Christopher A. Faraone
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Christopher A. Faraone | |
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| Born | 1955 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Classicist |
| Title | Edward Olson Distinguished Service Professor |
| Awards | ISBN 9780674006966 . |
Christopher A. Faraone (born 1955) is an American classicist. He is the Edward Olson Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Classics and the College at the
curse tablets,[10][11][12] and figurines or effigies.[13][14][15] Faraone is considered to be a foremost scholar on ancient Mediterranean magic.[16]
Early life
Christopher A. Faraone received his Ph.D. at Stanford University in 1988, and wrote his dissertation, "Talismans, voodoo dolls and other apotropaic images in ancient Greek myth and ritual",[17] on apotropaic images in Greek myth and ritual under the direction of John J. Winkler.[18]
Professor
Since the 2021-2022 schoolyear, Faraone has been the Edward Olson Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Classics and the College at the University of Chicago.[1] He has previously been the Frank Curtis Springer and Gertrude Melcher Springer Professor in the Humanities and the College, and has taught at the University of Chicago since 1991.[19] His research focuses on Ancient Greek poetry, religion and magic.[2] His work also encompases studying the materials used in Ancient Greek magic and Ancient Greek magic formulas,[9][20] as well as the effects of different cultures and of gender on the use and applications of Ancient Greek magic.[21][22][23][24][25][26][27] Additionally, Faraone founded the University of Chicago's Center for the Study of Ancient Religions, which he directed for 10 years from 2008-2018.[28] He has lectured at other universities as well, including the University of Toronto,[29][30] the University of Texas at San Antonio,[31] and Tulane University.[32]
Major awards
- 1995 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation[33]
- 2013 Fellow at Institut d'Etudes Avancées in Paris[34]
- 2013 National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship[35]
- 2021 Fellowship at School of Historical Studies in Princeton[36]
- 2024 Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit by the Society for Classical Studies[37]
Publications
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Books
- Faraone, Christopher A. (1992). Talismans and Trojan horses: guardian statues in ancient Greek myth and ritual. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195064046.
- Carpenter, Thomas H.; Faraone, Christopher A. (1993). Masks of Dionysius. Ithaca (N.Y.): Cornell university press. ISBN 0801427797.
- Faraone, Christopher A. (30 October 2001). Ancient Greek Love Magic. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674006966.
- Faraone, Christopher A.; McClure, Laura K. (January 2006). Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-21314-5.
- Faraone, Christopher A. (2018). The transformation of Greek amulets in Roman imperial times. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812249354.
Articles
- Faraone, Christopher A. (1988). "Hermes but No Marrow: Another Look at a Puzzling Magical Spell". Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 72: 279–286. JSTOR 20186827.
- Faraone, Christopher A. (1991). "Binding and Burying the Forces of Evil: The Defensive Use of "Voodoo Dolls" in Ancient Greece". Classical Antiquity. 10 (2): 165–220. JSTOR 25010949.
- Faraone, Christopher A. (1996). "Taking the "Nestor's Cup Inscription" Seriously: Erotic Magic and Conditional Curses in the Earliest Inscribed Hexameters". Classical Antiquity. 15 (1): 77–112. JSTOR 25011032.
- Faraone, Christopher A. (1997). "Salvation and Female Heroics in the Parodos of Aristophanes' Lysistrata". The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 117: 38–59. JSTOR 632549.
- Faraone, Christopher A. (31 January 2000). "Handbooks and Anthologies: The Collection of Greek and Egyptian Incantations in Late Hellenistic Egypt". Archiv für Religionsgeschichte. 2 (1). .
- Faraone, Christopher A. (2001). "The Undercutter, the Woodcutter, and Greek Demon Names Ending In -Tomos (Hom. Hymn to Dem 228-29)". The American Journal of Philology. 122 (1): 1–10. JSTOR 1562015.
- Faraone, Christopher Athanasious (December 2020). "SIMAETHA GOT IT RIGHT, AFTER ALL: THEOCRITUS, IDYLL 2, A COURTESan's PANTRY AND a LOST GREEK TRADITION OF HEXAMETRICAL CURSES". The Classical Quarterly. 70 (2): 650–663. .
- Faraone, Christopher A. (31 December 2021). "The Lead Tablet from Tongres: Curse or amulet?". Kernos (34): 219–244. .
References
- ^ a b "Faculty Appointments". Annual Report. The University of Chicago.
- ^ a b "Christopher Faraone". Department of Classics. University of Chicago.
- ^ McDonald, Katherine. "Review of: Vanishing Acts on Ancient Greek Amulets: From Oral Performance to Visual Design. BICS supplement, 115". Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
- JSTOR 3704761.
- ^ Furley, William. "Review of: Hexametrical genres from Homer to Theocritus". Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
- JSTOR 25011032.
- JSTOR 20186827.
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- ^ Scheiding, Kathryn Jean (2013). I consign her wretched walk, her words, deeds, and evil talk: erotic magic and women in the ancient Greco-Roman world. MOspace Institutional Repository (Thesis). University of Missouri-Kansas City.
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- JSTOR 20054074.
- ^ Dillon, Matthew (2003). "Christopher A. Faraone, Ancient Greek Love Magic. Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1999. Pp. xii + 223. ISBN 0-674-00696-8. UK£13.95". Scholia Reviews. 12 (4).
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- ^ "Christopher Faraone (U. Chicago): Female Lament in the Iliad: the Play of Hexametrical Genres in Homeric Epic". Department of Classics. Stanford University.
- ^ Schonwald, Josh. "Christopher Faraone, Frank Curtis Springer and Gertrude Melcher Springer Professor in the Humanities and the College". No. 27. The University of Chicago. The University of Chicago Chronicle.
- ISBN 978-9004180000.
- ^ Kadletz, Edward. "Review of: Ancient Greek Love Magic". Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
- ISSN 1530-9169.
- ^ Sanzo, Joseph E. "The Transformation of Greek Amulets in Roman Imperial Times". Reading Religion. American Academy of Religion.
- ^ Matheson, Angela (2002). The feminisation of magic in classical Greek literature: the subversive potential of women in the polis. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (Doctoral Thesis). University of Western Australia.
- PMID 25878566.
- JSTOR 1558912.
- hdl:10523/12727.
- ^ "Thirteen UChicago faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships". University of Chicago News. University of Chicago Office of Communications. 2 July 2019.
- ^ "05/30/2023". Department of Classics. Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto.
- ^ "UChicago's Christopher Faraone at the Donor Appreciation Lecture". Department of Classics. Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto.
- ^ "Brackenridge Distinguished Visiting Lecture Series". UTSA's College of Liberal and Fine Arts. The University of Texas at San Antonio.
- ^ "2006 Georges Lecture: Magical and Medical Responses to the Wandering Womb in the Ancient Greek World: School of Liberal Arts". Tulane University School of Liberal Arts. Tulane University.
- ^ "Guggenheim fellowships awarded to four on faculty". No. 17. The University of Chicago. The University of Chicago Chronicle.
- ^ "Christopher Faraone". IEA Paris. Institut d'études avancées de Paris.
- ^ "EXPLORING THE HUMAN ENDEAVOR NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES ANNUAL REPORT 2013" (PDF). National Endowment for the Humanities.
- ^ "Congratulations to Chris Faraone". Division of the Humanities Classics. University of Chicago.
- ^ Patterson, Sara. "Two Humanities Scholars to Receive the Charles J. Goodwin Award". Division of the Humanities. University of Chicago.