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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
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 (470513)
- Latin and classical Greek languages (470316)
- Other language, communication and culture (479999)
- Classical Greek and Roman history (430305)
Research Objectives
- Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology (280113)
- Understanding past societies (130799)
- Expanding knowledge in language, communication and culture (280116)
- Communication (130299)
- Understanding Europe's past (130704)
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] DOI: 10.1017/S0048671X00000369 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 | |
| 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
11
Current
| Degree | Title | Commenced |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | Verecundia in Livy, Ab Urbe Condita: Emotions as moral instruction | 2019 |
| PhD | Receptions of Ancient Sexualities | 2021 |
Completed
| Degree | Title | Completed |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |