Assistant Professor of Classics
Contact Information
Fields of Interest
Biography
Ph.D., Classics, University of California, Berkeley, 2019
M.A., Greek, University of California, Berkeley, 2014
B.A., Greek and Latin, University of Vermont, 2011
Curriculum Vitae
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Professor Christopher Waldo is a Korean American adoptee who grew up in rural Vermont. He recently completed a book manuscript on the reception of the classical tradition in Asian American literature for the University of Michigan Press. His other interests include archaic Greek poetry, tragedy, and Greek historiography. As a Co-Chair of the Asian and Asian American Classical Caucus, he is thoroughly committed to amplifying and uplifting underrepresented voices.
Research
Selected Research
- Alan Bleisch. "Tolkien's Mythic Roots: Subcreation in Greek Philosophy and Myth." Senior Essay, 2024.Adviser: Christopher Waldo
- Kate Michal. "Achilles and Andromache: Parallels and Doubling in the Iliad." Senior Essay, 2024.Adviser: Christopher Waldo
- Forthcoming. Classical Reception in Asian American Literature. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
- 2024. Re(Orient): Reception, Power, and Asian Experience (with Tori Lee and Arum Park), special issue of Res Difficiles, The Journal (1.2). Download PDF
- 2023. "Immigrant Muse: Sapphic Fragmentation in Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictée, Hoa Nguyen's 'After Sappho,' and Vi Khi Nao's 'Sapphở.'" TAPA 153.2: 505-29. Download PDF
- 2023. "The Contradiction of the 'Hymn to Zeus' in Nemean 3." Classical World 116.3: 231-46. Download PDF
- 2023. "The Mirror of Reception: Identifying with Benjamin Li in Chang-rae Lee's The Surrendered." Helios 50.2: 33-44. Download PDF
- 2012. "Lost at Sea: Elements of the Indo-European Kleos Ideology in the Odes of Horace." New England Classical Journal 39.3: 195-210. Download PDF