Dr. JACKIE MURRAY, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Classics and African American and Africana Studies
Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
University of Kentucky
1077 Patterson Office Tower
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
Email: Jackie.murray@uky.edu
Office: +1(518) 633-4119
Ph.D. Classics, University of Washington (2005)
M.A. Classics, University of Western Ontario
B.A. (Summa cum Laude) Latin and Classical Studies, University of Guelph
Doctoral Dissertation: The Polyphonic Argo
Supervisor: Professor James J. Clauss
Committee: Stephen E. Hinds, Daniel P. Harmon, Olga Levaniouk
Greek and Latin Literature, especially of the 3rd century BCE to 2nd century CE
Ancient Astronomy and Archeoastronomy; Hellenistic and Roman Intellectual networks
Race, Racism, Ethnicity, and the Classics; Black Classicism and the Reception of Classics in African-American and Afro-Caribbean Literature.
2021 DAAD Teaching Fellowship for Black Classicism Project [with Prof. Anja
Bettenworth, Cologne]
Gaines Center for the Humanities Mini-Grant
2020 Fellowship at the Center for Hellenic Studies
2018 Visiting Scholar at the Center for Hellenic Studies
2017 Margo Tytus Fellowship for Visiting Scholars, University of Cincinnati
2015-2016 Mary C. Bingham Faculty Fellowship, University of Kentucky
2011-2012 Andrew Heiskell/NEH Post-Doctoral Fellowship, American Academy in
Rome
2010 NEH Fellowship: Institute for Enabling Geospatial Scholarship, UVA
2010 Mellon Faculty Seminar– Tang Museum
2006-2007 University of Venice Advanced Seminar in Ancient Mediterranean
Literature
2006 NEH Fellowship: UCLA Summer Institute on Models of Ancient Rome
2004-2005 Simpson Center Society of Scholars, University of Washington
2004-2005 Alvord Dissertation Fellowship, University of Washington
2004 Jim Greenfield Dissertation Fellowship, University of Washington
2003-2004 Lead Teaching Associate, University of Washington
1999-2003 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral
Fellowship (SSHRCC)
1998-1999 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2020-present Associate Professor of Classics at University of Kentucky
2014 – 2020 Assistant Professor of Classics at University of Kentucky
2008 – 2014 Assistant Professor of Classics at Skidmore College
2005 – 2008 Assistant Professor of Classics at Temple University
2016 - Co-director of University of Kentucky Faculty Led Study Abroad Program:
Greeks in Italy
2013 - Visiting Assistant Professor (Summers)
Program of Western Classical and Medieval Culture
Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 Co-instructor of Reading/Writing Rome Travel Seminar (Spring and
Summer Session I), Skidmore College
2008-9 Guest lecturer on site in Rome (Summers), New York University
2001 Teaching Assistant for the Classics Seminar in Rome (Spring Semester), University
of Washington
2020 “Battle of Books:Apollonius and Callimachus Poetics of Controversy” Bluhm
Scholars Program CUNY Graduate Center; Graduate Seminar, University of
Virginia; New York University Classics Graduate Student Colloquium.
“Date in Apollonius’ Argonautica and it significance for Hellenistic Poetry” NYU,
University of Washington, Seattle;
2019 “Apollonius, Astronomy and Hellenistic Poetry.” University of Cincinnati
2012 “Silencing the Sirens: The Trojan War NOT in the Argonautica.” University of
Kentucky, Lexington. April 2012.
2012 “Letto nelle stelle: Il contributo dell’astronomia alle datazione delle Argonautiche
di Apollonio Rodio” L’Università di Roma III, Rome, Italy. May 2012.
2008 “Orfeo e la nascita delle forme poetiche nelle 'Argonautiche' di Apollonio”
L’Università di Roma III, Rome Italy. May 2008.
2021 W. E. B. Du Bois and the Ancient Mediterranean, at Penn State University,
May 15-17, 2020. [In collaboration with Mathias Hanses of Penn State
University]. Postponed to March 2021
2015 Elite Self-Representation in the Ancient Mediterranean, at Fondation
Hardt, Geneva, Switzerland, Oct. 23-24, 2015. [In collaboration with
Patrick Michel-Maxime and Damien Nelis of the University of Geneva].
