George Harrison
Contract Instructor
| Degrees: | BA (Marquette University) MA (University of Wisconsin) PhD (Johns Hopkins University) |
| Email: | george.harrison@carleton.ca |
Biography
Archaeology:
Excavator in Greece (Paros — Paroikia; Crete – Knossos, Phalasarna, Pseira, Vrokastro) and Turkey (Cilicia — Misis)
Philology:
Books, articles, and public lectures on Seneca and Plutarch; reception of Greek Tragedy
Creative Writing:
- Scripts for modern performance of ancient plays; Cerrd Dafod + poems in Journals
- Visiting Fellow at the University of Crete (Rethymnon)
Research Interests
- Performance of Greek and Roman tragedy in the Roman Empire
- Martial’s books on dining and Gifts
- Economy and society of Crete and Egypt during the Roman Empire
- Plutarch’s Moralia
2023/2024 Courses
- CLCV 2305 Ancient Science and Technology. (W/F; SSI/SSII)
Publications
Books
- Reconstruting Satyr Drama, co-editor with Andreas P. Antonopoulos and Menelaos Christopoulos. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021, 891 pp.; reviewed in Greece and Rome 69.2 (2022) 307-308; BMCR 2023.02.28.
- Brill Companion to Roman Tragedy. Leiden: Brill, 2015. 472 pp. Classical Journal on-line 2016-08-06; BMCR 2016.11.25.
- Performance in Greek and Roman Theatre, co-editor with Vayos Liapis. Leiden: Brill, 2013, 588 pp. BMCR 2013.11.27; Ancient History Bulletin 4 (2014) 15 – 20; Classical World 108.1 (2014) 137-138.
- Life and Death in Ancient Egypt: The Diniacopoulos Collection; co-editor with Jane Francis. Concordia University, 2011.
- Octavia, Doomed Wife of Nero; performance script. Richler Resources 2009. Quoted in London Review of Books 26 Feb 2009.
- Satyr Drama: Tragedy at Play, ed. Swansea: Classical Press of Wales 2005, 295 pp. BMCR 2007.12.34, Classical Review 57 (2007) 293 – 95.
- Seneca in Performance, ed. Swansea: Classical Press of Wales 2000, 231 pp.; reviewed in BMCR 01.02.26, Classical Review 51 (2001) 258 – 59, Journal of Roman Studies 92 (2002) 251 – 52, Scholia 10 (2001) 130 – 32, Greece and Rome 48 (2001) 95 – 97. Paperback re-issue, 2023.
- Philosophical and Historical Studies on Plutarch, ed. Chicago, Ares 1994 = Ancient World 25. Ploutarkhos 13 [1996] 14–15.
- The Romans and Crete (Amsterdam, Hakkert 1994); 469 pp., 70 illustrations, 69 inscriptions. Journal of Roman Studies 85 (1995) 305 – 306.
- Studies in Chinese and Western Classical Civilizations: Essays in Honour of Professor Lin Zhichun on his 90th Birthday, co-ed. Changchun, Jilin People’s Publishing House, 1999, 441 pp.; editor for English, French, and German contributions.
Recent Articles
- “Lowering the Curtain: (Modest) Satyrs on Stage in the Roman Empire”, in Reconstruting Satyr Drama, Andreas P. Antonopoulos, Menelaos Christopoulos and George W.M. Harrison, edd. (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022) 765-96 .
- “Myth and Levels of Language in the Octavia”, in Mythical History and Historical Myth: Blurred Boundaries in Antiquity, Athina Papachrysostomou, Menelaos Christopoulos, and Andreas Antonopoulos, edd. (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022), 387-406.
- “Things you need to know about Roman Crete (for your own research)”, in Proceedings of Bonn Archaeological Congress (Bonn, 2022), 36-53.
- “Illness and Disease in Roman Crete”, in I. Gavrilakis, ed., Proceedings of the Twelfth Cretological Congress (Herakleion: Etairia Kretikon Istorikon Meleton); 2018; On-line.
- “Aeschylus in Rome”, in Brill Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus, R.F. Kennedy, ed., (Brill: Leiden, 2017) 129-78.
- “Theatres, plays and the ‘3rd century crisis’”, in New Perspectives on Roman Crete, J. Francis and A, Kouremenos, eds. (Oxford: Oxbow, 2016) 185 – 193.
- “Seneca on the Fall of Troy”, G.W.M. Harrison, ed., (Brill: Leiden: 2015) 118-50.
- “A Silver Dedication from Phalasarna”, in I. Gavrilakis, ed., Proceedings of the Eleventh Cretological Congress (Chania: Etairia Kretikon Istorikon Meleton) 2014, 757 -63; with Kristen Toohy.
- Entries on “Cannibalism” (197 – 98), “Euripides Cyclops” (370 – 75), “Gifts” (582),“Legacy of Greek Tragedy” (767 – 70), “Obedience” (905 – 906), “Satyr Drama” 1195 – 99), “Stigma” (1362 – 63) and “Thespis” (1394 – 95) in Blackwell Encyclopedia of Greek Tragedy; ed. H. Roisman, 2013.
- “Characters [in Seneca’s Plays]”, chapter III.3.5 in Brill’s Companion to Seneca, G. Damschen and A. Heil, eds. (Leiden: Brill, 2015) 589-609.
- “Themes [in Seneca’s Plays]”, chapter III.3.6 in Brill’s Companion to Seneca, G. Damschen and A. Heil, eds. (Leiden: Brill, 2015) 611-34.
- “Making Sense of Ancient Performance”, in G.W.M. Harrison and V. Liapis, eds. Performance in Greek and Roman Art. (Leiden, Brill, 2013, 1 – 44) co-authored with V. Liapis and C. Panayotakis.
- “Pliny and Cretan Coastal Installations”, in K. Psikhoyos, ed., Proceedings of the Tenth Cretological Congress (Heraklion: Etairia Kretikon Istorikon Meleton 2011) 31-48.
Forthcoming/in Preparation
- Ps-Seneca, Hercules on Oeta. London: Bloomsbury, forthcoming. Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Hercules, editor. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
- “Reconstructing Plutarch’s Life of Herakles”, in G.W.M. Harrison (ed.) Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Hercules. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, accepted for publication
- “Romanisation of Greek Drama: Republic”, in Looking at Greek Drama, D. Stuttard, ed. (London: Bloomsbury), in press.
- “Herakles and Busiris”, in Gera: Studies in Honour of Menelaos Christopoulos (Patras 2023), Athina Papachrysostonou and Marion Meyer, eds. (Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, in press.
- “Rome’s Embrace of Hercules”, in Unveiling the hidden face of antiquity: Mysteries and Cryptic cults (Patras, 2022), Athina Papachrysostomou, ed. (Tübingen: Phoibos Verlag), in press.
- “Double Chorus”, in Proceedings of the ARC Network Conference (Prague, 2019), Alena Sarkissian, ed. (Berlin: De Gruyter), forthcoming.
- “Romanisation of Greek Drama: Tragedy”, Logeion 12 (2023), forthcoming.
- “Six Continuities/Discontinuities of Roman Crete”, in J. Francis and M. Curits (eds.), New Approaches and Perspectives in the Study of Hellenistic, Roman and Early Byzantine Crete. Oxford: Oxbow, in revisions
- “Provisioning of Imperial Capitals and Ports: Who Fed Gortyn?”, TRAC/RAC London. April 2024.
2023/2024 Courses
- CLCV 2305 Ancient Science and Technology. (W/F; SSI/SSII)
Distinctions
Awards for Teaching at Carleton and NorthEast Normal University; advisor of student organizations that won awards.