Ruth Scodel is an American classicist. She is the D.R. Shackleton-Bailey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan.[1] Scodel specialises in ancient Greek literature, with particular interests in Homer, Hesiod and Greek Tragedy. Her research has been influenced by narrative theory, cognitive approaches, and politeness theory.[2] In 2024, she was elected to the American Philosophical Society.[3]
Ruth Scodel | |
|---|---|
| Born | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Awards | Gildersleeve Prize Michigan Humanities Award |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Thesis | The Trojan Trilogy of Euripides (1978) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classics |
| Sub-discipline | Greek Literature |
| Institutions | University of Edinburgh University of Michigan Harvard University |
Career
editScodel studied at the University of California, Berkeley, where she received her B.A. in 1973. She obtained her Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1978. Her thesis was entitled The Trojan Trilogy of Euripides.[4] From 1978–83 she was an assistant professor at Harvard University, and an associate professor from 1984–5.[5]
Scodel joined the faculty of University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1984,[6] where she became Professor of Greek and Latin in 1987. In 2005 Scodel was elected the D.R. Shackleton Bailey Professor of Greek Language and Literature. Scodel was the seventh A. G. Leventis Professor in Greek at the University of Edinburgh in 2011–12, and under these auspices held the conference 'What's Greek about Ancient Greek Narrative' from 27–30 October 2011.[7]
Among other prizes for teaching and mentoring,[8] Scodel won the Michigan Humanities Award (1997–98) and the Gildersleeve Prize (1998).[9][10] She has been active in service to the Society for Classical Studies (formerly the American Philological Association). She was president of the Society in 2007, and has served on the Editorial Board for Monographs (1982–5), as Vice President for Publications (1996-9), and on the Nominating Committee (2008–14).[11][12] She was honoured in 2018 with the "APA/SCS Distinguished Service Award", in recognition of the service to this organisation which she had carried out throughout her career.[13] Scodel was president of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South from 2014–5.[14][15] In 2017 Scodel was awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award" by Eta Sigma Phi, the national Classics honorary society.[16]
Research
editScodel's research focuses on Homer, Hesiod and Greek tragedy, and is particularly significant in her innovative applications of theoretical approaches such as narrative theory[17] to ancient literature. She has also written more introductory works such as her Introduction to Greek Tragedy,[18] which was well received.[19]
In 1998 Scodel's article “Bardic Performance and Oral Tradition in Homer,”[20] won the Gildersleeve Prize (American Journal of Philology), for work described as "an important contribution not only to the reading of Homer but also to narratological theory".[21]
Selected works
editSingle-authored books
- The Trojan Trilogy of Euripides. Hypomnemata 60. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1980.
- Credible Impossibilities: Conventions and Strategies of Verisimilitude in Homer and Greek Tragedy. Beiträge zur Altertumswisssenschaft 122. Suttgart: Teubner. 1999.
- Listening to Homer. Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press. 2002.
- Epic Facework: Self-presentation and Social Interaction in Homer. Classical Press of Wales. 2008.
- An Introduction to Greek Tragedy. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2010.
Co-edited volumes
- Theater and Society in the Classical World. University of Michigan Press. Ann Arbor 1993.
- Defining Greek Narrative, with Douglas Cairns. Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
- Between Orality and Literacy: Communication and Adaptation in Antiquity. Brill, Leiden, 2014.
References
edit- ^ "Ruth Scodel". Edinburgh University Press Books.
- ^ "Research | Ruth Scodel". sites.lsa.umich.edu.
- ^ https://www.amphilsoc.org/blog/american-philosophical-society-welcomes-new-members-2024
- ^ "Summaries of Dissertations for the Degree of Ph. D.". Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. 83: 407–9. 1 January 1979. JSTOR 311107.
- ^ "Ruth Scodel CV" (PDF).
- ^ Gregory, Justina, ed. (2006). A companion to Greek tragedy (1. publ. ed.). Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub. p. xiv. ISBN 9781405107709.
- ^ "Past Chair-holders, conferences and publications | The University of Edinburgh". www.ed.ac.uk. 18 July 2023.
- ^ "Ruth Scodel Will Present McKibben Lecture in Classical Studies at Grinnell College April 25 | Grinnell College". www.grinnell.edu.
- ^ Arts, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the (1996). LSAmagazine. UM Libraries. p. 34.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Hansen, Marie R. (1 September 1999). "The Gildersleeve Prize For The Best Article Published In The American Journal of Philology In 1998 Has Been Presented To Ruth Scodel, University of Michigan". American Journal of Philology. 120 (3): iv. doi:10.1353/ajp.1999.0035. ISSN 1086-3168. S2CID 162191503.
- ^ "Ruth Scodel CV" (PDF).
- ^ "Ruth Scodel Will Present McKibben Lecture in Classical Studies at Grinnell College April 25 | Grinnell College". www.grinnell.edu.
- ^ "Ruth Scodel wins APA / SCS Distinguished Service Award | U-M LSA Department of Classical Studies". lsa.umich.edu.
- ^ "Ruth Scodel | CAMWS". camws.org. 18 April 2017.
- ^ "CAMWS Newsletter Spring 2014-5".
- ^ "Nuntius" (PDF).
- ^ "Bryn Mawr Classical Review: 2015.02.47". www.bmcreview.org.
- ^ Scodel, Ruth (2010). An introduction to Greek tragedy (1st published. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-87974-3.
- ^ Heath, Malcolm (1 April 2012). "Greek Literature" (PDF). Greece & Rome. 59 (1): 108. doi:10.1017/S0017383511000283. ISSN 1477-4550. S2CID 261799095.
- ^ Scodel, Ruth (1 January 1998). "Bardic Performance and Oral Tradition in Homer". The American Journal of Philology. 119 (2): 171–194. doi:10.1353/ajp.1998.0027. JSTOR 1562083. S2CID 161072518.
- ^ Hansen, Marie R. (1999). "The Gildersleeve Prize For The Best Article Published In The American Journal of Philology In 1998 Has Been Presented To Ruth Scodel, University of Michigan". American Journal of Philology. 120 (3): iv. doi:10.1353/ajp.1999.0035. S2CID 162191503.