McCallum, Sarah | Classics | Department of Religious Studies & Classics

smccallum@arizona.edu

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Summer 2024: by appointment

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McCallum, Sarah

Assistant Professor

Research Interests

Latin language and literature, especially Republican and Augustan poetry

Roman elegy and epic
Catullus, Lucretius, Vergil, Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid

Greek language and literature, especially Archaic and Hellenistic poetry

Epic, lyric, and epigram
Homer, Hesiod, Callimachus, and Theocritus

The ancient literary tradition

Genre, aesthetics, and intertextuality

The concept of love in Roman poetry

Tracing the development of a cultural concept

Publications

Monograph

McCallum, Sarah L. Elegiac Love and Death in Vergil's Aeneid. Oxford University Press, 2023.

Co-edited volume

Gwynaeth McIntyre and Sarah McCallum, eds. Uncovering Anna Perenna: A Focused Study of Myth and Culture. London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.

Articles and book chapters

“From Caieta to Erato: Vergil’s Elegiac Program in Aeneid 7.1–45.” In Vergil and Elegy, edited by Alison Keith and Micah Myers, 125–38. University of Toronto Press, 2023.
“Nulla fabula tegenda: Ovid’s Elegiac Revision of Vergilian Allusion.” In Uncovering Anna Perenna: A Focused Study of Myth and Culture, edited by Gwynaeth McIntyre and Sarah McCallum, 19–36. Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.
“Ego sum pastor: Pastoral Transformations in the Tale of Mercury and Battus (Ov. Met. 2.676–707).” Classical Outlook 92.2 (2017): 29–34.
“Primus Pastor: The Origins of Pastoral Programme in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.” In Roman Literary Cultures: Domestic Politics, Revolutionary Poetics, Civic Spectacle, edited by Alison Keith and Jonathan Edmondson, 124–39. University of Toronto Press, 2016.
“Heu Ligurine: Echoes of Vergil in Horace Odes 4.1.” Vergilius 61 (2015): 29–42.
“Elegiac Amor and Mors in Vergil’s ‘Italian Iliad’: A Case Study (Verg. Aen. 10.185–193).” Classical Quarterly 65.2 (2015): 693–703.

Public Scholarship

McCallum, Sarah, and Arum Park. “Teaching Love.” Pasts Imperfect (2.10.2022).

Honors and Awards

University of Arizona

2024 College of Humanities Distinguished Teaching Awards (Full Story)
2023–2024 WAC Faculty Fellowship
2022 Provost Author Support Fund
2021 Five Star Faculty Award Nominee

Fall 2024 Courses

GRK 101 – Elementary Classical Greek I

LAT 400 - Prose of the Roman Republic

Currently Teaching

CLAS 342 – The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Epic Tradition

A study of the Homeric poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey. All readings in English.

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CLAS 498H – Honors Thesis

An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course as a two-semester sequence. The first semester the student performs research under the supervision of a faculty member; the second semester the student writes an honors thesis.

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GRK 102 – Elementary Classical Greek II

The second semester of the introduction to the basic morphology, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of ancient Greek through reading and composition for students of the Bible and of classical authors.

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GRK 101 – Elementary Classical Greek I

Introduction to ancient Greek for students of the Bible and of the classical authors.

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LAT 400 – Prose of the Roman Republic

Extended readings from Sallust, Cicero and Caesar with some grammatical review; development of skills in rapid readings and sight reading.

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CLAS 116B – Word Roots: Science and Medical Terminology

This course will focus on the history and structure of words including the use of Greek and Latin roots in the formation of technical terms in medicine and the sciences. Elements of word formation (prefixes, suffixes, and bases) will be intensively studied so that the words can by systematically analyzed and broken down into their component parts. Excellent preparation for standardized tests such as the GMAT, GRE, LSAT, and MCAT.

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GRK 112 – Intensive Beginning Classical Greek

Intensive study of basic morphology, grammar, and vocabulary of beginning classical Greek. Greek 112 provides an intensive introduction to Greek and is the equivalent of Greek 101 and 102. There are no prerequisites, though some background in Latin or Romance language may be helpful. As we will cover two semesters of material in fewer than five weeks, the pace is fast and the workload necessarily demanding. Students who successfully complete the course may advance to Greek 212 in Summer term or Greek 201 in the Fall term.

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smccallum

Research Interests

Latin language and literature, especially Republican and Augustan poetry

Roman elegy and epic

Catullus, Lucretius, Vergil, Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid

Greek language and literature, especially Archaic and Hellenistic poetry

Epic, lyric, and epigram

Homer, Hesiod, Callimachus, and Theocritus

The ancient literary tradition

Genre, aesthetics, and intertextuality

The concept of love in Roman poetry

Tracing the development of a cultural concept

Publications

Monograph

McCallum, Sarah L. Elegiac Love and Death in Vergil's Aeneid. Oxford University Press, 2023.

Co-edited volume

Gwynaeth McIntyre and Sarah McCallum, eds. Uncovering Anna Perenna: A Focused Study of Myth and Culture. London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.

Articles and book chapters

“From Caieta to Erato: Vergil’s Elegiac Program in Aeneid 7.1–45.” In Vergil and Elegy, edited by Alison Keith and Micah Myers, 125–38. University of Toronto Press, 2023.

“Nulla fabula tegenda: Ovid’s Elegiac Revision of Vergilian Allusion.” In Uncovering Anna Perenna: A Focused Study of Myth and Culture, edited by Gwynaeth McIntyre and Sarah McCallum, 19–36. Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.

“Ego sum pastor: Pastoral Transformations in the Tale of Mercury and Battus (Ov. Met. 2.676–707).” Classical Outlook 92.2 (2017): 29–34.

“Primus Pastor: The Origins of Pastoral Programme in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.” In Roman Literary Cultures: Domestic Politics, Revolutionary Poetics, Civic Spectacle, edited by Alison Keith and Jonathan Edmondson, 124–39. University of Toronto Press, 2016.

“Heu Ligurine: Echoes of Vergil in Horace Odes 4.1.” Vergilius 61 (2015): 29–42.

“Elegiac Amor and Mors in Vergil’s ‘Italian Iliad’: A Case Study (Verg. Aen. 10.185–193).” Classical Quarterly 65.2 (2015): 693–703.

Public Scholarship

McCallum, Sarah, and Arum Park. “Teaching Love.” Pasts Imperfect (2.10.2022).

Honors and Awards

University of Arizona

2024 College of Humanities Distinguished Teaching Awards (Full Story)

2023–2024 WAC Faculty Fellowship

2022 Provost Author Support Fund

2021 Five Star Faculty Award Nominee

Fall 2024 Courses

GRK 101 – Elementary Classical Greek I

LAT 400 - Prose of the Roman Republic

Currently Teaching

CLAS 342 – The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Epic Tradition

CLAS 498H – Honors Thesis

GRK 102 – Elementary Classical Greek II

GRK 101 – Elementary Classical Greek I

LAT 400 – Prose of the Roman Republic

CLAS 116B – Word Roots: Science and Medical Terminology

GRK 112 – Intensive Beginning Classical Greek