Yasuko Taoka

Assistant Professor of Classics Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures Ph.D. Ohio State Faner 2082 453 5420 taoka@siu.edu Office Hours, Fall 2009: Monday - Friday 9-10, Tuesday & Thursday 10-11

Research interests: Latin literature, Roman philosophy, literary theory

Recent presentations:

• "Valediction in Seneca's Letters." CAMWS 2008.
• "Once More, With Feeling: Finis(hing Up) in Seneca's Letters. October 2008, Butler University.
• "Fronto = Marcus: Love and Simile in Fronto's Letters." APA 2009.
• "Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt: Are Those Who Cannot Remember Homer Condemned to Repeat Him?" March 2009, Truman State University.
• "Topography as Epistemology in Marcus Aurelius' Meditations." CAMWS 2009.
• "Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt: A New Wave Odyssey." April 2009, Grinnell College.
  

Teaching interests: Greek and Latin languages and literatures, Roman civilization

Recent courses:

• CLAS 133A: Elementary Latin
• CLAS 201B: Intermediate Greek: Homer's Odyssey
• CLAS 202B: Intermediate Latin: Ovid's Metamorphoses
• CLAS 271: Roman Civilization
• CLAS 315I: The Ancient World and Contemporary Film
• CLAS 376: Advanced Latin: Latin Letters

Current Courses: Fall 2009

• CLAS 133A: Elementary Latin  syllabus   schedule   podcasts
  
• CLAS 271: Roman Civilization  syllabus   schedule   Blackboard (login required)