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Skidmore College
Classics

Classics Faculty

Dan Curley

Associate Professor and Department Chair

B.A., Beloit College; A.M., Washington University in St. Louis; Ph.D., University of Washington.
Specializations and Research: Latin poetry, ancient drama, the city of Rome, classical reception.

Office: Filene Hall 212
Phone: (518) 580-5463
Email: dcurley@skidmore.edu

AMELIA CLARKE

Academic Administrator

Office:  Filene Hall, Suite 204
Phone:  (518) 580-5091
Email:  acclarke@skidmore.edu

Amelia Clarke

Faculty

Benjamin Abbott, Visting Assistant Professor

Binghamton University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
Specializations: Seleucid empire, Hellenistic history, ancient imperial ideology and methods of imperial control and propaganda, concepts of race and ethnicity in antiquity, nomadic cultures of ancient Central Asia, Silk Road studies.

Office: Filene Hall 210
Phone: 518-580-5233
babbott@skidmore.edu

Amy Oh, Assistant Professor and Associate Chair

B.A., University of California Los Angeles; M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Research:  Imperial Latin poetry, Late Latin literature and culture, Early Christianity, epistolography, hagiography, ancient medicine, animals in antiquity.

Filene Hall 213
Phone: (518) 580-5098
aoh@skidmore.edu

Janelle Sadarananda, Visiting Assistant Professor

B.A., University of Richmond; Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania.
Research: archaic Boeotian ceramics, craft production and communities of practice, transmission of technical knowledge and visual culture, exploitation of natural resources, public outreach and cultural heritage.

Filene Hall 211
Phone: (518) 580-5464
jsadarananda@skidmore.edu 

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