RICHARD RADER - Department of Classics - University of California ...

RICHARD RADERCurriculum VitaeUCSB • Department of Classics • Santa Barbara, CA 93106 • rrader@classics.ucsb.eduEDUCATIONPhD Classics Ohio State University 2007MA Classics Ohio State University 2002BA Classics University of Virginia 2000EMPLOYMENTVisiting Assistant Professor UC-Santa Barbara 2012-pres.Lecturer UCLA 2010-2012Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow University of Southern California 2009-2010Senior Lecturer Ohio State University 2007-2009PUBLICATIONSEDITED VOLUMENew Approaches to Greek Drama: A special volume of Ramus: Critical Studies in Greek andRoman Literature, co-edited with James Collins (forthcoming)REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES‘Aeschylus in the Classroom, on Stage and Beyond: Rethinking a Paradigm’: Classical Journal106.4 (2011): 465-82 (with a response by A.F. Garvie)‘The Fate of Humanism in Greek Tragedy’: Philosophy and Literature 33.2 (2009): 442-54‘“And whatever it is, it is you.” The Autochthonous Self in Aeschylus’s Seven AgainstThebes’: Arethusa 42.1 (2009): 1-44• Exclusively reviewed in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: ‘Tragödie und ideologischePhantasie: Aischylos’ “Sieben gegen Theben” als Lehrstück der Selbstsuche’(10.21.2009)CHAPTERS IN BOOKS AND EDITED VOLUMES‘The Radical Theology of Prometheus Bound; or, On Prometheus’ God Problem’: in R. Raderand J. Collins (eds.), New Approaches to Greek Drama (forthcoming)‘The Revisionist: Aeschylus on the Rhyme of Hope and History’: in S. Constantinidis andB. Heiden (eds.), The Tragedies of Aeschylus: The Cultural Divide and the Trauma of Adaptation(forthcoming)‘The Ethics of Greek Drama’: in M. Hose and D. Schenker (eds.), Companion to GreekLiterature (Wiley-Blackwell) (forthcoming)

RICHARD RADERCurriculum VitaeWORK IN PREPARATIONWritten in the Cosmos: Theology and Existentialism in Aeschylus (monograph)ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES AND MINOR ARTICLES‘Scholarship on Greek Tragedy: 20 th Century to the Present’: in H. Roisman (ed.),Encyclopedia of Greek Tragedy (Wiley-Blackwell) (forthcoming)‘The Ethics of Greek Tragedy: Oedipus’: Greek Ethos (newsletter published by/for theGreek community in Columbus, OH) (2009)REVIEWSLauren Apfel, The Advent of Pluralism: Diversity and Conflict in the Age of Sophocles (Oxford:Oxford University Press, 2011): Journal of Hellenic Studies 132 (2012): 259-61Thalia Papadopoulou, Aeschylus: Suppliants (London: Bristol Classical Press, 2011): TheClassical Review 62.1 (2012): 38-40Simon Goldhill and Edith Hall (eds.), Sophocles and the Greek Tragic Tradition (Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 2009): Bryn Mawr Classical Review (12.17.2009)N.J. Sewell-Rutter, Guilt by Descent: Moral Inheritance and Decision Making in Greek Tragedy(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007): Classical Journal Online (11.02.2008)Elizabeth Wayland Barber & Paul T. Barber, When They Severed Earth from Sky: How theHuman Mind Shapes Myth (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005): Archiv fürReligionsgeschichte Vol. 8 (2006): 348-51AWARDS AND HONORSUCLA Non-Senate Faculty Professional Development Award (2010, 2011)Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship: University of Southern California (2009-10)DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) Research Fellowship: Internationallycompetitive fellowship, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (2006-07)AHEPA (American Hellenic Education Progressive Association) Scholarship in GreekStudies: Awarded to most outstanding student in Modern Greek Studies (2004)Greek Studies Scholarship, University of Athens: Awarded for acceptance and participationin the Summer THYESPA program, a six-week introductory course to the ModernGreek language and the major archaeological sites of Greece (2003)John Vaughn Travel Award: Awarded by Ohio State University Department of Classics(2003)

