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James J. Clauss

Professor of Classics; Adjunct in Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, Comparative Literature, Cinema and Media Studies

Contact Information

jjc@uw.edu

(206) 543-2266

M 262F Denny Hall

Office Hours: 

MW 2:30-3:20 and by appointment

Fields of Interest

Bible StudiesClassicsFilm/CinemaFolklore and MythologyHellenistic PoetryHistoriographyLatin LiteraturePopular CultureRoman Archeology and TopographyRoman History and Culture

Biography

Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 1983

M.A., Fordham University, 1976

B.A., University of Scranton (summa cum laude), 1974

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Research

Selected Research

• James J. Clauss, "The Near Eastern Background of Aetiological Wordplay in Callimachus," in J.J.H. Klooster, M.A. Harder, R.F. Regtuit, G.C. Wakker (edd.) Callimachus Revisited: New Perspectives in Callimachean Scholarship (= Hellenistica Groningana 24) (2019) pp. 65-96.
• James J Clauss, "Teaching the Old and New Testaments to Students of Greek and Latin Simultaneously with Numerous and Fascinating Learning Outcomes," Teaching Classical Languages 10 (2019) pp. 99-125
• James J. Clauss, "Nicander of Colophon: Theriaca," in D. Sider (ed.), Hellenistic Poetry: A Selection (University of Michigan Press) pp. 440-462.
• James J. Clauss, "The Hercules and Cacus Episode in Augustan Literature: Engaging the Homeric Hymn to Hermes in Light of Callimachus' and Apollonius' Reception," in A. Faulkner, A. Vergados, A. Schwab (edd.) The Reception of the Homeric Hymns (Oxford University Press 2016) pp. 55-78.
• "Heldendämmerung Anticipated: The Gods in Apollonius' Argonautica," in The Gods of Greek Hexameter Poetry. From the Archaic Age to Late Antiquity and Beyond. Edited by James J. Clauss, Martine Cuypers and Ahuvia Kahane. Franz Steiner Verlag. 2016. pp. 135-151
• James J. Clauss, Martine Cuypers, Ahuvia Kahane (eds.), The Gods of Greek Hexameter Poetry. From the Archaic Age to Late Antiquity and Beyond. Franz Steiner Verlag 2016 Download PDF (70.39 KB)
• “Myth and Mythopoesis in Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica,” in M. Heerink and G. Manuwald (edd.) Brill’s Companion to Valerius Flaccus (Leiden/Boston 2014) pp. 99-114
• James J. Clauss, Martine Cuypers, Companion to Hellenistic Literature, (Blackwell, 2010; paperback edition 2014)
• James J. Clauss, Daniel P. Harmon (translators). Filippo Coarelli, Rome and Environs: An Archeological Guide. University of California Press: 2007; updated edition 2014.
• James J. Clauss. "Callimachus" (1.221-222), "Capitoline Hill" (1.230-231) "Carinae" (1.232), "Forum" (2.498), "Forum Augustum" (2.498-499) "Forum Boarium" (2.499), "Forum Romanum" (2.2.500), "Medea" (2.797)  in R. F. Thomas and J. M. Ziolkowski (edd.) The Virgil Encyclopedia (Wiley-Blackwell 2014)
• James J. Clauss. "Nicander of Colophon," The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (Wiley-Blackwell 2013) 9.4784-86
• James J. Clauss. "The Argonautic Anabasis: Myth and Hellenic Identity in Apollonius' Argonautica, Mythe et pouvoir a' l'époque hellénistique (Peeters 2012) 417-437
• James J. Clauss. "The Benefits of Honors Education for All College Students." Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council. 2011. 95-100.
• James J. Clauss, Sarah Iles Johnston. Medea: Essays on Medea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy and Art. Princeton University Press: 1997.
• James J. Clauss. The Best of the Argonauts: The Redefinition of the Epic Hero in Book One of Apollonius' Argonautica. University of California Press: 1993.

Research Advised: Undergraduate Senior Essays

• Richard Russell. "The Glenn Hughes Lectures." Senior Essay, 2016.
• Jennifer Bull. "It's not so easy to fool little girls nowadays: the transformation of Little Red Riding Hood from ingenue to self-possessed woman." Senior Essay, 2013.

Research Advised: Graduate Dissertations

• Rachel Carlson. The Honey Bee and Apian Imagery in Classical Literature (2015)
• Robin Greene. Muse without Measure: Callimachus and the Greek Prose Traditions. Diss., 2011.
• Molly Herbert. "Almost Knowing How to Read:" Scribes as Creative Partners in Homeric Transmission. Diss., 2009.
• Marilyn Likosky. Representations of Women in Theocritus. Diss., 2007.
• Jackie Murray. Polyphonic Argo. Diss., 2005.

