Department of Classics

Dr. Eleni Bozia
Lecturer of Classics, University of Florida
Associate Director of the Digital Epigraphy & Archaeology project
bozia[@]ufl.edu

Areas of Research

• Imperial Greek and Latin Literature; Ethnicity and National Identity; Early Christian Apologists; Literary and Cultural Theory; Digital Humanities

Education

• Ph.D. in Classical Philology, University of Florida, 2009
  Committee: Gareth Schmeling (Johns Hopkins University), Konstantinos Kapparis (University of Florida), Florin Curta (University of Florida), R. Bracht Branham (Emory University)
• Summer School Fellow, American Academy in Rome, 2007
• MPhil in Classical Philology, University of Glasgow, 2004
• B.A. in Classical Philology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2003

Honors and Awards

• Rothman Summer Fellowship in the Humanities, Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, University of Florida, 2013
• e-Humanities Innovation Award, 2nd place, University of Leipzig, 2012
• Mary A. Sollman Scholarship, American Academy in Rome, 2007
• CIEGL Bursary, University of Oxford, 2007
• Nadyezhda Semerdjieff Scholarship for research in Classical Studies, 2007
• Joseph Jay Deiss Memorial Fellowship for Summer Study in Italy, 2007
• Recognition for teaching achievement, Center for Greek Studies, University of Florida, 2007
• Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, University of Florida, 2005-2007
• Graduate studies grant, Gerondelis Foundation Inc., 2007
• Rothman Scholar 2006
• Travel Awards, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Department of Classics, University of Florida, 2005, 2006
• Teaching Assistantship, Department of Classics, University of Florida
• CA Bursary, Classical Association of England and Wales, 2004
• Excellent Performance Award and Scholarship, IKY, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2000

Publications

Book

• Lucian and his Roman Voices: Cultural Encounters and Conflicts in the Early Roman Empire (under editing)

Articles and Book Chapters

• A. Barmpoutis, E. Bozia, and R. S. Wagman. “A novel framework for 3D reconstruction and analysis of ancient inscriptions.” Journal of Machine Vision and Applications, 21(6), 2010, pp. 989-998.
• G. Rocca, G. Sarullo, E. Bozia, A. Barmpoutis, ‘Tracce di sabinita nel Lapis Satricanus?’, Alessandria 3 (2009), pp. 67-10.
• E. Bozia, G. Sangco, R. Wagman, ‘A new dedication by Diogenes and other unpublished inscriptions from Epidauros’, ZPE 160 (2007), 120-22.
• E. Bozia, ‘Should Thucydides’ view of the causes of the Peloponnesian war be modified?’, in European History: Lessons for the 21st century, Gregory T. Papanikos & Nicholas C.J. Pappas (eds.), (Athens, 2006).
• ‘Virgil, the new Homer of the Augustan era? A Comparative Study between Virgil’s Aeneid Book Nine and Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.’, MPhil thesis, (University of Glasgow, 2004).

Solicited Reviews

• S. Harrison and C. Stray (eds.) Expurgating the Classics: Editing out in Greek and Latin , (London, 2012), in The Classical Review(forthcoming)
• S. A. Gurd, Work in Progress: Literary Revision as Social Performance in Ancient Rome, (Oxford, 2012), in The Classical Review 63.2 (2013)
• C. W. Marshall, The stagecraft and performance of Roman Comedy. (Cambridge, 2006), in Text and Presentation 4 (2007), 241-5.