2015-present Track Director for Classics, Annual Kentucky Foreign Languages
Conference
2020 Co-President, Eos: Africana Receptions Of Ancient Greece & Rome
2020 Transactions of the American Philological Association Search Committee
2019-22 Society for Classical Studies Committee on Diversity in the
Profession
2019-20 American Classical Leagues Diversity Task Force
University of Kentucky Francophone Studies Search Committee Member
2018 Rhodes Scholarship Committee, University of Kentucky
2016-17 University of Kentucky Senate
2016-present Society for Classical Studies State Legate for Kentucky
2014-2016 Society for Classical Studies Membership Committee
2012-2014 Co-Chair of Skidmore College Committee on Intercultural and Global
Understanding (Diversity)
2012-2014 Skidmore College Instructional Policy and Planning Committee
2010-2014 Skidmore College Integrity Board
2008-2014 Skidmore College Black Faculty-Staff Group
2008-2011 Minority Scholarship Committee (APA/AIA)
2017-present Associate Editor Brill Research Perspectives in Classical Poetry
(RPCP)
2014-present Editorial Board of Classical Philology
2014-present Greco-Roman Section Editor of Religion Compass
2021 “Race and Sexuality: Racecraft in the Odyssey” in Denise McCoskey, ed.,
Bloomsbury Cultural History of Race Series. [in press: Expected 2021)
“Poetically Erect again: The female oriented dildo-humor in Herodas’ Mimiamb
VI” Hellenistica Groningana 25 [in press: Expected 2021]
2020 “Quarrelling with Callimachus: A Response to Annette Harder’s Aspects of
the Interaction between Apollonius Rhodius and Callimachus”, Aevum Antiquum
19 (Callimaco e Apollonio) 77-106.
2019 “W.E.B. Du Bois’ The Quest of the Silver Fleece: The Education of Black
Medea.” TAPA 149.2 Supplement (Sesquicentennial Anniversary Issue 2019) 141-160.
"Poetically Erect: The female oriented humor in Callimachus’ Hymn to
Demeter." Hellenistica Groningana 24: New Perspectives in Callimachean Scholarship (Leuven) 249-263.
2018 “Silencing Orpheus: The fiction of Performance in Apollonius’
Argonautica” in M.A. Harder e.o. (eds.) Hellenistica Groningana 23:
Poetry and Performance (Leuven) 201-224.
2017 “New Light on the Meridian, Obelisk, and Ara Pacis of Augustus”
co-authors Bernie Frischer, Karl Galinsky, John Pollini, Nicholas Cipolla,
Giuseppina Capriotti, John Fillwalk, Chrystina Häuber, John Miller,
Michelle Salzman, Molly Swetnam-Burland. SDH, 1, 1, Article 2. 45-48.
2016 “Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica: Text & Commentary” in Hellenistic
Greek Poetry: A Selection. Ed. David Sider (Ann Arbor, 2016). 64-97.
2014 “Anchored in Time: the date in Apollonius’ Argonautica” in M.A. Harder e.o.
(eds.) Hellenistica Groningana 20: Hellenistic Poetry in Context (Leuven, 2014). 247-284.
2012 “Burned After Reading: The So-Called List of Alexandrian Librarians in
P.Oxy.X.1241” Aitia 2 http://aitia.revues.org/544
2011 “Shipwrecked Argonauticas: Lucan and Apollonius” in Paolo Asso (ed.), Brill’s
Companion to Lucan (Leiden, 2011). 57-79.
2010 “Hellenistic Elegy: Out from under the shadow of Callimachus” in James J. Clauss
and Martine Cuypers (eds.), Blackwell Companion to Hellenistic Literature
(Oxford, 2010). 106-116.
2009 Review of A Guide to Hellenistic Literature (Blackwell Guides to Classical
Literature) by Kathryn Gutzwiller. Phoenix 63: 390-391.
2008 Review of M. Fantuzzi and R. Hunter, Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic
Poetry, Ancient History Bulletin 20: 146-147.
2007 “Gendered voice in Hellenistic Epigram” with Jonathan M. Rowland, in Peter Bing
and Jon Bruss (eds.) Brill Companion to Hellenistic Epigrams (Leiden, 2007). 211-232.
2005 “The Constructions of the Argo in Apollonius’ Argonautica” in A. Harder and M.
Cuypers (eds.) Beginning from Apollo: Studies in Apollonius Rhodius and the Argonautic Tradition. Caeculus 6 (2005). 88-106.
2004 “The Metamorphoses of Erysichthon: Callimachus, Apollonius and Ovid” in M.A.
Harder e.o. (eds.) Hellenistica Groningana 7: Callimachus II (Leuven, 2004).
207-241.
2002 “Waking up to Iliad 7.434" CQ 52:2 (580-81).
