Martha Malamud

Martha Malamud

Associate Professor
Editor, Arethusa
Executive Director, UB Humanities Institute
Phone: 645-2154, ext. 113
Email: malamud@acsu.buffalo.edu
Home Page: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~malamud

Graduate Degrees

  • M.A. May 1982 Cornell University
  • Ph.D. August 1985 Cornell University (directed by Frederick M. Ahl)

Expertise/Research Interests

  • Imperial Latin Literature, Roman Epic, Late Antique Literature

Current Research Projects

  • The Origin of Sin. A Translation of and discussion of Prudentius' Hamartigenia.
  • "Tacitus and the Twentieth Century Novel," in forthcoming A.J. Woodman ed. The Cambridge Companion to Tacitus. Cambridge University Press
  • "Primitive Politics" in forthcoming W. Dominik and J. Garthwaite, eds., Writing Politics in Ancient Rome. Brill, Leiden.

Selected Publications

  • A Poetics of Transformation: Prudentius and Classical Mythology. Cornell University Press, 1989.
  • Ingens Eloquentiae Materia: Rhetoric and Empire in Tacitus, with Rhiannon Ash. Arethusa 39.2, Spring 2006.
  • Gendered Dynamics in Latin Love Poetry.
  • Series Editor: Martha Malamud. Eds. Ronnie Ancona and Ellen Greene. Johns Hopkins University Press, Arethusa Books Series. Forthcoming, Fall 2005.
  • The Roman Gaze: Vision, Power, and the Body. Series Editor: Martha Malamud, Editor David Fredrick. Johns Hopkins University Press, Arethusa Books Series. Fall 2002.
  • Imperial Projections: Ancient Rome and Modern Popular Culture. Series Editor, Martha Malamud, Editors Sandra Joshel, Donald McGuire, and Margaret Malamud. Johns Hopkins University Press, Arethusa Books Series. Fall 2001.
  • "A Spectacular Feast," in C. Newlands and A. Agoustakis eds. New Directions in Statius' Silvae (forthcoming January 2007, Arethusa 40.1)
  • "Pompey’s Head and Cato's Snakes." Classical Philology 98.1 (January 2003).
  • "That's Entertainment! Dining With Domitian in the Silvae." Ramus 30.1 (2001): 23-45.
  • "Writing Original Sin." Journal of Early Christian Studies 10.3 (Fall 2002): 329-60.

Honors and Awards

  • American Council of Learned Societies Grant for $20,000. Grant period: January through June 1995.
  • Rome Prize in Classical Studies, The American Academy in Rome (National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Fellowship), 1988-89.
  • Mellon Fellowship at the University of Southern California, 1985-86.

Offices in Professional Organizations:

  • Chair of Nominating Committee, American Philological Association 2004 (elected office)
  • Member, Board of Directors, and Regional Representative, Classical Association of the Atlantic States (2005-present)

Curriculum Vitae