RICHARD RADERCurriculum VitaeCONFERENCES AND INVITED LECTURESINVITED LECTURES‘Towards an Existential Theology of Greek Tragedy’: UCLA Center for the Study ofReligion (04.10.2012)‘The Radical Theology of Prometheus Bound; or, On Prometheus’ God Problem’: Texas TechUniversity (04.28.2010), McGill University (01.29.2010)‘The Banality of Freedom: the Fate of Humanism in Greek Tragedy’: University of NorthCarolina, Greensboro (11.23.2009)‘The Rhyme of Hope and History in Aeschylus’ Persians’: Tragedy, Translation, Ethnicity andImperialism, Symposium hosted by Ohio State University Department of Theater(11.20.2009)‘Fate and Freedom in Greek Tragedy (once again)’: University of Southern California(11.02.2009)PANELS ORGANIZED‘On the Margins of Academia: Labor and Life Off the Tenure Track’: APA RoundtableDiscussion (2013)‘Disce ut doceas: Preparing to TA in Latin’: American Classical League (2006)‘Don’t Forget Your Towel: Preparing for Success in the Interview Process’: CAMWS (2006)PAPERS PRESENTED‘On the Possibility of Atheist Tragedy?’: Comparative Drama Conference (2010); UCLA (2011)‘The Image of Prometheus and the Shadow of the Future’: Classical Myth and Psychoanalysis,Institute of Advanced Study, University of London (09.07.2009)‘The Undead Past in Aeschylus’ Persians’: CAMWS (2008)‘Eyes Wide Shut: Blindness and Pleasure in Menander’s Aspis’: Ohio State University GraduateStudent Colloquium (2005); Ohio Classical Conference (2006)‘Mysperception, Malaise, Miles’: CAMWS (2005)‘Malaise Gloriosus: The End of Innocent Visions and the Beginning of GuiltyIndifference’: Ohio State University Interdisciplinary Conference: ‘The End of InnocentVisions’ (2004)‘Meretricious Fantasies’: CAMWS (2004)

RICHARD RADERCurriculum VitaeTEACHING EXPERIENCEUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (2012-pres.)Greek 101 Introduction to Greek Poetry: HomerGreek 102 Reading in Greek LiteratureGreek 253 Aeschylus (Graduate reading course)Greek 273 Hellenistic Poets: Apollonius (Graduate reading course)Classics 40 Greek MythologyUniversity of California, Los Angeles (2010-2012)Greek 2-3 First Year Greek (15 Students)Greek 101B Homeric Hymns (15 Students)Greek 206 Ethics, Existentialism and Sophocles (Graduate seminar – 6 Students)Latin 1-3 First Year Latin (40 Students)Latin 108 Roman Elegy (15 Students)Classics 30 Classical Mythology (350 Students)Classics 144 Die Hard: The Life and Death of the Hero (40 Students)Classics 144 Conviction, Conversion, Confession (60 Students)Classics 167 Magic in the Ancient World (70 Students)Classics 375 Teaching Apprentice Practicum (5-9 Students)University of Southern California (2009-10)Greek 362 Homer (2 Students)Classics 545 Dramatic Theology in Greek Tragedy (Graduate seminar – 5 Students)Ohio State University (2000-09)Greek 101-103 First Year Greek (20-25 Students)Greek 221 Attic Prose: Lucian (5 Students)Greek 293 Homer (2 Students)Greek 293 Independent Study: Historians (8 Students)Latin 101-104 First Year Latin (25 Students)Latin 210 Cicero (25 Students)Classics 101 Masterpieces of Greek Literature (120 Students)Classics 210 Medical and Scientific Terminology (200 Students)Classics 222 Classical Mythology (700 Students)Classics 222E Classical Mythology (overload course: 30 Students)Classics 224 Greek Civilization (25 Students)Classics 240 Archaeology of the Mind in Antiquity (20 Students)Classics 301 Greek and Roman Epic (30 Students)Classics 301E Greek and Roman Epic (overload course: 8 Students)Classics 322 The Hero in Myth (35 Students)

RICHARD RADERCurriculum VitaeOUTREACHBatman: The Dark Knight Returns: Documentary interviews (2012-13)Special feature interview for Supernatural, Season 7 DVD (2012)‘Path of the Gods’: Special feature for Wrath of the Titans DVD (2012)‘It’s No Myth’: Special feature for Immortals DVD (2011)The History Channel: Regular guest on series Ancient Aliens (2010-pres.)‘The Myth Comes Alive!’: Special feature for Clash of the Titans DVD (2010)PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONSAmerican Philological Association (2006-pres.)Association of Literary Scholars and Critics (2007-09)Classical Association of the Middle, West and South (2003-pres.)REFERENCESDavid Blank, Chair and Professor of Classics, UCLA (blank@humnet.ucla.edu),Phone: 310.206.8562Victoria Wohl, Professor of Classics, University of Toronto (v.wohl@utoronto.ca),Phone: 416.929.5842Gregory Jusdanis, Humanities Distinguished Professor and Professor of Modern Greek,Ohio State University (jusdanis.1@osu.edu), Phone: 614.292.3785Bruce Heiden, Professor of Classics, Ohio State University (heiden.1@osu.edu),Phone: 614.292.1355Thomas Habinek, Chair and Professor of Classics, University of Southern California(habinek@usc.edu), Phone: 213.821.5303David Larmour, Horn Professor of Classics, Texas Tech University(david.larmour@ttu.edu), Phone: 806.742.3145 ext. 260