Seminars and Invited Presentations

• E. Bozia, A. Barmpoutis, R. S. Wagman, “The Digital Epigraphy and Archaeology Project.”, Digital Classicist, Institute of Classical Studies Seminar Series, UK
• E. Bozia, A. Barmpoutis, R. S. Wagman, “The First Online 3D Epigraphic Library: The University of Florida Digital Epigraphy and Archaeology Project.”, Leipzig e-Humanities Seminar, December 2012, University of Leipzig, Germany
• Panelist in “The author meets the critics: C. W. Marshall, The stagecraft and performance of Roman Comedy.” in the 32nd Comparative Drama Conference, Loyola Marymount University, March 2008, CA, USA

Conference Presentations

• E. Bozia, A. Barmpoutis, R. S. Wagman, “The First Online 3D Epigraphic Library.”, 14th International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy, September 2012, Humboldt University, Germany
• “Digital Epigraphy Toolbox.”,Digital Humanities Project Meeting, National Endowment for the Humanties, September 2011, Washington, DC, USA
• “Lucian’s and Gellius’ Literary and Social Realities.”, 13th congress of the Federation Internationale des Associations d’ Etudes Classiques, August 2009, Berlin, Germany
• “The elegiac motif of the ‘exclusus amator‘ in Lucians’ De Mercede Conductis“, Classical Association and Classical Association of Scotland, April 2009, Glasgow, UK
• “An Efficient Method for Digitizing Squeezes and Performing Automated Epigraphic Analysis. “, APA 140th Annual Meeting, January 2009, Philadelphia, USA
• “Seneca’s Medea, the next step after Plautus in Roman Drama.”, 32nd Comparative Drama Conference, Loyola Marymount University, March 2007, CA, USA
• E. Bozia, A. Barmpoutis, R. S. Wagman, “Application of 3D Technologies for the Analysis of Ancient Inscriptions.”, 13th International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy, September 2007, University of Oxford, UK [Demo]
• “Aristophanes’ Ecclesiazousae: A eulogy of or an attack against Athenian construction of gender?”, 31st Comparative Drama Conference, Loyola Marymount University, March 2007, CA, USA
• “Does Aristophanes’ Ecclesiazousae serve to reinforce or to undermine the Athenian construction of gender?”, Conference on Ancient Drama, July 2007, Wellington, New Zealand (Accepted)
• “Was the Athenian Empire despotism?”,ATINER International Conference on European History, Dec. 2006, Athens, Greece
• “Do Hellenistic Engagements with epic poetry have anything in common?”,CAMWS-SS, Nov. 2006, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
• “Petronius’, Apollonius’, Theocritus’ and Moschus’ Visit to the Ekphrasis“, CAMWS, April 2006, FL, USA.
• “Terence and Plautus: Dramatists for the Reader or the Audience?”, 30th Comparative Drama Conference, Loyola Marymount University, March 2006, CA, USA
• “Should Thucydides’ view of the causes of the Peloponnesian war be modified?”, ATINER International Conference on European History: From Ancient to Modern, December 2005, Athens, Greece.
• “How far is it possible to reconstruct the circumstances of the presentation on stage of problematic Aristophanic passages? A comparative study between the Fifth Century Theatre in Athens and Aristophanic Comedy.”, 29th Comparative Drama Conference, California State University, March 2005, CA, USA

Grants Awarded

June 2011, Digital Epigraphy Toolbox, National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Digital Humanities, Award:HD-51214-11, Role: Co-Investigator, $50,000.

Grant Applications

September 2012, Magic Mirror Theater, National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Digital Humanities, (under review)

January 2013, Digital Epigraphy and Archaeology Project, National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Digital Humanities, (under review)

Professional Activity and Service

• External Reviewer of NEH, 2011
• Reviewer of American Academy in Berlin, 2011
• Associate director of the Digital Epigraphy and Archaeology Project at the University of Florida, 2007-present
• Outreach and Fundraising committee for the Center for Greek Studies, 2011
• Organizing committee for a conference in honor of David Young, 2010
• Organizing Committee Member-UF/FSU Annual Colloquium, 2009
• Staff Member, CAMWS Annual Conference, 2006

Languages

Spoken Modern Greek English French

Read Modern Greek English French German Ancient Greek Latin

Other Certificates

• Certificate in Computing, University of Oxford