St. Bonaventure University

School of Arts & Sciences Faculty


Caliva Smart, Kathryn

  • Kathyrn Caliva Smart

  • ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
    History
    ACADEMIC SCHOOL
    School of Arts and Sciences

    TITLES/RESPONSIBILITIES
    Assistant Professor, History
    Director, Classics Minor
    CONTACT
    Office phone: (716) 375-2124
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    OFFICE
    Plassmann Hall 225
    COURSES TAUGHT
    • CULT 101. Greek Civilization
    • CULT 102. Roman Civilization
    • CULT 103. Greek and Roman Mythology
    • LAT 101. Elementary Latin I
    • LAT 102. Elementary Latin II
    • LAT 201. Intermediate Latin I
    • LAT 202. Intermediate Latin II
    • WS 106. The Women of Greece
    ACADEMIC DEGREES
    • Ph.D., Classics, The Ohio State University, 2018
    • M.A., Classical Studies, Indiana University, 2013
    • B.A., Humanities, Providence College, 2010
    OTHER EDUCATION
    PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
    ACCOMPLISHMENTS

    Publications

    • “Divine Liars: Gods and their Falsehoods in the Homeric Hymns.” Classical Philology 119.1 (2024).
    • “The Past Made Present: Mythic References and Pragmatic Effects in Sappho.” American Journal of Philology 140.3 (2019).
    • “Speech Acts and Embedded Narrative Structure in the Getty Hexameters.” Archiv für Religionsgeschichte 17.1 (2016).

    Recent Presentations

    • “Ventriloquizing Ixion: Myth and Authoritative Speech in Pythian 2.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South. St Louis. 2024.
    • “Eco-Pedagogy and the Classics Classroom.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Classical Studies. New Orleans. 2023.
    • “Persuasion & Deception: Divine Speech Acts in the Homeric Hymns.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Classical Studies. Online. 2022.
    • “Encouraging Belief: Narrative Authority and Mythic Innovation in Bacchylides 17 and 18.” Presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Narrative. Online. 2021.

    Fellowships

    • Summer Fellow in Hellenic Studies, The Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, D.C. (2024-2025)
    TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
    CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS/PROJECTS

    My research focuses on the intersection of poetry and religion in antiquity, and interrogates the relationship between narrative, knowledge, and authority. I am also interested in the social roles of women in the ancient world and female speakers in ancient sources. My current projects include a monograph on speech acts in Greek Lyric poetry that examines how poetic speakers use close relationships with gods and demonstrations of mythic knowledge as emblems of their authority.

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