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Jonathan Wallis
Jonathan Wallis
Senior Lecturer in Classics
Room 443 , Humanities Building
Dr Jonathan Wallis is a Senior Lecturer in Classics. He is also the Coordinator of the Ancient Languages major, and the Digital Futures Leader within the School of Humanities in the College of Arts, Law and Education. Jonathan teaches widely within the Classics program, and has published numerous articles and a book on literary culture and genre in the Roman world, and on the modern reception of Latin literature. Jonathan is a regular recipient of teaching awards and commendations, including a 2019 Team Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning with colleagues in the Classics program. He has a particular interest in blended learning, and on the innovative use of technology in teaching.
Biography
Before joining the University of Tasmania, Jonathan completed his doctoral studies at the University of Cambridge (UK). He has worked as a lecturer at the Monash University and the University of Melbourne.
Career summary
Qualifications
PhD, The University of Cambridge (2008).
MA, The University of Melbourne (2001)
Teaching
Teaching expertise
Teaching
Latin language, Roman culture, Latin literature, Epic poetry, Ancient personal poetry, Gender, Genre, Virgil, Horace, Catullus, Propertius
Teaching expertise
Jonathan is a passionate and experienced teacher with a long-standing interest in pedagogy. Jonathan is a university leader in curriculum design and in the integration of technology in teaching practice.
Teaching responsibility
- HTC104 - Introduction to Ancient Rome
- HTC210 – War and the Hero: Classical Epic
- HTC339 – Desire and Disorder in the Erotic Text
- HTC337 - Nero and Neronian Literature
- HTL101 - Latin 1A
- HTL102 - Latin 1B
- HTL219 - Intermediate Latin B
- HTL261 – Latin 2: From Learning to Reading
- HTL317 - Advanced Latin A
- HTL319 - Advanced Latin B
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Research Themes
Augustan poetry & early imperial Roman literature, the Roman novel; reflexivity and generic conflict in Latin poetry; representations of gender and genre in Latin literature.
Current projects
Jonathan’s current research examines the reception of Catullus in the 20th century, with a particular focus on non-textual media (art, illustration, music, theatre, among others).
Fields of Research
- Latin and classical Greek literature (470513)
- Latin and classical Greek languages (470316)
- Other language, communication and culture (479999)
- Culture, representation and identity (470208)
- Humanities and social sciences curriculum and pedagogy (excl. economics, business and management) (390107)
- Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development (390102)
- Classical Greek and Roman history (430305)
Research Objectives
- Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology (280113)
- Literature (130203)
- Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum (160301)
- Communication (130299)
- Understanding past societies (130799)
- Expanding knowledge in language, communication and culture (280116)
- Pedagogy (160302)
- Understanding Europe's past (130704)
Publications
Total publications
11
Journal Article
(5 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Wallis J, 'Masculine Redemption in Carl Orff's Catulli Carmina (1943)', Antichthon, 55 pp. 155-171. ISSN 0066-4774 (2021) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2020 | Wallis J, 'Trojan Restoration and the Aeneid in Horace, Odes 3.3', Mnemosyne, 74, (4) pp. 626-647. ISSN 0026-7074 (2020) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2016 | Wallis J, 'Ghostwriting elegy in Propertius 4.7', The Classical Quarterly, 66, (2) pp. 556-572. ISSN 0009-8388 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1017/S0009838816000410 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 | |
| 2011 | Wallis J, 'Marriage and the Elegiac Woman in Propertius 3.12', Ramus: critical studies in Greek and Roman literature, 40, (2) pp. 106-129. ISSN 0048-671X (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1017/S0048671X00000369 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 2 | |
