Eric Adler, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, Connecticut College

Education
B.A., Connecticut College;
M.A., State University of New York at Buffalo;
Ph.D., Duke University

"As scholars and teachers, we have a duty to fight against our own positions." - Philip Rieff

Eric Adler
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics

Joined Connecticut College: 2007

Specialization:

Greek and Roman historiography
Latin and Greek prose
Roman imperialism
The classical tradition

Eric Adler teaches a variety of courses in Latin and Greek, as well as classes on Greco-Roman history and civilization. He enjoys teaching at Connecticut College because its small class sizes and high regard for the liberal arts allow for an intense - and fun - intellectual environment.

His research focuses on Roman historiography and Roman imperialism. But he does not see these topics as disconnected from the modern world. Rather, Adler's interest in Romans' criticism of their own society has led him to examine the role that “self-criticism” has played in the Western world - from ancient Greece to modern Europe and America.

Adler is teaching the following courses: Fall 2007, Latin 101, Elementary Latin; Latin 301, Catullus and Cicero; FYS 176, Greeks, Romans, and Barbarians. In Spring 2008: Latin 102 (Elementary Latin, cont.); Classics 102 (The Roman World); Classics XXX, Roman Imperialism and its Critics.

Selected publications by Eric Adler include:

-“Late Victorian and Edwardian Views of Rome and the Nature of ‘Defensive Imperialism.’” International Journal of the Classical Tradition (forthcoming).

-“Boudica’s Speeches in Tacitus and Dio.” Classical World (forthcoming).

-“Who’s Anti-Roman? Sallust and Pompeius Trogus on Mithridates.” Classical Journal 101.4 (2006): 383-407.

-“Are We All Post-Culturalists Now?,” a Review of Christopher Clausen’s Faded Mosaic: The Emergence of Post-Cultural America. Partisan Review 68.4 (Fall 2001): 658-661.