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Curriculum Vitae JOHN F. FINAMORE

Business Address: Department of Classics 210 Jefferson Building University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 Phone: 319-335-0288 E-mail [email protected] Web Page http://www.uiowa.edu/~classics/finamore/index.html EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

1. Education 1977-1983 Ph.D. in Classics, Rutgers University 1975-1977 M.A. in Classics, Rutgers University 1972-1975 M.A. in Philosophy, Tufts University 1968-1972 B.A. in Philosophy, University of Maryland

2. Professional and Academic Positions 2003-present Professor, The University of Iowa

1989-2003 Associate Professor, The University of Iowa 1983-89 Assistant Professor, The University of Iowa 1979-1983 Latin Exam Coordinator, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ

(in charge of Latin Advanced Placement and Achievement Programs, writer/assembler of SAT-Verbal and English Composition Tests

1975-1980 Teaching Assistant, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 1978-79 Tutor, Summer Session, Cook College, Equal Opportunity Fund

(tutored minority and foreign students in English Composition) 3. Honors and Awards

February 2012 IP International Travel Grant to attend conference in Amsterdam ($400.00)

Summer 2011 IP International Travel Grant for Cambridge ($300.00) July 2011 Visiting Scholar, Department of Classics, Cambridge University Spring 2011 IP International Travel Grant for a conference in Haifa, Israel

($300.00) Summer 2010 Faculty Support Fund, CLAS ($2500.00) June-July 2010 Visiting Scholar, American Academy in Rome Fall 2008 IP International Travel Grant for Cambridge ($600.00) July 2008 Visiting Scholar, Department of Classics, Cambridge University 2007-2008 Career Development Award Fall 2007 IP International Travel Grant to attend conference in Toronto

($400.00) Summer 2007 AHI Award ($670.00) May-June, 2005 Visiting Scholar, American Academy in Rome

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Summer 2004 International Travel Fund Program Grant to attend a conference in Liverpool, England

Fall 2003 Nominee for Graduate College Outstanding Mentor Award Fall 2003 International Travel Fund Program Grant to attend a conference in

Lublin, Poland Summer 2003 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Summer Fellowship for Tenured

Faculty Summer 2002 International Travel Fund Program Grant to attend a conference in

Sidney, Australia. Spring 2002 Nominated for the Teaching Award of the American Philological

Association Spring 2002 International Travel Fund Program Grant to attend American Academy

in Rome. Mar.-Apr. 2002 Visiting Scholar, American Academy in Rome Spring 2002 Career Development Award Spring 2000 Arts and Humanities Initiative Project Award to study in Dublin. Summer 1997 International Travel Fund Program Grant to attend The Mediterranean

Conference (sponsored by Dowling College) in Paris and Bordeaux. 1995-96: Faculty Development Leave

Fall 1995: International Travel Fund Program Grant to attend Conference at the University of Liverpool.

Summer 1995: International Travel Fund Program Grant to attend Conference at Saint Patrick University in Maynooth, Ireland.

Fall 1990: American Council of Learned Societies Travel Grant to Conference at University of Liverpool. Fall 1990: British government grant for attending conference at the University of Liverpool. Spring 1990: Faculty Development Leave Summer 1988: Old Gold Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa Summer 1987: Old Gold Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa Fall 1986: Honorary Visiting Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Summer 1986: Old Gold Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa 1972-75 Full Tuition Scholarship, Tufts University

4. Memberships Member of the American Philological Association, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, American Classical League, International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, Society of Ancient Greek Philosophy, Society for Biblical Literature, and Vergilian Society. TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA 1. Teaching Assignments

Se-mes-ter and

Year

STU-DENTS

ADVISED

Under-

STU-DENTS

ADVISED

Graduate

COURSES TAUGHT Number and Title

Stu-dents En-

rolled

Selected ACE Summary Scores

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grad This

course is well planned and organ-ized.

Overall, this instruc-tor is an effective teacher.

I have developed a greater appreciation for this subject.

The instructor's oral communi-cation skills are adequate for the course.

