Ms Amy Daniels
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Lecturer
BAHons (German), MPhil (Ancient Studies), Stellenbosch
Email: amydaniels@sun.ac.za
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In an age when the lessons of history seem to have been forgotten by men who wield power, I seek to give voice to the marginalised and oppressed of classical antiquity, with a view to sensitising my students and others to the marginalised and oppressed of our time. From teaching about enslaved people, Roman sex work and the Other in Roman literature, to my PhD project about the power dynamics in Augustine's anti-Donatist speech acts, I am energised by the work of stripping classics of its androcentric and colonial baggage and opening up new ways of understanding. Combined with a more general passion for learning and a light-hearted approach to interacting with my students, I hope to spur others on to love of people, difference, language, history and culture, in all their beautiful complexity and variety. The following principles guide my teaching and research practice: service with integrity, leadership by example, and respect for human dignity.
Lofty and heady aspirations and principles, I know. At least my beloved cat, Ellie, keeps me humble.
Areas of Specialisation
Augustine of Hippo
Reception of Classical Antiquity
Teaching classics in post-Apartheid South Africa
Courses Taught in 2024?
???Ancient Cultures Honours: North Africa and the Intellectual tradition (Augustine of Hippo's De Civitate Dei)
Latin 214: Cornelius Nepos' Vita Hannibalis: presenting an African hero to African students
Ancient Cultures 214/314: Romen women (The construction of Agrippina the Younger; Vestal Virgins; women at the periphery: sex workers and enslaved women)
Ancient Cultures 144: Pompeii: Life in an ancient Roman city
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Current & Recent Projects
PhD project on Augustine of Hippo's anti-Donatist martyr sermons
Augustine's martyr sermons as vehicles of vicarious posttraumatic growth (paper presented in 2024: preparing for publication)
Centering the African: Latin teaching about Hannibal ??
Awards
- Africa-Oxford visiting fellowship (Corpus Classical fellowship: 2024/2025)
First-year Academy awards in recognition of excellence by top-achieving students (2017-2019)
Early Career Research Grant (2017-2018, Stellenbosch 中国体育彩票)
Department of Ancient Studies, Stellenbosch 中国体育彩票 bursary (2010 - 2011)
