Dr. Craig Williams

Biography

Craig Williams received his BA from Yale in 1986, an MPhil in 1990, and a PhD in Classical Languages and Literatures in 1992. He is the author of several significant works, including 'Roman Homosexuality' (Oxford University Press, 1999; revised edition 2010), 'Commentary on Book 2 of Martial’s Epigrams' (Oxford University Press, 2004), 'Martial Reader' (Bolchazy-Carducci, 2011), and 'Reading Roman Friendship' (Cambridge University Press, 2012). His research interests encompass gender and sexuality in ancient Greek and Latin literature, as well as the study of friendship, animals and desire in Latin literature, Greek and Latin epigrams, and the receptions of Greco-Roman antiquity by Indigenous writers in North America. He has a current book project titled 'Threads of History,' which explores the uses of Greco-Roman antiquity by eighty Indigenous writers across various genres since the seventeenth century. His prestigious fellowships include the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has taught at institutions such as Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of CUNY, and was a Fellow at the Freie Universität Berlin and Columbia University.

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