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Associate Professor Enrica Sciarrino

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Department: Classics

Email: enrica.sciarrino@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3694981

Office: Rm 103D UC Arts City Location- 3 Hereford Street

Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

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Fields of Research

  • Roman socio-cultural history
  • History of Greek and Latin literature
  • Archaic Latin prose and poetry with focus on Elder Cato, Livius Andronicus, Plautus, Naevius, Ennius
  • Roman Historiography
  • Ancient translation practices
  • Ancient slavery and its connections with literature
  • Roman leisure practices
  • Italian culture and society

Researcher Summary

Enrica’s research focus is on Greek and Roman socio-cultural history and the development of new approaches towards the study of textual materials and cultural practices. Both strands meet in her 2011 major publications, Cato the Censor and the Beginnings of Latin Prose: From Poetic Translation to Elite Transcription and the co-edited volume Complicating the History of Western Translation. The former engages with the misconstruction of early Roman literary practices caused by hyper-textual analyses and complicates the traditional separation of prose from poetry; the latter meets with translation studies’ interest in considering alternative ideas and forms of translation that take into account the translator's agency. Along the way she has published in major journals and contributed to important edited volumes on a wide range of topics, including methodological issues, oratory, education, rhetoric, historiography and the ancient fable. Finally, she has organized and has been invited to a number of leading conferences and workshops in Australasia, the United States, Italy and the United Kingdom.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • History, History of Art, Classics and Curatorial Studies: Ancient Roman; Classical Language and Literature; Classics