Book Manuscript Under contract with publisher
Neikos & the Poetics of Controversy: Apollonius against his Argonautic predecessors. [Under contract with Harvard University Press: Center for Hellenic Studies; expected 2021]
Book Manuscripts in progress
Read in the Stars: Poetry, Astronomy, and the Construction of the Ptolemaic Sky in the reign of Ptolemy III and Berenike II
Time in Apollonius’ Argonautica
Freedom and Unfreedom of Speech in Apollonius’ Argonautica
Racecraft in Ancient Greek and Roman Epic
Black Medea: Du Bois’ Quest for the Silver Fleece
Book Chapters in progress
“Earthborn Monsters”in Debbie Felton, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Monsters (expected 2021)
“Classical Monsters in Afro-Caribbean and African-American Literature” in Debbie Felton, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Monsters (expected 2021)
Collaborations in progress
Race and Ethnicity in the Ancient World Textbook for Routledge with Rebecca Futo Kennedy [2021]
Classical Mythology: A Fresh Perspective (Thames & Hudson) with Serena S. Witzke and Joel Christensen. [2021].
Apollonius Argonautica Book 1: Text & Commentary edited with Annette Harder (5-Years Project 2021-2026)
2020 “Racecraft in the Odyssey and Argonautica” Ancient Studies Week Keynote
Lecture, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Keynote Lecture for the Texas
Classical Association; Classics Colloquium at the University of Iowa, October.
Graduate Student Speaker Series, New York University; Annual E. Adelaide Hahn
Lecture, Hunter College; Fromchuck Memorial Lecture, Brooklyn College,
November.
“Battle of Books: Apollonius, Callimachus, and the poetics of controversy”
CUNY Hunter College, Bluhm Scholars Lecture, November.
“Anchored in Time: The date in Apollonius’ Argonautica” New York Classics Club Lecture, December.
“Freedom and Unfreedom of Speech in Apollonius’ Argonautica” Fox Lecture in
Classics at Monmouth College, February. Research Centre for Greek and Latin
Literature, the Academy of Athens, May.
2019 “Beginning in Controversy: Apollonius the Destroyer of Worlds”,
University of Cincinnati
“The Education of Black Medea: WEB Du Bois’ and the Quest for the
Silver Fleece.” University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, February;
Hamilton College, April; Austin Peay University, April; FIEC in London July.
“Poetically Erect: Female oriented humor in Callimachus’ Hymn to Demeter”
FSU Langford Conference: Women at the Crossroads in the Ancient Greek
World, October.
“Battle of books: Quarreling with Callimachus: Argonautica, Aetia and Hymn to
Apollo”, UT Austin, December.
2018 “W.E.B. Du Bois’ Black and White Medeas in The Quest for the Silver
Fleece” University of California, Los Angeles, November.
“Apollonios Rhodios: A New Life” University of Cologne, Germany, May.
“Classics in the Age of Fake News” University of Cologne, Germany, May.
“Apollonius and Theocritus” Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, April.
“Orpheus in Apollonius’ Argonautica” Democritus University of Thrace,
Greece, April
“W.E.B. Du Bois’ The Quest of the Silver Fleece: The Education of Black Medea”,
UMass-Amherst, February.
“Directions in Hellenistic Court-Poetry”, Amherst College, February.
2017 “Poetically Erect: Herodas’ Mimiambi 6 and 7” Agnes Scott College,
Decatur GA, Nov 2017.
“Poetic Time in the Argonautica” University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA,
Oct 2017.
"Poor women in Apollonius' Argonautica" at Women in Hellenistic Arts.
Gender, Voices, Representations, Lyon, Fr, Sep 2017.
"Poetically Erect: The influence of Erinna's "Transgendered" voice on
Callimachus (Hymns 6) and Herodas (Mimiambi 6)." Hellenistica
Groningana Special Workshop in Honor of Annette Harder’s retirement.
Groningen, NL, Sep 2017.
“Playing with expectations or what ever happened to Leukippe in Achilles
Tatius’ ancient Romance” Invited lecture at Trinity University, TX, Feb 2017.
2015 “Roman Poetry is Hellenistic Poetry”, invited lecture at the American Academy
Summer School, The American Academy in Rome, Rome, IT.
“Astronomical Similes as literary time portals in the Argonautica” ΕΣΦ Speaker,
Marshall University, Huntington, VA.
“The Greater Stars were Hiding: Time Dilation in Lucan’s Bellum Civile”, invited
Keynote address at Fourth Annual Classics Undergraduate Research
Conference University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
2013 “The Odyssey: A Creolization” Kentucky Foreign Languages Conference,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
“Leda and the Swan: Vivette Hendriks a Cosmopolitan Pig – Post-Colonial
Afro-Caribbean poets and the Classical Tradition.” University of Kentucky,
Lexington KY.