Fall 2011

6 1 20L:229 Tiberius to Trajan

7 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.0

Fall 2011

20E:103 Medical and Technical Termino-logy

33 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Fall 2011


51 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Spring 2011

7 1 20E:138 Philosophy of Ancient Greece and Rome

32 5.84 5.92 5.81 5.96

Spring 2011

20G:205 Classical and Hellenistic Literature

9 5.17 5.70 5.10 6.00

Spring 2011


35 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Fall 2010

20E:050 Word Power

22 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Fall 2010


36 5.81 5.85 N/A N/A

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Sum-mer 2010


18 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Spring 2010

10 1 20E:140 Ancient Magic

91 5.73 5.77 5.76 5.87

Spring 2010

20G:002 Classical & New Testament Greek II

19 5.75 5.86 5.90 6.00

Spring 2010


32 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Fall 2009

10 1 20E:050 Word Power

59 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Fall 2009

20G:229 Roman Greece: Philosophy

12 5.75 5.75 4.50 5.75

Fall 2009

20E:103:EXZ Med Tech

30 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Sum-mer 2009

20E:103:EXZ Med Tech

15 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Spring 2009

6 1 20G:002 El. Greek II

8

Spring 2009

20E:140 Magic in Ancient

80

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World

Spring 2009

20E:103:EXZ Medical Termino-logy

34 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Fall 2008


61 5.85 5.87 5.78 5.99

Fall 2008

Augustan Rome

17 5.88 5.97 6.0 5.97

Spring 2008

ON LEAVE

Fall 2007

ON LEAVE

Spring 2007

6 1 Ancient Magic 143:050

22 5.75 5.8 5.75 6.0

Fall 2006

6 1 2nd-Year Greek 20G:011

11 5.89 6.0 5.89 6.0

Fall 2006

20E:103 Medical Technical Termino-logy

197 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Spring 2006

0 1 20L:229 High Empire: Apuleius

4 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0

Fall 2005

0 1 20G:122 Classical and Hellenistic Periods I

9 5.8 6.0 5.92 5.8

Fall 2005

20E:103 Medical

135 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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Technical Termino-logy

Spring 2005

0 1 20E:134 Soul & the Afterlife in the Ancient World

30 5.85 5.91 5.74 5.93

Se-

mes-ter and

Year

STU-DENTS

ADVISED

Under-grad

STU-DENTS

ADVISED

Graduate

COURSES TAUGHT Number and Title

Stu-dents En-

rolled

Selected ACE Summary Scores

This course is well planned and organ-ized.

Overall, this instruc-tor is an effective teacher.

I have developed a greater appreciation for this subject.

The instructor's oral communi-cation skills are adequate for the course.

Fall 2004

1 20E:050 Word Power

152

5.87 5.74 5.54 5.88

Spring 2004

3 1 20L:222 Vergil

3 (only 1 ACE form)

6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0

Fall 2003


248

5.87 5.85 5.61 5.84

Spring 2003

1 20L: 225 Roman Philosophy: Lucretius

8

5.83 5.93 5.93 6.0

Fall 2002

1 20G:225 Greek Philosophy: Plato

9 5.86 5.94 5.94 6.0

Spring 2002

1 Career Development Award

Fall 2001

1 20G:199 2nd- & 3rd-year Greek

12 6.0 5.95 6.0 6.0

20L:204 Republican

5 5.67 6.0 6.0 6.0

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Literature

Spring 2001

1 1 20:50 Word Power

156 5.71 5.83 5.78 5.94

20:171 Elementary Latin Composition

4 6.0 6.0 6.0 4.9

Fall 2000

2 1 14:001 Elementary Greek I

17 6.0 5.91 6.0 6.0

14:147 Philosophic

al Issues: The Search for Self in

Late Antiquity

(with Thomas

Williams)

25 5.78 5.69 5.69 ----

2. Students Supervised Degree objective: Years Outcome a. Ph.D. candidates i. Dissertation Director Josh Langseth 2009-present dissertation in progress Gwen Gruber 2003-2009 dissertation completed Spring 2009 David Noe 2000-2003 dissertation completed Spring (now an

assistant professor at Grand Valley College) Svetla Slaveva 1999-2000 dissertation completed, Spring 2000

(awarded Outstanding Teaching Award at University of Iowa in 1996 and the Seashore Dissertation Year Award in 1999, now an associate professor in Classics at Florida State University)

Paul Kreinheder 1995-1996 dissertation completed, Fall 1996 (now working outside of Classics in Iowa City)

Janet Davis 1992-1993 dissertation completed, Summer 1993

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(co-directed with D. Ochs, Communication Studies) (now an associate professor at Truman State College)

ii. Committee member Christian Preus 2012 Dirk Baltzly 2008 dissertation at Monash University in

Australia (by mail), Fall 2008 Heather Gruber 2008 dissertation completed, Fall 2008 Bridget Sandhoff 2007 dissertation completed, Spring 2007 (Art and Art History) Jessica Gosnell 2007 dissertation completed, Spring 2007 (Philosophy) William Duba 2006 dissertation completed, Spring 2006 (History Department) Pamela Skinner 2003-2004 dissertation completed, Fall 2004 Andy Montgomery 2003-2004 dissertation completed, Spring 2004 Thomas Scheck 2002-2003 dissertation completed, Fall 2003 Keely Lake 1999-2001 dissertation completed, Fall 2001 Christopher VanLandingham 2000 dissertation completed, Fall 2000 (Religion Department) Cindy Smith 1998-1999 dissertation completed, Fall 1999 Judy Deuling 1997 dissertation completed, Fall 1997 b. Graduate Comprehensive Exams Jackie Jones Fall 2011 Special Genre, Apollonius Maria LaFary Fall 2010 Special Genre, Platonism Gabe Anderson Fall 2010 Special Author, Seneca Jason Osborne Fall 2009 Special Author, Vergil Charlou Koenig Fall 2006 Special Author, Presocratics Josh Langseth Spring 2006 Special Author, Plato Gwen Gruber Fall 2003 Special Author: Lucretius Heather Waddell Fall 2003 Special Author: Seneca Bob Simmons Spring 2003 Special Author: Vergil d. Undergraduate students Kyle Oskvig Fall 2011 ICRU project on Aristotle d. Undergraduate Honors Theses Jeremiah Vincent 2011-2012 in progress Matthew Hodges 2008-2009 completed Spring 2009 Kelcey Larsen-Ferree 2003-2004 completed, Spring 2004 Courtney Bowler 2000-2001 completed, Spring 2001 Bill Friedman 2000 completed, Fall 2000 3. Other Contributions to Instructional Programs:

