Prof David Scourfield

Biography
Research Interests
Books
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2018 | Texts and Violence in the Roman World.
Gale, Monica R., and Scourfield, J. H. D. (eds.) (2018) Texts and Violence in the Roman World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details] |
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2007 | Texts and Culture in Late Antiquity: Inheritance, Authority, and Change.
Scourfield, J. H. D. (ed.) (2007) Texts and Culture in Late Antiquity: Inheritance, Authority, and Change. : The Classical Press of Wales. [Details] |
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1993 | Consoling Heliodorus: A Commentary on Jerome, Letter 60.
Scourfield, J. H .D. (1993) Consoling Heliodorus: A Commentary on Jerome, Letter 60. : Oxford University Press. [Details] |
Book Chapters
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2019 | 'Forster and Woolf'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2019) 'Forster and Woolf' In: Haynes, Kenneth (eds). The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature. Volume 5: After 1880. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details] |
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2018 | 'Violence and the Christian Heroine: Two Narratives of Desire'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2018) 'Violence and the Christian Heroine: Two Narratives of Desire' In: Gale, Monica R., and Scourfield, J. H. D (eds). Texts and Violence in the Roman World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details] |
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2018 | 'Introduction: Reading Roman Violence'
Gale, Monica R., and Scourfield, J. H. D. (2018) 'Introduction: Reading Roman Violence' In: Gale, Monica R., and Scourfield, J. H. D (eds). Texts and Violence in the Roman World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details] |
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2013 | 'Towards a Genre of Consolation'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2013) 'Towards a Genre of Consolation' In: Greek and Roman Consolations: Eight Studies of a Tradition and its Afterlife. Swansea: The Classical Press of Wales. [Details] |
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2007 | 'Textual Inheritances and Textual Relations in Late Antiquity'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2007) 'Textual Inheritances and Textual Relations in Late Antiquity' In: Texts and Culture in Late Antiquity: Inheritance, Authority, and Change. Swansea: The Classical Press of Wales. [Details] |
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2003 | 'Anger and Gender in Chariton's Chaereas and Callirhoe'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2003) 'Anger and Gender in Chariton's Chaereas and Callirhoe' In: Susanna Braund and Glenn W. Most (eds). Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
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2018 | 'Classical In/stabilities: Virginia Woolf, Ford Madox Ford, and the Great War'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2018) 'Classical In/stabilities: Virginia Woolf, Ford Madox Ford, and the Great War'. Classical Receptions Journal, 10 (4):435-457 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2017 | 'Classical Land/scapes: Transformative Geography in E. M. Forster's Early Short Fiction'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2017) 'Classical Land/scapes: Transformative Geography in E. M. Forster's Early Short Fiction'. Caliban: French Journal of English Studies, 58 :185-202 [full-text] [Details] |
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2012 | 'Euripides, Hippolytus 136'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2012) 'Euripides, Hippolytus 136'. RHEINISCHES MUSEUM FÜR PHILOLOGIE, 155 :225-232 [full-text] [Details] |
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2010 | 'Chaereas, Hippolytus, Theseus: Tragic Echoes, Tragic Potential in Chariton'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2010) 'Chaereas, Hippolytus, Theseus: Tragic Echoes, Tragic Potential in Chariton'. PHOENIX-THE JOURNAL OF THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF CAN, 64 :291-313 [full-text] [Details] |
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1997 | 'A Note on Jerome's Homily on the Rich Man and Lazarus'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1997) 'A Note on Jerome's Homily on the Rich Man and Lazarus'. Theological studies, 48 :536-539 [full-text] [Details] |
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1996 | 'The De mortalitate of Cyprian: Consolation and Context'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1996) 'The De mortalitate of Cyprian: Consolation and Context'. VIGILIAE CHRISTIANAE, 50 :12-41 [full-text] [Details] |
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1995 | 'Consoling Heliodorus: A Reply to Marc Kleijwegt's Review'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1995) 'Consoling Heliodorus: A Reply to Marc Kleijwegt's Review'. ACTA CLASSICA, 38 :107-111 [full-text] [Details] |
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1992 | 'The Classics after Apartheid'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1992) 'The Classics after Apartheid'. CLASSICAL JOURNAL, 88 :43-54 [full-text] [Details] |
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1989 | 'Life, the Universe and Everything: An Intellectual History of Greece for the Innocent'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1989) 'Life, the Universe and Everything: An Intellectual History of Greece for the Innocent'. AKROTERION, 34 :137-146 [full-text] [Details] |
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1987 | 'Teaching Greek Tragedy in Translation: A Consolidated Approach'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1987) 'Teaching Greek Tragedy in Translation: A Consolidated Approach'. AKROTERION, 32 :49-55 [full-text] [Details] |
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1987 | 'Notes on the Text of Jerome, Letters 1 and 107'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1987) 'Notes on the Text of Jerome, Letters 1 and 107'. CLASSICAL QUARTERLY, 37 :487-497 [full-text] [Details] |
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1986 | 'Jerome, Antioch, and the Desert: A Note on Chronology'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1986) 'Jerome, Antioch, and the Desert: A Note on Chronology'. JOURNAL OF THEOLOGICAL STUDIES, 37 :117-121 [full-text] [Details] |
Other Journals
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1992 | 'Classics in Germany: A Personal Impression'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1992) 'Classics in Germany: A Personal Impression' Aquae Candidae: Epistula Witwatersrandensis, 2 :18-20. [Details] |
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1990 | 'Martial and his Animals'
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1990) 'Martial and his Animals' Aquae Candidae: Epistula Witwatersrandensis, 1 :4-9. [Details] |
Conference Contributions
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2018 | University of Exeter Department of Classics and Ancient History Seminar.