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Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Authored Books
  • McElduff S. and Sciarrino E. (2014) Complicating the history of western translation: The ancient Mediterranean in perspective. 1-229. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315760070.
  • Sciarrino E. (2011) Cato the Censor and the Beginnings of Latin Prose: From Poetic Translation to Elite Transcription. Columbus: Ohio State University Press. 239pp.
Additional Publications
  • O'Sullivan P., Sciarrino E. and Field P. (2022) ‘It’s Epic: Odysseus’ Journey from Homer to Joyce’. A discussion panel. Arts Centre, Christchurch, NZ.: Public Lecture Series organised by Classics Dept. & Teece Museum, 09 Aug 2022.
  • Sciarrino E. (2022) Oratorical egos in mid-republican Rome. Turin, Italy: Seminari del dipartimento di studi umanistici, Turin (Italy).
  • Sciarrino E., Field P. and O'Sullivan P. (2022) ‘It’s Epic: Odysseus’ Journey from Homer to Joyce’. A discussion panel.. Arts Centre, Christchurch, NZ.: Public Lecture Series organised by Classics Dept. & Teece Museum, Arts Centre, Christchurch, NZ., 26 Jul 2022.
  • Sciarrino E. (2021) Augustus' genealogy in the context of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Oxford based: online (zoom presentation): Corpus Christi Classics Centre 2021: Latin in the World, a seminar series in honour of Stephen Harrison, 04 Nov 2021.
  • Sciarrino E. (2021) Poets, translators and clever slaves in Ancient Rome. University of Canterbury, Christchurch: Global Visions: Reo, Ahurea Research Seminar, 08 Oct 2021.
  • Sciarrino E. (2020) Cato the Elder and the socio-cultural environment of 2nd century BCE Rome -video seminar by invitation by Professor Hannah Čulík-Baird, Boston University. Video-lecture: Roman Intellectual life - Boston University, Classics Department - graduate seminar, 10 Feb 2020.
  • Sciarrino E. (2020) Southern Italian gastronomy in antiquity. Arts Centre, University of Canterbury, UC Arts: Heritage Festival: Teece Museum & Dante Alighieri Society, 08 Nov 2020.
  • Sciarrino E. (2020) I the orator: strategies of self-presentation in mid Republican Rome. University of Auckland: Workshop on Culture in Mid-Republican Rome, 3-4 Dec 2020.
  • Sciarrino E. (2020) Self-Citation in Cicero's De Divinatione. Dunedin, New Zealand: Australasian Society for Classical Studies Conference, 28-31 Jan 2020.
  • Sciarrino E. (2020) Self-citation, intellectual pursuits and political ambitions Cicero’s On Divination. UC ARTS, Christchurch: UC Humanities and Creative Arts Conference 2020, 27 Nov 2020.
  • Sciarrino E. (2020) THOMAS HABINEK AND CYNTHIA’S BONES. Washington DC, USA: Society for Classical Studies Conference, 2 Jan-6 Feb 2020.
  • Sciarrino E. (2020) Traces of Philology in Mid Republican Latin Poetry. Ramus 48(2): 148-173. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/rmu.2019.15.
  • Sciarrino E. (2019) Food, recipes and empire in Mid-Republican Rome. Arts Centre, Teece Museum, Christchurch: Fantastic Feasts, Exhibition opening at the Teece Museum.
  • Sciarrino E. (2019) Ennius and the Annales in Cicero's Philosophical works: Reflections on Cicero's citational strategies. Armidale, Australia: The 50Th Australasian Society for Classical Studies Conference, 28 Jan 2019.
  • O'Sullivan PD., Allan B., Swift L., Sciarrino E. and Field P. (2018) 'Tyranny and Crises of Democracy: What we can learn from Antiquity'. Arts Centre, Christchurch: 'Tyranny and Crises of Democracy: What we can learn from Antiquity', An Evening With ... Public Lecture Series, 06 Mar 2018.
  • Sciarrino E. (2017) Gli inizi della filologia a Roma: traduzione e trasformazioni. Torino, Italy: Seminari di dottorato, Scuola di Dottorato Studi Umanistici, Università di Torino.
  • Sciarrino E. (2017) Penelope's Plight and the Economy of Like-mindedness. PG Gallery 192, Christchurch, New Zealand: PG Gallery 192: Talks Series.
  • Sciarrino E. (2017) Love is a battlefield: Gods and heroes in love. In Morrison GL; Minchin-Garvin PMA; Elder TVA (Ed.), We could be heroes: The gods and heroes of the ancient Greeks and Romans: 55-62. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press.
  • Sciarrino E. (2016) "Beyond Greek: The Beginnings of Latin Literature" by Denis Feeney. Phoenix 70(1-2): 204-207. http://dx.doi.org/10.7834/phoenix.70.1-2.0204. [Book review].
  • Sciarrino E. (2016) D. Feeney, Beyond Greek: The Beginnings of Latin Literature. Cambridge, MA and London (2016), Review. Phoenix 70(1-2): 184-187.
  • Sciarrino E. (2016) Edward Jenner "Complete Gold Leaves". Takahe 88 [Book review].
  • Ogden S. and Sciarrino E. (2015) SICILIA: Love Lust and Life/Hands Hearts and Minds. Photographs by Simon Ogden. Essay by Enrica Sciarrino (sponsored by the Italian Embassy in Wellington). Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand; PG gallery192, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Photographs, Writing and Radio].
  • Sciarrino E. (2015) Hyperreality, Intertextuality, and the Study of Latin Poetry. Arethusa 48(3): 369-390. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/are.2015.0014.
  • Sciarrino E. (2015) The Beginnings of Philology in Rome: Translations and Transformations. .
  • Sciarrino E. (2015) The Beginnings of Philology in Rome: Translations and Transformations. Rome, Italy: Philology Among the Disciplines, 14-27 Jun 2015.
  • Sciarrino E. (2015) The Design of Ennius' Annales. Jackie Elliott, Ennius and the Architecture of the Annales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013; xiv+590pp. The Classical Review 65(2): 423-425. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0009840X15000748. [Book Review].
  • Sciarrino E. (2015) Schools, Teachers, and Patrons in Mid-Republican Rome. In Bloomer WM (Ed.), A Companion to Ancient Education: 226-239. London: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • McElduff S. and Sciarrino E. (2014) Introduction a sea of languages: Complicating the history of Western translation. Complicating the History of Western Translation: The Ancient Mediterranean in Perspective: 1-9.
  • Sciarrino E. (2013) Cato the Censor. In Clayman D (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Classics Oxford: Oxford University Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780195389661-0087.
  • Sciarrino E. (2012) Hyperreality, Intertextuality and the Study of Latin Poetry. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada: Seminar Series Department of Classics and Near Eastern Studies.
