Contact Information
707 S Mathews Ave
Urbana, IL 61801
Biography
In 2015, Clara Bosak-Schroeder (she/they) joined the Classics department of UIUC where she is also an affiliate of History, Medieval Studies, Comparative and World Literature, and the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. They received their PhD in Classical Studies from the University of Michigan, with certificates in Greek and Roman History and Graduate Teaching, and a BA in Classical Languages from UC Berkeley. Since joining UIUC, Clara has won a Faculty Fellowship from the Humanities Research Institute (2017-2018), a Junior Fellowship from the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory (2018-2020), a LEAP Scholar Award (2018-2020), and a Junior Fellowship from the Illinois Center for Advanced Study (2021-2022).
Research Interests
classical reception studies; creative nonfiction; museum practice; classics and the environmental humanities; Greek and Roman historiography and technical literature; feminist science studies and new materialisms
Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Professor, History
Associate Professor, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory
External Links
Recent Publications
Bosak-Schroeder, C. (2022). CATEGORIES IN JEOPARDY: ARGINUSAE IN ARISTOPHANES' FROGS. Ramus, 51(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1017/rmu.2022.1
Bosak-Schroeder, C. (2020). Other Natures: Environmental Encounters with Ancient Greek Ethnography. University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvxhrhpq
Bosak-sChroeder, C. (2019). Making specimens in the periplus of Hanno and its imperial tradition. American Journal of Philology, 140(1), 67-100. https://doi.org/10.1353/ajp.2019.0003
Bosak-Schroeder, C., & Verhoogt, A. (2018). THUCYDIDES, HISTORIAE 2.62.5-63.2 (P.MICH. INV. 5413 (A) FRONT; TM NO. 131625). Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, 55, 7-12. https://doi.org/10.2143/BASP.55.0.3285007
Bosak-Schroeder, C. R. M. (2017). Fabricated Elephants and Confused Horses: How Smell Constructs Non/humanity. Paper presented at 148th meeting of the Society for Classical Studies, Toronto, Canada.