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Spring-Fall 2008: Working with Steve Wessells, ITS Academic Technologies, to augment the existing Classics Greek and Latin Drill software system for the Word Power course, to utilize intelligent queuing of missed items by incorporating the CTS developed Drill Designer Webservice into the Classic Flash movie Fall 2004: Web-based computer drill for 20E:050 Word Power (http://www.uiowa.edu/~classics/finamore/wordpower.html). There are two drills, one for English words with Latin elements and one for English words with Greek elements. The drill allows the student to highlight the Latin/Greek element, define what the element means, and then define the whole word. Steve Wessells, ITS Academic Technologies, worked with me on this project Spring 2004: Grant proposal for a new instructional drill (housed on the internet) for 20E:050 Word Power Summer 1998: nTitle Faculty Workshop 1995-1999: Computer drill for an etymology course (Greek and Latin for Vocabulary Building) (with E.B. Holtsmark and M. Lindgren), in operation at the University of Iowa SCHOLARSHIP 1. Publications (All are refereed.) a. Books

Iamblichus' De Anima: Text, Translation, and Commentary (with J. M. Dillon), (Leiden: Brill Press, 2002).* Iamblichus and the Theory of the Vehicle of the Soul, (Chico, CA: Scholars Press, 1985).

b. Articles

"Aristotle's Criticisms of Plato's Tripartite Soul," in A. Sheppard BICS supplement on Aristotle's Reception of Plato's Republic (forthcoming 2013)

"Reason and Irrationality: The intersection of Philosophy and Magic in Later

Neoplatonism," in R. Fowler (ed.), Plato in the Third Sophistic (forthcoming, Walter de Gruyter, publishers, in 2013)

ʺPlutarch and Apuleius on Socratesʹ Daemonion,ʺ in H. Tarrant and D. Layne, Neo-

Socratics (under consideration at Oxford Press) "Iamblichus on Theurgic Virtue in the Soul," in E. Afonasin, J. Dillon, and J, Finamore

(eds.), Iamblichus and the Foundation of Late Platonism (forthcoming 2012). "Iamblichus, Theurgy, and the Soul's Ascent," in V. Adluri (ed.) Greek Religion:

Philosophy and Salvation, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin (forthcoming in the series Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten in May 2012).

http://www.uiowa.edu/~classics/finamore/wordpower.html�

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"Themistius on Soul and Intellect in Aristotle's De Anima," Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium on Ancient Philosophy 26 (2011) 1-23.

"Themistius' Doctrine of the Three Intellects," Dionysius 28 (2010) 45-62. "The Tripartite Soul in Middle Platonism: Plutarch, Apuleius, and Alcinous," in John F.

Finamore and Robert M. Berchman (eds.), Conversations Platonic and Neoplatonic: Intellect, Soul, and Nature (Sankt Augustin 2010) 103-113.

"The Chaldaean Oracles" in the Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity (with

S. Iles Johnston), Vol. 1, L. Gerson (ed.) (Cambridge 2010) 161-173. "Iamblichus' Interpretation of Parmenides' Third Hypothesis," in J. Turner and K.

Corrigan (eds.), Plato's Parmenides and Its Heritage: Volume II: Reception in Patristic, Gnostic, and Christian Neoplatonic Texts (Atlanta 2010), 119-132.

"Philosophy, Theurgy, and the Gods," a foreword in A. Uzdavinys, Philosophy and

Theurgy in Late Antiquity (Sophia Perennis Press, 2010) "Iamblichus and the Intermediate Nature of the Human Soul," in Jean-Marc Narbonne

and Martin Achard (editors), Perspectives Sur le Néoplatonisme, (Laval 2009) 123-136.

Two entries (Iamblichus On the Mysteries and On the Pythagorean Life) in Jacob

Neusner and Alan J. Avery-Peck (editors), The Brill Encyclopedia of Religious and Philosophical Writings in Late Antiquity (Leiden, 2007) 305 and 312-313.

"The Platonic Tripartite Soul and the Platonism of Galen's On the Doctrines of

Hippocrates and Plato," in J. Finamore and R. Berchman, Metaphysical Patterns in Platonism: Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern (New Orleans 2007) 1-16.

(Although I am one of the editors of this volume, Professor Berchman sent my paper out for blind peer review.)

"Apuleius on the Gods," in H. Tarrant and D. Baltzly, Reading Plato in Antiquity

(London, 2006) 33-48. "Biography as Self-Promotion: Porphyry's Vita Plotini" Dionysius 23 (2005) 49-61. "The Tripartite Soul in Plato's Republic," in J. Finamore and R. Berchman, History of

Platonism: Plato Redivivus (New Orleans 2005) 35-51. (Although I am one of the editors of this volume, Professor Berchman sent my

paper out for blind peer review.)

"Proclus on Ritual Practice in Neoplatonic Religious Philosophy," in A. Kijewski (ed.) Being or Good? Metamorphoses of Neoplatonism (Lublin 2004) 123-137.

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"'In Angelic Space:' Chaldaean Oracles Fr. 138 and Iamblichus," in M. Barbanti, G. Giardina, and P. Manganaro (eds.), {Enwsi" kai; Filiva, Unione e Amicizia: Omaggio a Francesco Romano (Catania 2002) 425-432.

"Iamblichus, the Sethians, and Marsanes," in J. D. Turner and R. Majercik, Gnosticism

and Later Platonism: Themes, Figures, and Texts (Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta: 2000) 225-257.

"Julian and the Descent of Asclepius," Journal of Neoplatonic Studies 7.1 (1999) 63-86. "Plotinus and Iamblichus on Magic and Theurgy" Dionysius 17 (1999) 83-94. "What the Hades? Iamblichus and Proclus on Judges and Judgment in the Afterlife,"

Mediterranean Perspectives (1998) 45-59. "Plotinus, Psellus, and the Chaldaean Oracles," The Ancient World 29.2 (1998) 107-110.

"Etymologies and Word Histories," Classical Journal.93.3 (1998) 285-289.

"The Rational Soul in Iamblichus' Philosophy," Syllecta Classica 8 (1998) 163-176.

"Iamblichean Dream Theory," in R. Berchman, ed., Mediators of the Divine: Horizons of Prophecy, Divination, Dreams and Theurgy in Mediterranean Antiquity (Atlanta: Scholars Press 1998) 155-164.

"Platonism, Paganism, and Judaism: Borrowings and Evolution" The Ancient World 26.2 (1995) 123-125.

"Iamblichus on Light and the Transparent," in H.J. Blumenthal and E.G. Clark, edd., The Divine Iamblichus, Philosopher and Man of Gods. (London: Bristol Classical Press, 1993) 55-64.

"Intellect and Common Sense in Aristotle's De Anima III.7," Syllecta Classica, 1 (1989-90) 27-41.

"The Role of dynamis in Plato's Protagoras 329c2-332a2," Elenchos, Volume 9, Number 2 (1988) 311-327.

"An Iamblichean Doctrine in Julian's Against the Galilaeans," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, 118 (1988) 391-399.

"Catullus 50 and 51: Friendship, Love, and Otium," Classical World, 78 (1984) 11-19.

"The Multiple-Choice Section of the 1980 Advanced Placement Latin Examination," (with V. Cleary and H. Stevens), The Classical Outlook, 60 (1983) 112-116.

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c. Edited books Iamblichus and the Foundation of Late Platonism (with Eugene Afonasin and John

Dillon), forthcoming 2012. Literary, Philosophical, and Religious Studies in the Platonic Tradition: Proceedings of

the Seventh Annual International Conference of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies (with John Phillips), in progress.

Conversations Platonic and Neoplatonic: Intellect, Soul, and Nature (with R. Berchman)

Sankt Augustin 2010. Metaphysical Patterns in Platonism: Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern (with

R. Berchman) New Orleans, 2007. History of Platonism: Plato Redivivus (with R. Berchman) New Orleans, 2005.

Work In Progress

The Platonic Tripartite Soul from Plato to the Neoplatonists, a book project. "Proclus' Psychology"*** (with Emilie Kutash), for P. d'Hoine and M. Martijn, Proclus –

Expanding the Canon of Ancient Philosophy. "Iamblichus on dreams and divination"

2. Published Reviews of Scholarship Greek and Roman Philosophy 100 BC-200 AND, 2 vols., edited by R. Sorabji and W.

Sharples, International Journal of the Platonic Tradition, Vol. 3, No. 2 (2009) 184-190.

Olympiodorus: Commentary on Plato's Gorgias, translated with full notes by R.

Jackson, K. Lycos, and H. Tarrant, Journal of Neoplatonic Studies, Vol. 8, No. 2 (2001) 61-64.

Theurgy and the Soul: The Neoplatonism of Iamblichus, by Gregory Shaw, Speculum

(1998) 894-896.

Iamblichus: On the Pythagorean Way of Life , by J. Dillon and J. Hershbell, Hermathena, A Trinity College Dublin Review, 154 (1993) 74-76.

Place, Void, and Eternity. Philoponus: Corollaries on Place and the Void. Translated by D. Furley.

Simplicius: Against Philoponus on the Eternity of the World. Translated by C. Wildberg, Religious Studies Review, Volume 18, Number 4 (1992) 327.

Giamblico, I Misteri Egiziani by A.R. Sodano, PLOUTARCHOS, Volume 7.2, (May 1991) 20-23.

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Mind and Imagination in Aristotle by M.V. Wedin, Classical Journal 87 (1991), 77-79.

Philosopher Kings: The Argument of Plato's Republic by C.D. Reeve, Religious Studies Review, Volume 16, Number 2 (1990) 148.

The Modes of Scepticism: Ancient Texts and Modern Interpretations by A. Annas and J. Barnes, Classical World, 82 (1989) 218.

Scepticism or Platonism? The Philosophy of the Fourth Academy by H. Tarrant, Classical World, 81 (1988) 240-41.

"The Orphic Labyrinth: The Orphic Poems by M.L. West," Helios, 14, no. 1 (1987) 59-63.

On Plato's Polity by J. Bremer, Classical World, 80 (1986) 59-60.

Plato: Two Comic Dialogues, Ion and Hippias Major by P. Woodruff, Classical World, 78 (1985) 50-51.