2012 “Read in the stars: the date in Apollonius’ Argonautica,” at APA, Philadelphia;
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
“Apollonius’ Argonautica and Ptolemy III Euergetes’ Jubilee,” The American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy and ICCS Rome, IT.
“Read in the stars Apollonius’ Argonautica and Ptolemy III’s Jubilee,” University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2011 “Read in the stars: the date in Apollonius’ Argonautica,” Trinity College Dublin,
Dublin.
“Anchored in Time: the date of Apollonius’ Argonautica” Universität Köln,
Cologne.
2010 “Pompey’s First Ship: Salvaging traces of the great man’s triumph in Lucan and
Catullus.” CAES Conference, Schenectady, NY.
“Silencing Orpheus: Apollonius against the tradition” University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, MI.
2009 “Poetically Erect: Nossis and Erinna in Herodas 6 & 7” Truman State University
and Union College, Schenectady, NY.
2008 “Erysichthon Sated: Lucan and the legacy of Callimachus’ h. 6” The Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH.
“Argo Ship of Songs: Hymns in Apollonius’ Argonautica” Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, State College, PA.
2007 “Well behaved goddesses: Hera and Aphrodite clean up their act in Apollonius'
Argonautica” (invited lecture) Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY.
“Clash of genres in Apollonius’ Argonautica,” University of Toronto, Toronto ON.
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
2005 “Missing the Boat: Hymnos and Epos in Apollonius’ Argonautica,” University of
Washington, Seattle, WA.
2018 “W.E.B. Bu Bois: Race, Classics, and Segregated Education in America” at Racing
the Classics, Princeton University, NJ.
2017 “From “Greeks, Romans, and Barbarians” to “Race and the Classics”, at CAAS,
New York, NY.
2013 “Against the Historical Validity of the So-called List of Alexandrian Librarians in
P.Oxy. X 1241” at APA, Seattle WA.
2012 “Read in the Stars: The Date of Apollonius’ Argonautica” at APA, Philadelphia,
PA.
2009 “Apollonius’ Argonautica: Anchored in Time.” Hellenistic Poetry Workshop,
University of Groningen, Groningen, NL.
2008 “Poetically Erect: Erinna and Nossis in Herodas 6 and 7." at APA, Chicago, IL
2007 “Black Medea: Colchians as ‘Aithiopes’ in Apollonius’ Argonautica” Tbilisi,
Republic of Georgia.
“Racial and Generic Hybridity in Apollonius’ Argonautica.” at Regionalism
and Globalism in Antiquity, Classical Association of Canada, Vancouver, B.C.
“Race and Genre in post-Classical imagination: Kalasiris.” Venice International
University, Venice, Italy.
Argonautica.” Hellenistic Poetry Workshop, University of Groningen, Groningen, NL.
“Black Medea: Colchians as Aithiopes in Herodotus’ Histories and Apollonius’
Argonautica.” at Medea: Mutations and Permutations of a Myth, University of Bristol, Bristol UK.
“Antimachus & Panyassis: Epic Failures in Apollonius’ Argonautica.” OAC,
University of Guelph, Guelph, ON.
“Polytropos Calhoun: The Classicist Lying in Charles Johnson’s Middle Passage.”
41st annual Comparative Literature Conference, California State
University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA.
MA.
2004 “Virgins Gone Mad: Medea & Cleite in Apollonius’ Argonautica.” CACW-CAPN,
Victoria, BC.
“Constructions of the Argo: The Proem of Apollonius’ Argonautica Re-examined”
CAC, Banff, AL.
“Back So Soon? Greek vs Colchian Perspectives on Leaving Home in Apollonius’
Argonautica.” University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
2003 [With Cilla Rodgers] “Apollonius & the Muses: The Fiction of Choral Performances
in the Argonautica.” APA, New Orleans, LA.
2002 “Ovid’s Erysichthon: Callimachus, Apollonius and Ovid.” APA, Philadelphia,
PA.
2012 External Examiner MA Thesis in Classics at the University of Melbourne.
2016 External Examiner, PhD in Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy Department,
University of Kentucky, Keith Buhler.
2017 External Examiner, PhD in Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy Department,
University of Amsterdam, David Belies.
2020 Dissertation Committee, PhD in Classics at Columbia University, Yujhan Claros.
Dissertation Committee, PhD in English at University of Kentucky, Kathryn Kohls.
2019 Dissertation Committee, PhD in Classics at the University of Minnesota,
Elizabeth Torresson [PhD received 2019].
2016 Dissertation Committee, PhD in Ancient Philosophy at University of Kentucky,
Colin Smith [PhD received Aug, 2019].