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2018) University of Exeter Department of Classics and Ancient History Seminar. [Oral Presentation], Literary Form, Historical 'Reality', and Philosophical Exploration in Two Novels of Ancient Rome, University of Exeter [Details] |
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2018 | International E. M. Forster Society Conference, ‘E. M. Forster: Nature, Culture, Queer!’.
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2018) International E. M. Forster Society Conference, ‘E. M. Forster: Nature, Culture, Queer!’. [Oral Presentation], De-/Re-queering Virgil: Forster’s 'Other Kingdom' and the Second Eclogue, Ludwigsburg, Germany [Details] |
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2016 | 9th Celtic Conference in Classics.
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2016) 9th Celtic Conference in Classics. [Oral Presentation], Fear and Freedom, Desire and Dread: Dionysiac Landscapes in the Fiction of E. M. Forster, University College Dublin [Details] |
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2016 | International Conference, ‘The Mediterranean and its Hinterlands: “le pays en profondeur”’.
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2016) International Conference, ‘The Mediterranean and its Hinterlands: “le pays en profondeur”’. [Oral Presentation], Classical Land/scapes: Transformative Spaces in E. M. Forster’s Early Short Fiction, Université Toulouse–Jean Jaurès [Details] |
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2013 | University of Pennsylvania Classical Studies Colloquium.
(2013) University of Pennsylvania Classical Studies Colloquium. [Oral Presentation], Annexing Arcadia: Classical Space in the Short Fiction of E. M. Forster, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA, USA [Details] |
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2013 | Research Lecture.
(2013) Research Lecture. [Oral Presentation], Roman Bereavement, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA [Details] |
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2013 | International Conference, 'Praise and the Construction of Character in Late Antiquity'.
(2013) International Conference, 'Praise and the Construction of Character in Late Antiquity'. [Oral Presentation], Undying Praise: Memorialization in the Consolatory Letters of Jerome, NUI Maynooth [Details] |
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2013 | RIA Colloquium, 'Death in the Ancient World'.
(2013) RIA Colloquium, 'Death in the Ancient World'. [Oral Presentation], Being Bereaved in Ancient Rome, Dublin [Details] |
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2012 | Colloquium, ‘Masks, Echoes, Shadows: Locating Classical Receptions in the Cinema’.
(2012) Colloquium, ‘Masks, Echoes, Shadows: Locating Classical Receptions in the Cinema’. [Oral Presentation], A Classical Lens for Eyes Wide Shut, Institute of Classical Studies, London [Details] |
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2012 | 143rd Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association.
(2012) 143rd Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association. [Oral Presentation], Respondent in panel 'Antiquity in Action', Philadelphia, PA, USA [Details] |
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2012 | University of Liverpool Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology Seminar.
(2012) University of Liverpool Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology Seminar. [Oral Presentation], Annexing Arcadia: Classical Space in the Short Fiction of E. M. Forster, University of Liverpool [Details] |
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2012 | University of Manchester Classics and Ancient History Research Seminar.
(2012) University of Manchester Classics and Ancient History Research Seminar. [Oral Presentation], Exemplarity, Monumentality, and Self-Fashioning in Jerome's Letters of Consolation, University of Manchester [Details] |
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2011 | University of Cambridge Faculty of Classics Literature Seminar.