3. Funding Proposals Submitted But Not Funded Spring 2011: Visiting Scholar Fellowship, The School of Advanced Study at the

University of London, for Spring 2012 4. Invited Lectures and Conference Presentations a.

"Proclus on Soul," conference on "Proclus: Expanding the Canon of Ancient Philosophy", Amsterdam, February 2, 2012.

International

"Iamblichus and the Irrational: The Continuity of a Platonic Tradition," Simpósio Ibero-

Americano de Estudos Neoplatônicos: Mística e Linguagem, Rio de Janeiro, May 23-27, 2011.

"Reason and Irrationality: The intersection of Philosophy and Magic in Later

Neoplatonism," Neoplatonism in the East: ex oriente lux, Haifa, Israel, March 22-24, 2011.

"The 'Common Intellect' and the Platonic 'Irrational Soul' in Themistius," The

International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, Madrid, 17-20 June, 2010. "The Ascending Soul in Iamblichean Theurgy," The International Society for

Neoplatonic Studies, Krakow, 18-21 June, 2009. "Virtues in Iamblichus," Jamblichos: His Sources and Influence, a conference sponsored

by The Centre for Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition at Novosibirsk, Russia, the Olympic Centre for Philosophy and Culture, Greece, and the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens, in Athens, March 8-10, 2009.

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"The Chaldean Oracles," Rewriting the History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity, Toronto,

October 12-15, 2007. "Apuleius and Alcinous on the Soul," The International Society for Neoplatonic Studies,

Helsinki, Finland, June 14-16, 2007. "Platonic Conceptions of the Soul in the De Anima Commentary of the Pseudo-

Simplicius," The Neoplatonic Conference, Quebec City, Quebec, July 22, 2006.

"Tripartition of the Soul and the Afterlife in Plato's Timaeus," The International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, Liverpool June 24-27, 2004.

“Proclus on Ritual Practice in Neoplatonic Religious Philosophy,” The Conference on

Being or Good (Goodness). Metamorphoses of Neoplatonism, Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, October 7, 2003.

"Apuleius on the Demiurge and the Invisible Gods," Plato’s Ancient Readers: An

International Conference on how Plato was read in Antiquity, University of Newcastle NSW, July 15th-18th 2002.

"The Simplicity of the Soul in Themistius," International Aristotelian Society, Rome,

Italy, July 5, 2001. "Iamblichus and the Soul," Institute for Platonic Tradition, Dublin, Ireland, April 17,

2000. "The Divine Iamblichus and Iamblichean Divinities," The Dowling Mediterranean

Conference, Paris, France, July 8, 1997. "The Rational Soul in Iamblichus' Philosophy," Iamblichus Conference, Liverpool,

England, September 8, 1995. "The Gods Do Not Descend: Sethian Gnosticism and Iamblichus' Salvific Philosophy,"

Conference on Mysticism, Rationalism, and Empiricism in the Neoplatonic Tradition, Maynooth, Ireland, July 10, 1995.

"Iamblichus on Light and the Transparent," Iamblichus Conference, University of Liverpool, England, September 26, 1990.

"Francis Hutcheson's Synopsis Metaphysicae," University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh,

Scotland, November 27, 1986. b.

"The Socratic Daemon in Apuleius and Plutarch," The International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, Atlanta, GA, June 22-26, 2011.

National

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"Plato and Plotinus," Seton Hall University, April 14, 2011. "Themistius' Doctrine of the Three Intellects," Classical Association of the Middle West

and South, Grand Rapids, MI April 6-9, 2011. "Themistius on the Aristotelian Soul," Classical Association of the Middle West and

South, Norman, OK, March 2010. "Themistius on Soul and Intellect: The convergence of Plato and Aristotle in the

Aristotelian Tradition," invited paper for the Boston Area Colloquium on Ancient Philosophy, Boston College, October 15, 2009.

"Themistius on Soul and Intellect in Aristotle's De Anima," invited paper at Franciscan

University, Steubenville, OH, September 18, 2009. "Soul, Intellect, and Biology in Aristotle's De Generatione Animalium," Classical

Association of the Middle West and South, Minneapolis, April 4, 2009. "Soul and Intellect in Plato and Aristotle," The Neoplatonic Conference, New Orleans,

LA, June 20, 2008. "Aristotle's Criticisms of Plato's Tripartite Soul," Classical Association of the Middle

West and South, Tucson, AZ, April 16-19, 2008. "Descending Daemons in the Metaphysics of Iamblichus," American Philological

Association, Montreal, January 7, 2006. "Iamblichus' Interpretation of Parmenides' Third Hypothesis," American Academy of

Religion/Society for Biblical Literature, Philadelphia, PA, November 19, 2005.

“Galen on the Platonic Soul,” The Neoplatonic Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 24, 2005.

“Plato’s Timaean Psychology,” Classical Association of the Middle West and South,

Madison, WI, April 1, 2005.

"Plato and the Tripartite Soul," Classical Association of the Middle West and South, St. Louis, MO, April 16, 2004.

“The Tripartite Soul in Plato's Republic,” The Neoplatonic Conference, New Orleans,

LA, June 6, 2003. "Apuleius on the Highest God," Conference on Platonism, Neoplatonism and Literature,

Orono, ME, June 27-July 1, 2002.

