Denis Feeney

A past Chair of the Humanities Council, Denis Feeney works on Latin literature and on Roman culture more broadly, including especially Roman religion and time.

His latest book, Beyond Greek: The Beginnings of Latin Literature (2016), describes how the cultural flourishing that ultimately produced the Aeneid, the Metamorphoses, and other Latin classics was one of the strangest events in history.

Courses taught:

• HUM 216 – HUM 217 (LA, HA) – Interdisciplinary Approaches to Western Culture I: History, Philosophy, Religion, Literature and the Arts (Fall 2017)
• HUM 470/ CLA 470 / GER 470 / COM 470 (LA) – Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities: How Literatures Begin (Spring 2017)