X-country, downhill, and water)
Rollerblading
Education
editUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor: Ph.D.in Classical Studies, M.A. in Classical Archaeology
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville: M.A. Comparative Literature - Latin and Greek Emphasis
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville: B.A. Classical Studies; B.A. Psychology
Professional experience
editSamothrace Excavations 2007, 2008, 2009
ASCSA: Corinth Excavations 2007
American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA): Regular Member 2006-2007
Pompeii Archaeological Regional Survey: Porta Stabia (PARP:PS): Staff 2006
Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology (IPCAA) Antioch of Pisidia Exhibition Group 2004-2006
American Numismatic Society (ANS): Summer Seminar 2004
Athenian Agora Excavations: Assistant Trench Leader seasons 2001-2002
Athenian Agora Excavations: Excavation Volunteer seasons 1999-2000
American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA): Summer Session Member 1998
Travel outside of North America
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2009 - Paris, Amiens, Lyon, Vienne, Martigny, Alps, Nice, Cinque Terre, Firenze, Pompeii, Positano, Amalfi, Sorrento, Minori, Roma, Samothrace, Athens
2008 - Cosa, Pisa, Regio di Calabria, Sicily, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostia, Roma, Athens, Samothrace
2007 - Athens, sites in Attika, Aegina, Euboia, Madrid, Merida, Sevilla, Italica, Cadiz, Cartagena, Seguntum, Tarragona, Barcelona, Empuries, Pompeii, Terracina, Roma, Firenze, Venezia, Arezzo, Verona
2006 - Roma, Pompeii, Capua, Amalfi, Capri, Perugia, Firenze, Sienna, Ravenna, Verona, Milano, Aosta, Genua, Nice, Nimes, Arles, Orange, Lyon, Basel, Augst (Augusta Raurica), Berlin, Munchen, Neuschwanstein, Wien, Carnuntum, Innsbruck, Benevento, Bari, Igomenitsa, Ioannina, Mt. Olympus, Thera, Delos, Athens, everywhere in the Greek mainland, Crete, Thasos, Samothrace
2005 - London, Dover, Calais, Lille, Paris, Chartres, Versailles, Berlin, Roma, Tarquinia, Chiusi, Sperlonga, Napoli, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabia, Boscoreale, Oplontis, Sorrento
2004 - Istanbul, Ankara, Pessinus, Gordium, Antioch of Pisidia, Sagalassos, Side, Perge, Aspendos, Antalya, Aphrodisias, Hieropolis, Magnesia on the Meander, Ephesus, Izmir (Smyrna), Pergamon, Paris, Venezia, Firenze, Pisa, Roma, Napoli, Baiai, Pozzuoli, Misenum, Pompeii, Sorrento, Tivoli, Ostia Antica, London
2002 - Rhodos, Kos, Samos, Athens, Olympia, Mycenae, Tyrins, Epidauros, Argos, Nauplion, Aigosthena, Delphi, Corycian Cave, Meteora, Eleusis, Roma, Praeneste, Benevento, Cerveteri, Ostia Antica
2001 - London, Paris, Venezia, Firenze, Roma, Corfu, Dodona, Athens, Naxos etc.
2000 - Paris, Nimes, Arles, Roma, Pompeii, Athens etc., Istanbul, Pergamon, Ephesus, Samos
1999 - Athens and several sites in Greece, Mt. Olympus, Delos
1998 - Paris, Athens and many sites in Greece, Mt. Olympus, Crete, Thera, Bari, Pompeii, Roma, Ostia Antica
Articles created
edit- Heraion of Perachora The sanctuary of Hera on the Corinthian gulf.
- Amphiareion of Oropos Sanctuary of the Hero Amphiaraos.
- Hexamilion wall Defensive wall built across the Isthmus of Corinth in the 5th century CE.
- Crepidoma The platform of a Greek temple.
- Orthostates Upright stones taller then they are deep.
Articles extensively edited
edit- Lycosura The sanctuary of Despoina in Arkadia.
- Arch of Hadrian Monumental arch in Athens dedicated to the emperor Hadrian.
- Arch and Tomb of Galerius Monumental arch in Thessalonika dedicated to the tetrarch Galerius.
- Temple of Aphaea On the island Aigina - sculptures in München.
- Aigosthena Ancient fortified port in eastern Attica.
- Rhamnous Ancient fortified deme site in northern Attica.
- Juvenal Roman poet of the late 1st and early 2nd CE.
- Satires of Juvenal
- Satire VI
- Gyaros The Cycladic island used during the Roman empire as a place of exile.
In progress
edit- Hmmm