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"Meditative Dimensions of Procline Rituals," Meditation in Religious Traditions, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, June 14-15, 2002.

"The Rhetorical Construction of Ethos in Porphyry's Life of Plotinus." Florida State

University, Tallahassee, FL, January 14, 2002. "Does the Soul have parts? Platonism in the Later Commentaries on Aristotle," Society

for Ancient Greek Philosophy, Binghamton, NY, October 27, 2001.

"Biography as Self-Promotion: Porphyry's Vita Plotini," Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Provo, UT, April 20, 2001.

"'In Angelic Space:' Chaldaean Oracles Fr. 138 and Iamblichus," American

Philological Association, San Diego, CA, January 4, 2001. "Parts vs. Powers of the Soul: A Middle Platonic Solution," Society for Ancient Greek

Philosophy, Binghamton, NY, October 23, 1999. "Where the Hades is Hades? Proclus' Interpretation of Plato's Eschatological Myths.,"

Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Cleveland, OH, April 16, 1999.

"Greek Philosophy and the Search for Truth," Ottumwa Area Arts Council, October 29,

1998. "Plato and Isocrates: A Reply to David Konstan," Civic Education in Classical Athens

and Humanities Education Today: Isocrates Between Sophists and Philosophers, Iowa City, IA, October 24, 1998.

"Etymology and Word Histories," Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Boulder, CO, April 4, 1997 "Iamblichus, Theurgy, and the Ascent of the Soul," Conference on Mysticism, Tulane University, New Orleans, March 14, 1997 "Iamblichus and Marsanes," American Academy of Religion/Society for Biblical

Literature, New Orleans, November 23, 1996 "Julian and the Non-Iamblichean Descent of Asclepius," American Academy of

Religion/Society for Biblical Literature, Philadelphia, November 18, 1995. "Devenere Locos Laetos: College Students, Vergil, and Advanced Placement," Classical

Association of the Middle West and South, Omaha, NB, April 22, 1995.

"Mysticism and Salvation in Iamblichus' Religious Philosophy," American Philological Association, Atlanta, GA, December 30, 1994.

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"Biformis Nota: Double Personality and Integration in Seneca's Phaedra," American Philological Association, New Orleans, LA, December 29, 1992.

"Philoponus: Philosophical Rhetoric," POROI Workshop on Ancient Rhetoric, University of Iowa, Iowa City, October 23, 1991.

"Neoplatonic Conceptions of Light," American Philological Association, San Francisco, CA, December 30, 1990.

"Teaching the Aeneid in the High Schools," Ohio Classical Association, Oxford, OH, October 18, 1990.

"Intellect and Common Sense in Aristotle's De Anima III.7," American Philological Association, Baltimore, MD, January 6, 1989.

"Teaching Vergil," American Classical League, Washington, D.C., June 17, 1987.

"An Iamblichean Fragment in Julian's Against the Galilaeans," American Philological Association, San Antonio, TX, December 29, 1986.

"Teaching the Advanced Placement Syllabus at the College Level," Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Tampa, FL, April 19, 1986.

"The Role of Dynamis in Plato's Protagoras," American Philological Association, Washington, D.C., December 30, 1985.

"Recent Changes in the College Board Advanced Placement Latin Examinations," Illinois Classical Association, De Kalb, IL October 27, 1984.

"Iamblichus and the Reason for the Soul's Descent," American Philological Association, Cincinnati, OH, December 30, 1983.

"Theurgic Anagoge: Iamblichus' Synthesis of Platonic and Chaldaean Doctrines," Texas Classical Association, Austin, TX, October 21, 1983.

"Odi et Amo: The College Board Advanced Placement Latin Examinations," Texas Classical Association, Austin, TX, October 22, 1983.

"Classics and Vocabulary Building," (I both chaired and delivered a paper for this session), The Northeast Conference of Foreign Languages, Baltimore, MD, April 30, 1983.

"Iamblichus and the Human Soul's Connection to the Good," American Philological Association, Philadelphia, PA, December 30, 1982.

"The Latin Examinations of the College Board," Classical Association of the Atlantic States, Baltimore, MD, May 1, 1982.

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"The New Latin Achievement Test," Classical Association of New England, Boston, MA, April 3, 1982.

"The Villa of the Mysteries," New Jersey Classical League, Bridgewater, NJ, April 11, 1981.

"The Influence of Iamblichean Neoplatonism on Julian," American Philological Association, New Orleans, LA, December 30, 1980.

5. Panels Chaired “Continuity and Change in the Transition from Middle-to-Neo-Platonism,” American

Philological Association, Philadelphia, PA, January 7, 2012. "Soul and Souls in the Platonic Tradition," The International Society for Neoplatonic

Studies, Atlanta, June 25, 2011. "Mathematics, Number, and Harmony in Platonic Philosophy," American Philological

Association, San Antonio, TX, January 8, 2011. "The Descent, Ascent, and Dual Nature of the Soul," The International Society for

Neoplatonic Studies, Madrid, June 18, 2010. "Neoplatonism and the East," American Philological Association, Anaheim, CA, January

6-9, 2010. "The Soul and its Afterlife," American Philological Association, Philadelphia, PA,

January 11, 2009. "The Neoplatonic Way of Life and the Construction of a Philosophic System," American

Philological Association, San Francisco, CA, January 4, 2004. "The Organized Universe in Neoplatonism," American Philological Association,

Philadelphia, PA, January 6, 2002. "Mithraism and Later Platonism : Astral Religion and Astral Philosophy," American

Philological Association, San Diego, CA, January 4, 2001. "Pagan Writings Against the Christians: Celsus, Porphyry, and Julian," Society for

Ancient Greek Philosophy, Binghamton, NY, October 28, 2000. "Interpretations of Plato in the Later Platonic Tradition," American Philological

Association, Dallas, TX, December 28, 1999. "Of Nature and First Philosophy: Ancient Readings of Plato's Timaeus," American

Philological Association, Washington, DC, December 28, 1998.

