Elaine Fantham

(Rosamund) Elaine Fantham

Date of birth:   May 25, 1933

Citizenship:   Canadian / U.K.

E-mail:   elainefantham@hotmail.com

Home address:   6A Swan Avenue, Etobicoke, Ontario, M9B 1V2 Canada

Telephone:   416-233-0723

Degrees

1954 B.A. Oxon., Litterae Humaniores (first class)

1957 B.Litt and M.A. Oxon.

1965 Ph.D Liverpool University U.K.: A Commentary on the Curculio of Plautus, (Examiners R.B. Austin, O. Skutsch)

University Employment

1956-58 Leverhulme Research Fellow, Liverpool University

1958-59, 65-66 Assistant Lecturer, St. Andrews University (St. Salvator's College)

1966-68 Visiting Lecturer, Indiana University, Bloomington

1968-78 Assistant / Associate Professor, University of Toronto (Trinity College)

1978-86 Professor, University of Toronto

1983 (Spring) Visiting Professor Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

1986-2000 Giger Professor of Latin, Princeton University

1995-2000 University Latin Scribe, Member Humanities Council

1989-94 Marshall Scholarship Adviser

1996-98 Old Dominion Fellow

University Committees: Research Board, Humanities Grants Ctee., Italian Studies, Canadian Studies

2001 Spring: Langford Family Eminent Visiting Professor, Florida State University

Professional Affiliations

1976-79 Editorial board, Phoenix (Corresponding Member from 1987)

1978-80 Member, APA Committee on Basic Research Tools

1979-82 Member, APA Placement Committee

1982, 1985 Member, Harvard University Visiting Ctee to Department of the Classics

1982-84 Vice-President, Classical Association of Canada

1983-86 Vice President and President, Canadian Society for the History of Rhetoric

1988-91 Director and member of Program Committee, American Philological Association

1988, 1989 Juror, American Academy in Rome

1990-99 Editorial Boards AJP, Rhetorica: 1998- Materiali e Discussioni

1994 Summer Research Fellow, University of New England, NSW Australia Fall, Resident, American Academy in Rome

1996-99 Trustee for Advisory Council, American Academy in Rome

1997-2000 Member, then Chair, Goodwin Award Committee of APA

1998 Summer: Research Fellow, Humanities Centre, Australian National University

1999-2000 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar

2003 President-Elect, and 2004 President, American Philological Association

2004-07 part time instructor in Classics, University of Toronto, one course each fall

Note regarding the above photo: Priestess or Princess? This archaic maiden from Latium could be Lavinia, Aeneas' bride, now brought to life as the narrator of Ursula K. Le Guin's wonderful and moving novel "Lavinia".