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Jonathan Wallis
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Jonathan Wallis
Senior Lecturer & Honours Coordinator, Classics
First Year & Major Coordinator Latin
Room 443, Humanities Building, Sandy Bay Campus
Jonathan gained his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2008 and joined the University of Tasmania as Lecturer in Classics in History & Classics in the School of Humanities in July 2009.
He is the recipient of numerous teaching awards at UTAS, and is a driving force behind a revitalisation of the Classics curriculum and its delivery that has seen enrolments in the discipline nearly double since 2010.
In 2018 Jonathan published a book examining the love poems of the Propertius through Cambridge University Press (Introspections and Engagement in Propertius). He is currently researching the reception of Catullus in the context of twentieth-century fascism.
Career summary
Qualifications
| Degree | Title of Thesis | University | Country | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | ||
| MA | University of Melbourne | Australia | ||
| BA-LLB | University of Melbourne | Australia |
Teaching
Teaching responsibility
- HTC101 – Ancient Civilisations 1B: Introduction to Ancient Literature
- HTC210 – War and the Hero: Classical Epic
- HTC237 – Nero and Neronian Literature
- HTC239 – Desire and Disorder in the Erotic Text
- HTC310 – War and the Hero: Classical Epic
- HTC337 – Nero and Neronian Literature
- HTC339 – Desire and Disorder in the Erotic Text
- HTL101 - Latin 1A
- HTL102 - Latin 1B
- HTL217 - Intermediate Latin A
- HTL219 - Intermediate Latin B
- HTL261 – Latin 2: From Learning to Reading
- HTL301 - Special Topic in Advanced Latin A
- 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.
Fields of Research
- Latin and Classical Greek Literature (200510)
- Latin and Classical Greek Languages (200305)
- Language, Communication and Culture (209999)
- Classical Greek and Roman History (210306)
Research Objectives
- Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology (970121)
- Expanding Knowledge in Languages, Communication and Culture (970120)
- Understanding Past Societies (950599)
- Communication (950299)
- Understanding Europe's Past (950504)
Publications
Total publications
8
Journal Article
(3 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Wallis J, 'Ghostwriting elegy in Propertius 4.7', The Classical Quarterly, 66, (2) pp. 556-572. ISSN 0009-8388 (2016) [Refereed Article] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] |
Chapter in Book
(2 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 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
$4,000
Projects
Genre & Identity in Latin Personal Poetry: Three Explorations in Propertian Elegy (2012)$4,000
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($4,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Research Enhancement (REGS)
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Wallis JAC
- Year
- 2012
Research Supervision
Current
2
Completed
10
Current
| Degree | Title | Commenced |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | Rome and the Provinces: A study in Roman Provincial policy and relationships with Provincials in the late Republic,133 to 27 BC | 2017 |
| PhD | Verecundia in Livy, Ab Urbe Condita: Emotions as moral instruction | 2019 |
Completed
| Degree | Title | Completed |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Ovids 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 |