Vanderbilt, Dept. of Classics, Johnson, CV

Dr. Michael Johnson
Departmentof Classical Studies
Vanderbilt University
PMB 0092
230 Appleton Place
Nashville, TN 37203-5721
mi.johnson@vanderbilt.edu

Research and Teaching Interests: Roman history & religion; Latin prose & epigraphy

Academic Appointments:
Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor of Classical Studies 2009-
Davidson College Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics 2007-2009

Education:
Rutgers University              Ph.D., Classics                                                                        2007
     Dissertation: The Pontifical Law of the Roman Republic
International Epigraphy Summer School (at Oxford University)                                    2004
UNC-Chapel Hill                 M.A., Classics                                                                         1998-2002
    Thesis: The Negative Connotation of Miscere in Latin Prose
Truman State University    B.A., Classics, Minor in German (summa cum laude)    1993-1998

Honors and Awards:
Tytus Summer Fellow – Dept. of Classics, University of Cincinnati            Summer 2010
Arthur Ross Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize – American Academy in Rome       2006-2007
Lemmermann Foundation Scholarship Award                                               Spring 2007
Travel Grant – American Society for Greek and Latin Epigraphy                  August 2006
Baden-Württemberg Scholarship – University of Konstanz                          Spring 2006
Bursary – International Epigraphy Summer School                                       Summer 2004
Transliteratures Fellow of Rutgers University                                                 2002-2007
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship in Humanistic Studies             1998
Manson A. Stewart Scholarship Fellowship – CAMWS                                 1996
Outstanding Student in Classics – Truman State University                       1996

Publications:
Books and monographs:
The Pontifical Law of the Roman Republic (Walter deGruyter [in preparation]).

       In progress:
             Latin and Greek Inscriptions at Johns Hopkins University. Brill Studies in Greek and Latin Epigraphy.
                 Edd. John Bodel and Adele Scafuro.

Peer-reviewed Articles:
"A Witticism of Antoninus Caracalla?" in Augusto Augurio: rerum humanarum et divinarum commentationes
in honorem Jerzy Linderski. Edited by C. F. Konrad. (Franz Steiner Verlag, 2004).

Edited volumes:
Lily Ross Taylor: Selected Papers. Edd. M. Johnson, T. Corey Brennan, & J. Linderski. Papers and
Monographs of the American Academy in Rome. (Univ. of Michigan Press [forthcoming]).

Other publications:
"Libri pontificales"; "Pax deorum"; "Pontifex, pontifices". In The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Edd. R.
Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C. Champion, A. Erskine and S. Huebner (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012).

Reviews:
T. P. Wiseman, Unwritten Rome (Univ. of Exeter Press, 2008). In Classical Journal 105.4 (2010) 366-69.
F. Pina Polo, The Consul at Rome: The Civil Functions of the Consuls in the Roman Republic. (Univ. of
Cambridge Press, 2011). In Classical Journal (forthcoming).

Short reviews:
E. Bakker (ed.), A Companion to the Greek Language (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). In CHOICE 48 (2011) 1687.
G. Horrocks, Greek: A History of The Language and Its Speakers (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). In CHOICE 48.6 (2011) 1078.
P. duBois, Out of Athens: The New Ancient Greeks (Harvard Univ. Press, 2010). In CHOICE 47.10 (2010) 1917.
K. Reckford, Recognizing Persius (Princeton Univ. Press, 2009). In CHOICE 47.5 (2010) 888.
R. Nünlist, The Ancient Critic at Work: Terms and Concepts of Literary Criticism in Greek Scholia
(Cambridge, 2009). In CHOICE 47.1 (2009) 102.
A. Boyle, Octavia: Attributed to Seneca (Oxford, 2008). In CHOICE 46.3 (2008) 507.

Papers and Public Lectures: "Villas, Private Space, and the Porticus Triumphi at Baiae." Studies in Epigraphy, Moscow, USSR [abstract accepted; did not attend] January 2012
"Names and Naming in Sallust's Catilinarian Conspiracy." Hendrix College, Conway, AR February 2011
"The Pontifical College and the Dedications of Temples."
Roman Archaeology Conference IX, Oxford University, UK March 2010
"The Pontifical College and the Dedication of a Temple." CANE, Providence, RI March 2010
"Lecture Notes of Theodor Mommsen in the Archives of Rutgers University."
Fédération Internationale des Associations d'Études Classiques, Berlin, Germany August 2009
"Incestus Trials: Vestal Virginity and the Pax Deorum." Duke University February 2009
"Incestus Trials: Vestal Virginity and the Pax Deorum." Vanderbilt University January 2009
"The Pax Deorum and the Virginity of the Vestal Virgins." APA Annual Meeting, Chicago January 2008
"The Pontiffs and the Dedication of Temples." British School at Rome April 2007
"The Pontifical College and the Purpose of Roman Religion." Davidson College March 2007
"Mommsen Lecture Notes at Rutgers University." APA Annual Meeting, San Diego January 2007
"Between God and Man: The Structure and Purpose of Roman Religion."
Washington and Lee University February 2005
"Roman Religious Refuse: The Case of the Plebeians." Transliteratures Graduate
Student Conference, Rutgers University April 2004
"A Legal Joke in the Historia Augusta." Byzantine Studies Conference, Bates College October 2003
"The Purpose, Location, and Distribution of Schola Tombs at Pompeii." UNC/Duke
Graduate Colloquium in Classics, Duke University March 2003
"Idomeneus and Meriones in the Iliad." APA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia January 2002
"Two Instances of Wordplay in Horace." CAMWS-SS, Athens, Georgia October 2000

Teaching:
Vanderbilt University
Beginning Greek I Fall 2011
Beginning Greek II Spring 2012
The Writings of Caesar Spring 2012
History of the Roman Republic Fall 2010, 2011
Ancient Cult and Magic (First Year Writing Seminar) Spring 2011
History of the Roman Empire Spring 2011
Latin Epigraphy (Graduate Latin Seminar) Fall 2010
Cicero: Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino Spring 2010
Livy (Graduate Latin Seminar) Spring 2010
Sallust Fall 2009

Davidson College
The Hellenistic Novel Spring 2009
Latin Epigraphy Spring 2009
Sallust Spring 2008
Roman History Spring 2008
Independent Study on Ancient Medicine Fall 2007, Spring 2008, 2009
Intermediate Latin (Livy; Ørberg's Lingua Latina II) Fall 2007, 2008 (2 sections)
Greek History Fall 2007, 2008
Cult, Magic, & Witchcraft in the Ancient World Fall 2007