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"Theurgy and the Ascent of the Soul," American Philological Association, Chicago, December 28, 1997.

"Teaching Etymology in a Classics Program," Classical Association of the Middle West

and South, Boulder, CO, April 4, 1997 "Gnosticism and Neoplatonism: Crosscurrents in Late Antiquity," American Philological

Association, New York, December 28, 1996 "Neoplatonism in Late Antiquity: Continuity With the Ancient Tradition," American

Philological Association, San Diego, CA, December 28, 1995. "Feres ad sidera caeli magnanimum Aenean: Teaching the Advanced Placement Latin

Vergil Syllabus," Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Omaha, NB, April 22, 1995.

"Mystical Salvation in the Gnostics, Plotinus, and Iamblichus," American Philological

Association, Atlanta, GA, December 30, 1994. "Platonism, Mysticism, and Judaism: Borrowings and Evolutions," American

Philological Association, Washington, D.C., December 29, 1993. "The Path to Knowledge in Neoplatonic Philosophy," American Philological Association,

New Orleans, LA, December 29, 1992.

"Panel on Advanced Placement Latin," Chair, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, New Orleans, LA, April 9, 1988.

"Classics and Vocabulary Building," The Northeast Conference of Foreign Languages, Baltimore, MD, April 30, 1983.

SERVICE 1. Profession a. Positions/editorships

Editor of The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition, Brill Academic Press. 2006-present.

Editor for book manuscripts in Neoplatonism, Brill Press Series, "Ancient Mediterranean and Medieval Texts and Contexts: Academic Studies in History, Philosophy, Religion, and Culture," 2002-present.

Editorial Advisor Board of the journal Dionysius 2005-present. Editor, Philosophy Series, University Press of the South, 2005-2008. President, U.S. Section of the International Society of Neoplatonic Studies, 1998-present. Co-Chair (with Francesca Crasta and Anna Corrias), Organization Committee for the

Neoplatonic Conference (sponsored by the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies) June 20-23, 2012 in Cagliari, Sardinia.

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Co-Chair (with Kevin Corrigan), Organization Committee for the Neoplatonic Conference (sponsored by the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies) June 22-26, 2011 in Atlanta.

Co-Chair (with Menahem Luz), Organization Committee for the Neoplatonic Conference (sponsored by the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies) March 22-24, 2011 in Haifa.

Co-Chair (with José Zamora and Gary Gurtler), Organization Committee for the Neoplatonic Conference (sponsored by the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies) June 17-20, 2010 in Madrid.

Co-Chair (with Marcin Podbielski and Anna Zhyrkova), Organization Committee for the Neoplatonic Conference (sponsored by the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies) June 18-21, 2009 in Krakow.

Chair, Organization Committee for the Neoplatonic Conference (sponsored by the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies) June 19-22, 2008 in New Orleans, LA.



Editor, Journal of Neoplatonic Studies, January 2001-2003 Editor, Themata Neoplatonica, the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies

Monograph Series, 2001-2003. Associate Editor, The Ancient World, 1998-present. Consul (Chief Executive Officer) of AMICI (the Iowa Classical Association) 1988-2001. Member, Advanced Placement Latin Committee of the College Board, 1983-90, chair

1987-90.

b. Recent reviews/evaluations Reviewer/evaluator for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, for

a book project on "Platonism after Plotinus," December 2011. Referee for an ACLS Collaborative Research Grant Fellowship for a multi-year project,

"A New Critical Edition of Plotinus’ Enneads," September 2011. Reviewer/evaluator for Recherche sur les Écrits de Plotin [Research on the Writings of

Plotinus], for the Research Council of Canada, Spring 2007. This was a proposal for a multi-year grant for a book project on Plotinus' Neoplatonic philosophy.

Reviewer/evaluator for Aristotle's Platonism: the Neoplatonic Account of the Harmony of Plato and Aristotle, for Standard Research Grants Program of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Fall 2001.

Reviewer for the paper " Shifting Concepts: On Use of Greek Religious Vocabulary in the Enneads of Plotinus," for Trames, a journal of the humanities and social sciences, published by the Estonian Academy of Sciences and the University of Tartu, Fall 2001.

Reviewer for the paper "Beyond Nihilism: Kazantzakis and Plotinus on the Metaphysical 'One' that Does not Exist," for the Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Fall 2001.

Review of the paper "Socrates in Drag," for Syllecta Classica Spring 2001. Reviewer for R. Sorabji, Greek Commentator on Aristotle, 1996-1999.

