Telephone number:	+31 (0)71 527 2413
E-Mail:	e.h.van.emde.boas@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department:	Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Institute for Cultural Disciplines, Griekse T&C
Office Address:	Johan Huizingagebouw Doelensteeg 16 2311 VL Leiden Room number 1.07

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Fields of interest

Ancient Greek linguistics
Greek tragedy, epic and historiography

Research

My research is positioned on the intersection of linguistics and literary criticism. It focuses on the application of modern linguistic approaches and methods (e.g. pragmatics, conversation analysis, discourse theory, sociolinguistics) to Ancient Greek literature (thus far I have looked mostly at Homer and Greek tragedy). Two consistent aims of my work have been to show that a rigorous analysis of the original language of a text can and should inform literary interpretation of that text, and that modern linguistic theory can aid such analysis, as well as enhance more generally our understanding of the Ancient Greek language and the way it was used by speakers.
Recurring points of interest in my research have included characterization through style, gender-specific aspects of language use, linguistic politeness phenomena, the use of proverbs and wisdom sayings (paroemiology), and the description of Greek particles.

Teaching activities

Current employment:
2010- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (UD) in Ancient Greek Linguistics, University of Groningen (part-time)
Courses taught: Elementary Greek, Greek Syntax, Lysias, Greek Prose (Plato/Lucian), Greek Linguistics
2011- LECTURER in Greek and Latin Language and Culture, Leiden University (part-time)
Courses: Greek for non-classicists (I-IV), Latin for non-classicists (I-IV)
2011- LECTURER in Greek Language and Culture, University of Amsterdam (part-time)
Courses: Greek Linguistics, Digital tools in Classics

Previous experience:
2010-2011 LECTURER in Ancient Greek Language and Culture, VU Amsterdam (part-time)
Courses taught: Elementary Greek, Greek Linguistics, Herodotus/Thucydides, 'Greek Conversations' (MA tutorials in Greek linguistics), 'The Seven Against Thebes' (interdisciplinary MA seminar on the Thebaid inGreek tragedy and Latin epic).
2009-2010 LECTURER in Ancient Greek Language and Culture, University of Amsterdam (part-time)
Courses taught: Elementary Greek, Greek Morphology, Historical Grammar of Greek, Greek Linguistics/Aristophanes
2007-2010 Various ad hoc tutorial and language teaching positions at colleges in the University of Oxford.
Courses taught: Greek Tragedy (tutorials), Greek language (prose composition, unseen translation, elementary Greek, syntax), Greek literature of the 5th Century (reading), Aristophanes' Frogs (reading), Sophocles' Antigone (reading), Thucydides (reading)
2008-2009 Faculty Lecturer in Ancient Greek Language, Faculty of Classics, Oxford
Courses taught: Elementary Greek, Greek Prose, Homer
2008, 2009 Instructor, Summer Workshop in Greek & Latin, University of Wales at Lampeter (advanced Greek)
2007-2008 Instructor, 'MILC' Greek syntax classes, Faculty of Classics, Oxford (intermediate and advanced Greek)
I have also authored or co-authored various teaching materials: see Publications.

Curriculum vitae

2006-2010 DPhil, Greek & Latin Language and Literature, Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Thesis title: Linguistic Studies in Euripides' Electra. Supervisors: William Allan, Albert Rijksbaron
2005-2006 MSt (with distinction), Greek & Latin Language and Literature, Magdalen College, Oxford
2004-2005 MA (cum laude), Greek & Latin Language and Culture, University of Amsterdam
2001-2004 BA (cum laude) Greek & Latin Language and Culture, University of Amsterdam

Key publications

2010 'Syntax', in E.J. Bakker (ed.), A Companion to the Ancient Greek Language. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 134-150 (co-authored with Luuk Huitink)

in prep. Cambridge Grammar of Classical Greek (under contract at Cambridge UP, as principal author; co-authors Luuk Huitink and Albert Rijksbaron)

in prep. Language and Character in Euripides' Electra, Oxford UP (to appear in the Oxford Classical Monographs series)