  • McElduff S. and Sciarrino E. (2011) Complicating the History of Western Translation: The Ancient Mediterranean in Perspective. Manchester: St Jerome's Publishing. 234pp.
  • Sciarrino E. (2011) Metatheatre Reconsidered. University of Auckland, New Zealand: 32nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS 32), 24-27 Jan 2011.
  • Sciarrino E. (2010) Intertextuality and the Power of the Hyperreal. Univeristy of California, Berkelely, CA, USA: Classics Talks Series.
  • Sciarrino E. (2010) Speech, Body, and Authority in Cato the Elder's De Agricultura. University of London, School of Advanced Study, London, UK: Latin Literature Seminar.
  • Sciarrino E. (2010) What 'lies' behind Phaedrus' fables? In Turner AJ; Chong-Gossard JHKO; Vervaet FJ (Ed.), Private and Public Lies: The Discourse of Despotism and Deceit in the Graeco-Roman World: 231-248. Leiden: Brill.
  • Sciarrino E. (2009) Rethinking Latin Prose Writing. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA: Department of Classics Seminar Series, 01 Dec 2008.
  • Sciarrino E. (2009) Navigating between 'text' and 'performance': The case of early Latin prose. Oxford University, UK: Text/Performance: Don Fowler's Unrolling the Text Workshop, 22-23 Sep 2009.
  • Sciarrino E. (2009) William Fitzgerald and Emily Gowers (Ed.), Ennius Perennis. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society Supplementary Volume 31. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007; xiii + 172pp. Scholia Reviews ns 18(14) [Book Review].
  • Sciarrino E. and McElduff S. (2009) Theory and Practice of Translation in the Ancient Mediterranean. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA: Department of Classics Seminar Series. 6 Feb 2009. [Workshop].
  • Sciarrino E. (2008) Prose, Authority and "Free Speech": The Case of Cato the Censor's De Agricultura. Christchurch, New Zealand: Australasian Society for Classical Studies, 29th Conference and General Meeting (ASCS29), 27-31 Jan 2008.
  • Sciarrino E. (2008) The World of Roman Translations: Complicating the Picture. Chicago, IL USA: American Philological Association 139th Annual Meeting, 3-6 Jan 2008.
  • Sciarrino E. (2008) What "lies" behind Phaedrus' Fables? Melbourne, Australia: Private and Public Lies: the Discourse of Despotism and Deceit in the Ancient World, 7-10 Jul 2008.
  • Sciarrino E. (2007) Marcus Porcius Cato (234 BCE-149 BCE). : 1599 words (online articl.
  • Sciarrino E. (2007) Roman Oratory Before Cicero : The Elder Cato and Gaius Gracchus. In Dominik W; Hall J (Ed.), A Companion to Roman Rhetoric: 54-66. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Sciarrino E. (2006) I 'carmina convivalia' e le origini dell'epica romana. Universit� degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy: Seminari del Dipartimento di Teoria e Documentazione delle Tradizioni Culturali, 23 Nov 2006.
  • Sciarrino E. (2006) L'oratoria catoniana. Universit� di Bologna, Bologna, Italy: Semiari di Ricerca del Dipartimento di Filologia Classica E Medioevale, 15 Nov 2006.
  • Sciarrino E. (2006) Convivial Scenarios and Roman Poetic Practices. University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia: Australasian Society for Classical Studies 27th Conference and General Meeting (ASCS 27), 30 Jan-3 Feb 2006.
  • Sciarrino E. (2006) The Introduction of Epic in Rome: Cultural Thefts and Social Contests. Arethusa 39(3): 449-469. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/are.2006.0029.
  • Sciarrino E. (2005) Cultural mastery and the formation of an imperial elite in second century BCE Rome. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealan: Research Seminars Series, 01 Jun 2005.
  • Sciarrino E. (2005) Father, Master, and Commander: Cato the Censor and the Making of the Roman Male Elite. Boston, MA, USA: 136th Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, 6 Jan 2005.
  • Sciarrino E. (2005) Pre-Ciceronian Oratory Reconsidered. Dunedin, New Zealand: 26th Conference and General Meeting of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS), 30 Jan 2005.
  • Sciarrino E. (2004) Per una sociologia della traduzione nell'antica Roma: il caso della commedia arcaica. Universit� di Siena ad Arezzo, Italy: 01 Apr 2004.
  • Sciarrino E. (2004) The Not-So-Fabulous World of Phaedrus' Fables. Classical Association, Dunedin, New Zealand: 13 Oct 2004.
  • Sciarrino E. (2004) Under the Roman Sun: Poets, Rulers, Translations, and Empire. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand: 21 Apr 2004.
  • Sciarrino E. (2004) Cultural Thefts and Social Contests in Ennius’ Annales and Cato’s Origines. San Francisco, CA, USA: 135th Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, Ennius and the Invention of Roman Epic Panel, 2 Jan 2004.
  • Sciarrino E. (2004) Putting Cato the Censor's Origines in Its Place. Classical Antiquity 23(2): 323-357.
  • Sciarrino E. (2004) A Temple for the Professional Muse: the Aedes Herculis Musarum and Cultural Shifts in Second-Century B.C. Rome. In Barchiesi A; Rüpke J; Stephens S (Ed.), Rituals in Ink: A Conference on Religion and Literary Production in Ancient Rome held at Stanford University in February 2002: 45-56. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag.
  • Sciarrino E. (2002) A Temple for the Professional Muse: The Aedes Herculis Musarum and Cultural Shifts in 2nd Century Rome. Stanford, CA, USA: Rituals in Ink: Literary and Religious Discourses in Roman Culture, 22 Feb 2002.
  • Sciarrino E. (2002) Accounting and Recounting: Cato the Censor and the Politics of Culture. Berkeley, CA, USA. University of California.
  • Sciarrino E. (1998) Composing and Reading the Naturalis Historia. Pliny Instructs his Readers. Buffalo, NY, USA: Compono: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, 1 Apr 1998.

Review and Refereeing

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  • Classical Philology ( 2011 - 2023)
  • Phoenix ( 2010 )

Affiliations

  • American Philological Association (APA) (Professional Organisation): Member
  • Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS) (Professional Organisation): Member of the Executive Committee

Future Research

  • Critical edition of the Elder Cato’s oratorical fragments
  • Study on the minor works of Ennius
  • Roman authorship and the senses
  • Engagement with translation practices in the Roman world
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