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Darrel Janzen

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I research Roman literature and history (solitude, Environmental Humanities, social epistemology). Ancient Studies for all. he/him 🇨🇦

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Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 5d

Emergency zoom latin teacher needed to replace someone who has fallen ill. Anyone? 🏺

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Colleagues,
Due to a medical emergency for one of our colleagues, I am writing to ask if you know of anyone who might be able to take on a Latin 101 (MoWe 10:00AM - 11:15AM and Fr 10:00AM - 10:50AM) and Latin 201 (MoWe 8:30AM - 9:45AM) class on Zoom for the time that he is away.
We would be able to offer a stipend of $1500 for two weeks of class coverage, ideally starting Friday, 10/24, but later if need be. If the duration should be longer than two weeks, we could of course adjust this stipend.
Our colleague shares the following about his courses:
We are using the Oxford Latin Course, second edition.
In Latin 101, we are on Chapter 10 of Book I.
We are a bit behind in Latin 201. [...]I had to start at the beginning of Oxford Latin Course Book III in that class. We are now on Chapter 41 in that book.
Please let me know if you know of anyone who could take this on. We are, as I'm sure is evident, anxious to get someone in place as quickly as possible to minimize disruption for our students.
Thank you so much for considering,
Erin
Erin C. Tarver, Ph.D.
Chair, Humanities Division
Professor of Philosophy
Oxford College of Emory University
770-784-8369
e.c.tarver@emory.edu
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Book time to meet with me

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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 6d

So many congrats Tara, I look forward to reading this!

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 8d

In 2023, I was a Visiting Fellow at @antrelclaottawa.bsky.social. Got to experience the department as a world class center for our discipline (especially Late Antiquity). University management now wants to axe their honours programme.

Please consider signing and sharing this petition for support:

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Antiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa @antrelclaottawa.bsky.social · 12d

Shocking news from uOttawa: Greek & Roman Studies closed to new students without consultation. Teaching of ancient languages to end. Open letter coming soon - follow for how you can help. #DefendClassicsUOttawa #Ottawa #AncientHistory #SaveHigherEd #HigherEdCuts #AncientGreek #Latin

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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 11d

Clauss Slaby's website is super if you have a shred of text

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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 14d

I haven't seen something specific about Harvard Classics, but this will presumably affect them: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for the next two years.

www.thecrimson.com

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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 15d

Super news, Curtis! So many congratulations and I look forward to reading it!!

Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 20d

There is a lot of him to appreciate!

Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 21d

I would add that this is where companions shine - I might not read a stack of books on e.g. hoplite warfare, but I would hopefully read a recent contemporary companion article that could redirect me from repeating debunked, say, 1950s-isms about hoplite warfare

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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 22d

Some fun with vocab teaching

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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 24d

Pleased to say an article I wrote on Plautus and social epistemology is coming out about a month!

www.steiner-verlag.de/Forgetting-a...

Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · Sep 20

Sorry for what you're going through (same status, here).

Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · Sep 19

Congrats! I look forward to reading it

Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · Sep 19

Happy to see my review of an interesting book about the effects of distance on Roman power has come out in BMCR: bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.09...

Leading Rome from a distance: asserting autocracy through absence, 300 BCE-37 CE – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

bmcr.brynmawr.edu

Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · Sep 9

"The Human Rights Violator Law Division (HRVLD) of the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, anticipates AND opening for a historian". (their spelling, my emphasis)

Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · Sep 8

There is, but it pulls on other threads. Teaching via comprehensible (yes, at least somewhat spoken) input is more effective at reaching multiple levels than a non-CI course structured around a grammatical cursus. But to do this well requires more time than uni- Latin & Greek programs have.

Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · Sep 1

pre-ordered and looking forward to reading it!

Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · Aug 30

Courtesy of vocab-teaching for intro Greek

Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · Aug 28

Made this for an epic class

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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · Aug 24

Kudos, this seems constructive!

Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · Aug 24

Well, good on them. Macfarlane was too small and inconvenient in layout for a dept. of their size.

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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · Aug 23

What building are they moving to?

Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · Aug 22

Congratulations, this looks super! I look forward to reading it

Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · Aug 20

Michael Putnam has passed. A major figure in Latin poetry, especially due to his interpretation of the Aeneid. At Brown, he was wonderfully supportive of his students, myself as well as many fortunate others. sttl, Michael.

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