| 2011 | Wallis JAC, 'Review of L. B. T. Houghton, Maria Wyke (ed.), Perceptions of Horace: A Roman Poet and His Readers', Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2011, (04) pp. no. 54. ISSN 1063-2948 (2011) [Letter or Note in Journal] |
Book
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Wallis J, 'Introspection and Engagement in Propertius: A Study of Book 3', Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 242. ISBN 978-1-108-27177-6 (2018) [Authored Research Book] DOI: 10.1017/9781108265003 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6 |
Chapter in Book
(3 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Knight J, Wallis J, 'Toxic Masculinity in the First-Year Classics Classroom', Toxic Masculinity in the Ancient World book, Edinburgh University Press, A McMaster and M Racette-Campbell (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 1-12. (In Press) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: Knight J | |
| 2013 | Wallis J, 'Reading False Closure in(to) Propertian Elegy', The Door Ajar: False Closure in Greek and Roman Literature and Art, Universitatsverlag WINTER, Farouk K. Gewing, Benjamin Acosta-Hughes and Alexander Kirichenko (ed), Heidelberg, pp. 229-246. ISBN 9783825356972 (2013) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2013 | Wallis J, 'Turning Elegy Upside Down Propertius 3.1-3', Approaches to Genre in the Ancient World, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Michelle Borg and Graeme Miles (ed), Newcastly upon Tyne, UK, pp. 30-58. ISBN 9781443849807 (2013) [Research Book Chapter] |
Conference Publication
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Wallis J, '(Un)Elegiac characterisation in Propertius 3.12', Open Access Australasian Society for Classical Studies Proceedings, 2-5 February 2010, Perth: University of Western Australia EJ (2010) [Refereed Conference Paper] |
Thesis
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Wallis JAC, 'Reading Backwards and Looking Forwards in Propertius Book 3' (2009) [PhD] |
Grants & Funding
Funding Summary
Number of grants
1
Total funding
Projects
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($4,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Research Enhancement (REGS)
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Wallis JAC
- Year
- 2012
Research Supervision
Jonathan has supervised many postgraduate research projects which investigate Roman culture of the late Republic and early Principate. He also supervises projects exploring the reception of the Roman world.
Current
1
Completed
12
Current
| Degree | Title | Commenced |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | Receptions of Ancient Sexualities | 2021 |
Completed
| Degree | Title | Completed |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | Verecundia in Livy and Valerius Maximus Candidate: Tegan Joy Gleeson | 2022 |
| PhD | Proteus and Poikilia. The Influence of Philostratus the Elder on the Dionysiaca of Nonnus of Panopolis, with Particular Emphasis on Ekphrastic and Metamorphic Elements Candidate: John Charles Pickstone | 2021 |
| PhD | Managing Empire: Romano-Italic relations and the origins of the social war Candidate: Owen James Stewart | 2019 |
| PhD | The Inward Turn: Reading masochism in Latin literature Candidate: Emma Jane Donnelly | 2019 |
| Masters | Female Monsters and Monstrous Females Readings of Monstrosity in Statius' Thebaid Candidate: Isabelle Jane Duroe | 2019 |
| PhD | Centaurs, Sophists and Satire: Hybridity in the Works of Lucian of Samosata Candidate: Megan Campbell Abel | 2018 |
| PhD | Metaphysics, Morality and Malevolence: An investigation into the philosophical outlook inherent in the treatment of the myths in Ovid's Metamorphoses Candidate: Callum James Hyland | 2017 |
| Masters | The Politics of Rape in Ovid's Fasti Candidate: Abigail Mckay | 2016 |
| PhD | The Role of Battle Narrative in the Bellum Gallicum Candidate: David Jonathon Nolan | 2014 |
| PhD | Elegiac Ascent: Plotting a Path through Propertius' Poetic Landscape Candidate: Michael John Berry | 2012 |
| Masters | The First Meeting of the Roman and Parthian Empires - Geopolitical Context and Consequences Candidate: Frankie Krsto Strk | 2012 |
| PhD | Lucan's Bellum Ciuile and the Epic Genre Candidate: Frances Louise Alexis | 2011 |