Research Advised: Undergraduate Honors Theses

• Benjamin Winslow. Lost in Translation: The Issues of Trans-cultural Communication of Sacrificial Terminology in the Septuagintal Leviticus (Honors Thesis, in progress)

Courses Taught

Autumn 2020

• CLAS 496 A: Special Topics

Summer 2020 Full-term

• CLAS 405 A: Undergraduate Seminar in Classics
• GREEK 405 A: Undergraduate Seminar in Classics
• LATIN 405 A: Undergraduate Seminar in Classics

Spring 2020

• GREEK 463 A: Hellenistic Greek Literature

Winter 2020

• CLAS 496 A: Special Topics

Autumn 2019

• GREEK 520 A: Seminar

Summer 2019 Full-term

• CLAS 430 A: Greek and Roman Mythology

Spring 2019

• CLAS 496 A: Special Topics
• GREEK 463 A: Hellenistic Greek Literature

Winter 2019

• CLAS 432 A: Classical Mythology in Film
• GREEK 102 A: Introductory Greek

Autumn 2018

• CLAS 424 A: The Epic Tradition

Summer 2018 Full-term

• CLAS 405 A: Undergraduate Seminar in Classics
• GREEK 405 A: Undergraduate Seminar in Classics
• LATIN 405 A: Undergraduate Seminar in Classics

Spring 2018

• CLAS 432 A: Classical Mythology in Film

Winter 2018

• CLAS 424 A: The Epic Tradition
• GREEK 102 A: Introductory Greek

Autumn 2017

• CLAS 430 A: Greek And Roman Mythology
• LATIN 461 A: Latin Literature Of The Republic

Summer 2017 Full-term

• CLAS 520 A: Seminar

Spring 2017

• CLAS 399 A: Study Abroad: Classics
• CLAS 432 A: Classical Mythology in Film

Winter 2017

• CLAS 540 A: Topics In Greek And Latin Literary History

Autumn 2016

• LATIN 461 A: Latin Literature Of The Republic

Summer 2016 Full-term

• GREEK 520 A: Seminar

Spring 2016

• CLAS 520 A: Seminar
• GREEK 463 A: Hellenistic Greek Literature

Winter 2016

• CLAS 405 A: Undergraduate Seminar In Classics
• GREEK 405 A: Undergraduate Seminar In Classics
• LATIN 405 A: Undergraduate Seminar In Classics

Autumn 2015

• CLAS 432 A: Classical Mythology in Film

Summer 2015 Full-term

• GREEK 304 A: Introductory Readings In Greek Literature
• GREEK 404 A: Advanced Readings In Greek Literature

Autumn 2014

• CLAS 399 A: Study Abroad: Classics
• LATIN 422 A: Livy

Summer 2014 Full-term

• CLAS 520 A: Seminar

Spring 2014

• CLAS 399 A: Study Abroad: Classics

Autumn 2013

• GREEK 520 A: Seminar

Summer 2013 Full-term

• GREEK 428 A: Imperial Greek Literature

Spring 2013

• CLAS 399 A: Study Abroad: Classics

Autumn 2012

• LATIN 422 A: Livy

Summer 2012 Full-term

• GREEK 520 A: Seminar

Spring 2012

• CLAS 399 A: Study Abroad: Classics

Summer 2011 Full-term

• LATIN 461 A: Latin Literature Of The Republic

Resources & Related Links

Professor Clauss's Website

Affiliations

Affiliated Departments: 

• Cinema & Media Studies
• Near Eastern Languages & Civilization

News & Events

Related News

• Classics OMA&D Program in its 24th Year - June 12, 2019
• Professor Clauss featured in 'Faculty Friday' - April 19, 2019
• Classics Undergraduates present their research at Annual Symposium - May 13, 2016
• Jim Clauss on how the Greeks put the world in order: Ancient Greek perspectives in Physics and Astronomy's Cosmologies and Cultures course - March 23, 2016
• A testimony from a former participant in Professor Clauss' OMAD Rome Academic Enrichment Program - April 22, 2015
• UC Press publishes updated version of Rome and Environs: An Archaeological Guide - May 21, 2014
• Professor Clauss heads to Europe with the UW volleyball team - June 19, 2013
• UW Honors Program named 'Best in the West' - June 18, 2012
• Professor Clauss accompanies UW women's basketball team on mythic tour of Scandinavia.   - May 7, 2012

Related Events

• Miscellanea Classica: Beginnings, Endings and In-between (Undergraduate Research Symposium)  - May 20, 2016 - 3:30pm to 5:15pm

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