(2011) University of Cambridge Faculty of Classics Literature Seminar. [Oral Presentation], Exemplarity, Monumentality, and Self-Fashioning in Jerome’s Letters of Consolation, University of Cambridge [Details] |
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2010 | NUI Maynooth Classics Research Discussion Group Seminar.
(2010) NUI Maynooth Classics Research Discussion Group Seminar. [Oral Presentation], Exemplarity, Monumentality, and Self-Fashioning in Jerome’s Letters of Consolation, NUI Maynooth [Details] |
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2010 | University of Exeter Classics Seminar.
(2010) University of Exeter Classics Seminar. [Oral Presentation], Exemplarity, Monumentality, and Self-Fashioning in Jerome’s Letters of Consolation, University of Exeter [Details] |
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2010 | Masterclass on Spiritualities in Early Modern France. 1. The Consolatory Tradition.
(2010) Masterclass on Spiritualities in Early Modern France. 1. The Consolatory Tradition. [Oral Presentation], Consolation in Antiquity: Some Possible Misapprehensions, NUI Maynooth [Details] |
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2009 | Joint Conference of the Classical Association and the Classical Association of Scotland.
(2009) Joint Conference of the Classical Association and the Classical Association of Scotland. [Oral Presentation], A Forsterian Pastoral, University of Glasgow [Details] |
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2009 | 140th Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association.
(2009) 140th Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association. [Oral Presentation], Respondent in panel ‘From Classical Tradition to Reception Studies II’, Philadelphia, PA, USA [Details] |
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2009 | Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association.
(2009) Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association. [Oral Presentation], Respondent in panel 'From Classical Tradition to Reception Studies II', Philadelphia, PA, USA [Details] |
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2009 | NUI Maynooth Classics Research Discussion Group Seminar.
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2009) NUI Maynooth Classics Research Discussion Group Seminar. [Oral Presentation], Trimalchio the Narcissist, NUI Maynooth [Details] |
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2009 | UCD Classics Society Lecture.
(2009) UCD Classics Society Lecture. [Oral Presentation], Petronius and the Poodle in the Microwave, University College Dublin [Details] |
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2008 | CADRE (Centre for Ancient Drama and its Reception) Seminar.
(2008) CADRE (Centre for Ancient Drama and its Reception) Seminar. [Oral Presentation], The Sophoclean Forster, University of Nottingham [Details] |
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2007 | RIA Colloquium, 'Greco-Roman Ghosts: Receptions of the Classical World in the 19th/20th Centuries'.
(2007) RIA Colloquium, 'Greco-Roman Ghosts: Receptions of the Classical World in the 19th/20th Centuries'. [Oral Presentation], E. M. Forster and the Greek Optative, Dublin [Details] |
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2007 | International Colloquium, ‘Acts of Consolation: Approaches to Grief and Mourning'.
(2007) International Colloquium, ‘Acts of Consolation: Approaches to Grief and Mourning'. [Oral Presentation], The Genre(s) of Consolation, Institute of Classical Studies, London [Details] |
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2007 | University of Edinburgh Department of Classics Research Seminar.
(2007) University of Edinburgh Department of Classics Research Seminar. [Oral Presentation], The Sophoclean Forster, University of Edinburgh [Details] |
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2006 | KYKNOS Seminar.
(2006) KYKNOS Seminar. [Oral Presentation], Violence and the Christian Heroine: Two Narratives of Desire, University of Wales, Swansea [Details] |
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2006 | International Conference, 'Jerome of Stridon'.
(2006) International Conference, 'Jerome of Stridon'. [Oral Presentation], Opportunitas mortis: Exemplarity and Self-Fashioning in Jerome's Letters of Consolation, Cardiff University [Details] |
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2006 | 137th Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association.
(2006) 137th Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association. [Oral Presentation], The Academic Deejay: Classics Book Reviewing and the Limits of Editorial Control, Montreal, Canada [Details] |
Book Review
Year | Publication | |
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2019 | Classics and South Africa: Review of G. Parker (ed.), South Africa, Greece, Rome: Classical Confrontations (Cambridge, 2017).
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2019) Classics and South Africa: Review of G. Parker (ed.), South Africa, Greece, Rome: Classical Confrontations (Cambridge, 2017). Cambridge: Book Review [Details] |
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2013 | Classics and South Africa: Review of M. Lambert, The Classics and South African Identities (London and New York, 2011).
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2013) Classics and South Africa: Review of M. Lambert, The Classics and South African Identities (London and New York, 2011). Book Review [Details] |
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2011 | Review of A. Cain, The Letters of Jerome: Asceticism, Biblical Exegesis, and the Construction of Christian Authority in Late Antiquity (Oxford, 2009).
