University of Georgia to Present National Conference to Honor UB's Peradotto

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University of Georgia will sponsor a national conference in March in honor of John J. Peradotto, Andrew V.V. Raymond Professor of Classics and State University of New York Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University at Buffalo.

The colloquium, "Interdisciplinarity and the Classics," will take place March 7-9 at the University of Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, Ga. It will feature presentations by more than 25 scholars from classics and related fields, including anthropology, art history, history and comparative literature. The topic will be interdisciplinary studies in theory and practice.

Peradotto, an internationally recognized Homeric scholar and former president of the American Philological Association, will be recognized for more than three decades of teaching and scholarship and in particular for his pioneering work with the journal Arethusa, which he edited from 1975-95 and which continues to serve as major forum for the discussion of interdisciplinary work in classics. Upon his retirement from that position, he was given an award as Distinguished Retiring Editor.

In addition to his distinguished career as a highly regarded teacher -- he has been a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching -- Peradotto has served as the general editor of the SUNY Press Classical Series and is a former fellow of Harvard University's Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington. He also is a marathon runner, having completed 22, including eight Boston Marathons

His publications include "Classical Mythology: an Annotated Bibliographical Survey," "Man in the Middle Voice: Name and Narration in the Odyssey" and 22 edited volumes, including "Women in the Ancient World: The Arethusa Papers." He also has published many articles on myth, epic and tragedy.

His works in progress include a book-length study of assumptions underlying 200 years of classical philology; a study of prophecy, narrative and ideology in Homer and the Greek tragedians, and a textbook-anthology for use in courses on Greek myth.