The Department of Classics congratulates John Gibert on his promotion to Full Professor!

John Gibert (BA Yale, PhD Harvard) is interested in archaic and classical Greek poetry, especially Homer and drama, and in particular the tragic playwright Euripides. His edition of Euripides’ Ion with introduction, Greek text, and commentary appeared last year in the series Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics, popularly known as the “green and yellow.” He is the author of Change of Mind in Greek Tragedy and co-author, with Christopher Collard and Martin Cropp, of Euripides: Selected Fragmentary Plays II, as well as numerous articles, chapters, and reviews on Greek literature and culture, which remain the focus of his current work. At CU, he has supervised Honors theses, MA theses, and five PhD dissertations, and he has taught classes on over 30 different topics, including Greek and Latin at all levels and lecture courses on Greek Mythology, Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Greece, and Greek and Roman Epic, Tragedy, and Comedy. He has served the Classics Department as Chair, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies. He enjoys participating in theatrical productions, most recently as dramaturge for the CU Theatre & Dance Department’s production of Euripides’ Hecuba in 2018. His daughter Sophie Gibert created the illustration accompanying this story.

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“CU’s upcoming production of Euripides’ Hecuba”

presented by Professor John Gibert

Wednesday, October 24, 2018
7:00 PM in HUMN 250

After the fall of Troy, Queen Hecuba suffers the sacrifice of one of her remaining children to appease the ghost of Achilles and the brutal murder of another by a former friend from Thrace. With scenes of deep pathos and dazzling rhetoric, Euripides’ tragedy shows us Hecuba’s unbearable pain and her pursuit of horrific revenge. From November 2 through November 11, the University Theatre will stage the play in a new, specially commissioned translation by Diane Rayor, directed by Tamara Meneghini, with masks created by Jonathan Becker, original music composed and performed by Jesse Manno, and a host of other creative contributions from guest artists and faculty. Prof. Gibert, the dramaturg for the production, will introduce the play and its contexts in myth and history, and set the stage for the upcoming production with select scenes performed by student actors.

Sponsored by Mary E.V. McClanahan and the Department of Classics
1610 Pleasant St. Eaton Humanities  303-492-6257
Parking available just north of the Eaton Humanities building

See the full Hecuba poster

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