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2011) Review of A. Cain, The Letters of Jerome: Asceticism, Biblical Exegesis, and the Construction of Christian Authority in Late Antiquity (Oxford, 2009). Book Review [Details] |
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2005 | Dulce, sed periculosum? Review of D. West, Horace Odes III: Dulce Periculum (Oxford, 2002).
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2005) Dulce, sed periculosum? Review of D. West, Horace Odes III: Dulce Periculum (Oxford, 2002). Book Review [Details] |
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2003 | Review of A. Canellis (ed.), S. Hieronymi Presbyteri Opera. III. Opera Polemica. 4. Altercatio Luciferiani et Orthodoxi (Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina, 79B; Turnhout, 2000).
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2003) Review of A. Canellis (ed.), S. Hieronymi Presbyteri Opera. III. Opera Polemica. 4. Altercatio Luciferiani et Orthodoxi (Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina, 79B; Turnhout, 2000). Book Review [Details] |
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2001 | Review of P. Freeman, Ireland and the Classical World (Austin, Texas, 2001).
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2001) Review of P. Freeman, Ireland and the Classical World (Austin, Texas, 2001). Book Review [Details] |
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2001 | Written Death: Review of A. Petrucci (tr. M. Sullivan), Writing the Dead: Death and Writing Strategies in the Western Tradition (Stanford, 1998).
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2001) Written Death: Review of A. Petrucci (tr. M. Sullivan), Writing the Dead: Death and Writing Strategies in the Western Tradition (Stanford, 1998). Book Review [Details] |
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1999 | Review of I. Hilberg (ed.), Sancti Eusebii Hieronymi Epistulae, 2nd, augmented, edn., Parts 1–3 (Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum Latinorum, 54, 55, 56/1), and M. Kamptner (compiler), Sancti Eusebii Hieronymi Epistulae, Part 4: Indexes and Addenda (Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum Latinorum, 56/2) (Vienna, 1996).
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1999) Review of I. Hilberg (ed.), Sancti Eusebii Hieronymi Epistulae, 2nd, augmented, edn., Parts 1–3 (Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum Latinorum, 54, 55, 56/1), and M. Kamptner (compiler), Sancti Eusebii Hieronymi Epistulae, Part 4: Indexes and Addenda (Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum Latinorum, 56/2) (Vienna, 1996). Book Review [Details] |
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1999 | Review of G. B. Conte (tr. E. Fantham), The Hidden Author: An Interpretation of Petronius’ Satyricon (Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London, 1996).
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1999) Review of G. B. Conte (tr. E. Fantham), The Hidden Author: An Interpretation of Petronius’ Satyricon (Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London, 1996). Book Review [Details] |
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1998 | Review of M. Grant, The Severans: The Changed Roman Empire (London, 1996).
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1998) Review of M. Grant, The Severans: The Changed Roman Empire (London, 1996). Book Review [Details] |
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1997 | Review of S. J. Harrison (ed.), Homage to Horace: A Bimillenary Celebration (Oxford, 1995); D. Innes, H. Hine, and C. Pelling (eds.), Ethics and Rhetoric: Classical Essays for Donald Russell on his Seventy-Fifth Birthday (Oxford, 1995); R. G. M. Nisbet, Collected Papers on Latin Literature, ed. S. J. Harrison (Oxford, 1995).
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1997) Review of S. J. Harrison (ed.), Homage to Horace: A Bimillenary Celebration (Oxford, 1995); D. Innes, H. Hine, and C. Pelling (eds.), Ethics and Rhetoric: Classical Essays for Donald Russell on his Seventy-Fifth Birthday (Oxford, 1995); R. G. M. Nisbet, Collected Papers on Latin Literature, ed. S. J. Harrison (Oxford, 1995). Book Review [Details] |
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1995 | Review of T. D. Barnes, Athanasius and Constantius: Theology and Politics in the Constantinian Empire (Cambridge, Mass., 1993).
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1995) Review of T. D. Barnes, Athanasius and Constantius: Theology and Politics in the Constantinian Empire (Cambridge, Mass., 1993). Book Review [Details] |
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1995 | Review of J. den Boeft and A. Hilhorst (eds.), Early Christian Poetry: A Collection of Essays (Leiden, 1993).
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1995) Review of J. den Boeft and A. Hilhorst (eds.), Early Christian Poetry: A Collection of Essays (Leiden, 1993). Book Review [Details] |
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1994 | Review of R. S. Miola, Shakespeare and Classical Comedy: The Influence of Plautus and Terence (Oxford, 1994).