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c. Tenure Review, University of Texas at Arlington, Fall 2010

Reviews of professors for other universities

Promotion-to-Full review, University of Michigan, Fall 2008. Tenure review, Lehigh Valley College, Fall 2008. Tenure review, Kent State University, Fall 2008. Tenure review, Lehigh Valley College, Fall 2006. Tenure review, Seton Hall University, Fall 2006. Tenure review, Swarthmore College, Fall 2006. Tenure review, Purdue University North Central, Spring 2006

d.

Departmental Review for Department of Classics, University of Oklahoma, Spring 2006. Reviews of departments or programs in other universities

Departmental Review for Department of Classics, Seton Hall University, Fall 2004. e.

Obituary for Algis Uzdavinys, The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 5.1 (2011) 4-5.

Other

Guest lecture in Aaron Stump's Freshmen Seminar, 22C:002:003 To Infinity and Beyond: Infinity in Math, Computer Science, Philosophy, and Art, October 7, 2010

Forward to A. Uzdavinys, Philosophy and Theurgy in Late Antiquity (2010 Sophia Perennis Press).

Forward to A. Uzdavinys, The Golden Chain: An Anthology of Pythagorean and Platonic Philosophy (2004 World Wisdom Press).

Two excerpts from my translations of Iamblichus' De Anima selected for inclusion in R. Sorabji's three-volume Sourcebook on Neoplatonic Commentators, Fall 2001.

2. Department

Director of Undergraduate Studies, 2008-present Supervisor of the UI/ISU courses in intermediate Greek and Latin courses, Fall 2010-

present Chair of Classics, 2002-2007 Director of Graduate Studies, 1988-2002 Peter Green Essay Committee, Fall 2010 Chair, Search Committee for Digital Classicist in Classics and Religious Studies, 2010-

2011 Member, Search Committee for Ancient Science/Medicine position in Classics, 2010-

2011 Acting Chair, February-March 2010. Classics course scheduling, 1996-2007 Acting Chair, Fall 1996 Colloquium Organizer, 1984-1990 Classics Coffee Hour (for undergraduates), 1986-present Chair, Lowden Prize Committee, 1984-1989

3. College

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New Faculty Orientation, presented at session on "Teaching Large Lecture-Type Classes" and led group discussion at session on "Teaching Small Classes," Fall 2011.

Dean's Career Development Award Committee, Fall 2010. Committee for the Figge Chair in Catholic Studies, Department of Religious Studies,

2010-2011. Member, Promotion Committee for Craig Gibson, Classics Department, Fall 2010. Member, Promotion Committee for James Enloe, Anthropology Department, Fall 2010. New Faculty Orientation, presented at session on "Teaching Large Lecture-Type Classes"

and led group discussion at session on "Teaching Small Classes," Fall 2010. Member, Dean Dettmer's Committee for the UI Writing Certificate. Member, Educational Policy Committee, Spring 2010. New Faculty Orientation, presented at session on "Teaching Large Lecture-Type Classes"

and led group discussion at session on "Teaching Small Classes," Fall 2009. Member, AHI Committee, Spring 2009 (2 90-minute meetings to rank proposals). Chair, Tenure and Promotion Committee for Rosemary Moore in Classics, Fall 2008. Five-Year Review for Mary Depew in Classics, Fall 2008. Promotion committee for Roland Racevskis in French and Italian, Fall 2008. Acting DEO for Promotion Committee of Waltraud Maierhofer in Department of

German, Spring and Fall 2006. New Faculty Orientation, presented at session on "Teaching Large Lecture-Type Classes"

and led group discussion at session on "Teaching Small Classes," Fall 2006. Five-Year review committee for Deborah Contrada in French and Italian, Spring 2006

New Faculty Orientation, presented at session on "Teaching Large Lecture-Type Classes" and led group discussion at session on "Teaching Small Classes," Fall 2005.

Five-Year review committee for Takis Poulakos in Rhetoric, Fall 2002 Faculty Assembly, 2000-2002

Committee to select graduation speaker, Spring 2001 Organizer (with T. Poulakos and D. Depew) of the Humanities Symposium on Civic

Education in Classical Athens and Humanities Education Today: Isocrates Between Sophists and Philosophers, Iowa City, IA, October 22-24, 1998.

Review of Rhetoric Department, Spring 1995 4. Community

Contributor to a story on Classics in the 2010 recession by Emily Stimpson, Our Sunday Visitor, (a national Catholic newspaper), Fall 2010.

Letter to the editor, Des Moines Register, December 22, 2003, page 11A (pointing out errors in their story of December 14 about the number of students taking Latin and Classics at the University of Iowa).

Letter to the editor, Iowa City Press Citizen, December 3, 2003, page 11A (arguing against their story of November 30 that Iowa City students do not see the need for taking Latin).

Member, education Steering Committee for the Cedar Rapids Art Museum, in conjunction with its upcoming exhibit "From Villa to Grave: Ancient Roman Busts in Context," Fall 2002-Spring 2005.

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Iowa High School Latin Contests, 1995-2001 (These are translations of a Latin passage into English. They are administered in the High Schools every Spring. The written exams are mailed back to me for grading.)

Speaker for Ottumwa Arts Council, October 1998 Spearheaded attempt to re-introduce Latin into the Iowa City High Schools, 1990

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