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1994) Review of R. S. Miola, Shakespeare and Classical Comedy: The Influence of Plautus and Terence (Oxford, 1994). Book Review [Details] |
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1981 | Review of G. J. M. Bartelink, Hieronymus: Liber de optimo genere interpretandi (Epistula 57): Ein Kommentar (Mnemosyne Supplements, 61; Leiden, 1980).
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1981) Review of G. J. M. Bartelink, Hieronymus: Liber de optimo genere interpretandi (Epistula 57): Ein Kommentar (Mnemosyne Supplements, 61; Leiden, 1980). Book Review [Details] |
Editorial
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2005 | Classical Review 55.1: Editorial.
Powell, J. G. F. and Scourfield, J. H .D. (2005) Classical Review 55.1: Editorial. Editorial [Details] |
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2005 | Classical Review 55.2: Editorial.
Powell, J. G. F. and Scourfield, J. H. D. (2005) Classical Review 55.2: Editorial. Editorial [Details] |
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2004 | Classical Review 54.1: Editorial.
Powell, J. G. F. and Scourfield, J. H. D. (2004) Classical Review 54.1: Editorial. Editorial [Details] |
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2004 | Classical Review 54.2: Editorial.
Powell, J. G. F. and Scourfield, J. H. D. (2004) Classical Review 54.2: Editorial. Editorial [Details] |
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2003 | Classical Review 53.2: Editorial.
Powell, J. G. F. and Scourfield, J. H. D. (2003) Classical Review 53.2: Editorial. Editorial [Details] |
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2003 | Classical Review 53.1: Editorial.
Powell, J. G. F. and Scourfield, J. H. D. (2003) Classical Review 53.1: Editorial. Editorial [Details] |
Thesis
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1984 | A Literary Commentary on Jerome, Letters 1, 60, 107.
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1984) A Literary Commentary on Jerome, Letters 1, 60, 107. University of Oxford: Thesis [Details] |
Conference Hosted
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2013 | International Conference: Praise and the Construction of Character in Late Antiquity.
Professor J. H. D. Scourfield, Dr C. Ware, and Dr M. S. Williams (2013) International Conference: Praise and the Construction of Character in Late Antiquity. Conference Hosted [Details] |
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2000 | Inaugural Meeting, The Celtic Conference in Classics.
Professor J. H. D. Scourfield (2000) Inaugural Meeting, The Celtic Conference in Classics. Conference Hosted [Details] |
Other
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2012 | Avianus; Avienus; Christodorus; Claudian; Commodianus; Consolatio ad Liviam; Consolation; Cupido amans; Jerome; Luxorius; Nemesianus; Novatianus; Optatianus Porfyrius; Pentadius; Pervigilium Veneris; Phoenix; Precatio Terrae; Reposianus; Rutilius Claudius Namatianus; Servasius; Tiberianus; Vespae iudicium; Vulgate.
Scourfield, J. H. D. (2012) Avianus; Avienus; Christodorus; Claudian; Commodianus; Consolatio ad Liviam; Consolation; Cupido amans; Jerome; Luxorius; Nemesianus; Novatianus; Optatianus Porfyrius; Pentadius; Pervigilium Veneris; Phoenix; Precatio Terrae; Reposianus; Rutilius Claudius Namatianus; Servasius; Tiberianus; Vespae iudicium; Vulgate. Other [Details] |
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1996 | Avianus; Avienus; Christodorus; Claudian: Commodianus; Consolatio ad Liviam; Consolation; Cupido amans; Jerome; Luxorius; Nemesianus; Novatianus; Optatianus Porfyrius; Pentadius; Pervigilium Veneris; Phoenix; Precatio Terrae; Reposianus; Rutilius Claudius Namatianus; Servasius; Tiberianus; Vespae iudicium; Vulgate.
Scourfield, J. H. D. (1996) Avianus; Avienus; Christodorus; Claudian: Commodianus; Consolatio ad Liviam; Consolation; Cupido amans; Jerome; Luxorius; Nemesianus; Novatianus; Optatianus Porfyrius; Pentadius; Pervigilium Veneris; Phoenix; Precatio Terrae; Reposianus; Rutilius Claudius Namatianus; Servasius; Tiberianus; Vespae iudicium; Vulgate. Other [Details] |
Honours and Awards
Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
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2013 | Vice-President, The Classical Association |
Committees
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Associated Member of Editorial Committee, Akroterion | / | ||
Corresponding Member of the Internationale Thesaurus-Kommission for the Thesaurus linguae Latinae, representing the Royal Irish Academy | / |