Seán EastonFaculty

Professor and Chair in Classical Studies and Professor in Peace Studies and Comparative Literature

Professor Seán Easton teaches in the department of Greek, Latin and Classical Studies (GLCS) and the Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies interdisciplinary program (PJCS). Seán's research is focused on three main areas: the epic tradition in the pre-modern Greek and Roman worlds, screen receptions of their history, literature and mythologies; and the pre-modern history and literature of peace and conflict transformation. Seán is chair of the GLCS department through spring, 2025. He is also affiliated faculty in Comparative Literature (intermediate and upper level Greek and Latin courses can count toward the Comparative Literature minor). The link is here.

Education

B.A. Oberlin College; M.A. & Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles


Courses Taught

CLA-203 (Ancient Peace/Conflict), GRE-211 (Life & Death in Homer), GRE-311 (Life & Death in Homer), and PCS-203 (Ancient Peace/Conflict)

Past
Synonym Title Times Taught Terms Taught
CUR-100 Transformation/Identity 12 2021/FA, 2019/FA, 2017/FA, 2014/FA, 2011/FA, and 2010/FA
LAT-201 Augustus/Poets/Empire 6 2021/FA, 2016/FA, 2015/FA, 2009/FA, 2008/FA, and 2007/FA
CLA-101 Myth and Meaning 6 2009/SP
FTS-100 FTS:Nero 5 2023/FA, 2022/FA, 2018/FA, and 2016/FA
PCS-211 Introduction to Peace Studies 5 2019/FA, 2015/SP, 2012/FA, 2012/SP, and 2009/FA
CLA-399 Classics Capstone 4 2018/SP, 2012/SP, 2010/SP, and 2008/SP
CLA-398 Honors Thesis 4 2016/FA, 2015/FA, 2009/FA, and 2008/FA
LAT-302 Horace and the Roman Poets 4 2015/SP, 2013/SP, 2011/SP, and 2009/SP
CLA-244 ST:Ancient Greece/Film 3 2019/SP, 2018/SP, and 2016/SP
LAT-303 Cicero and Sallust: The Fall of the Roman Republic 3 2015/FA, 2011/FA, and 2009/FA
GRE-301 Intellectual Revolutions 2 2023/FA and 2018/FA
CLA-213 Anc. Worlds on Screen 2 2023/FA and 2023/JN
CLA-299 Coping w/ Conflict 2 2023/SP and 2022/SP
PCS-299 Coping w/ Conflict 2 2023/SP and 2022/SP
GRE-102 Beg. Greek II 2 2017/SP and 2013/SP
CLA-201 Ancient Greek History and Culture 2 2015/FA and 2007/FA
GRE-201 Intellectual Revolutions 1 2023/FA
GRE-313 Greek Tragedy 1 2023/SP
GRE-213 Greek Tragedy 1 2023/SP
LAT-304 Vergil & Epic Tradition 1 2022/SP
CLA-203 Ancient Peace/Conflict 1 2020/SP
LAT-244 ST: Ovid: Myth and Power 1 2019/SP
CLA-103 Theatre of Greece and Rome 1 2019/SP
LAT-344 ST: Ovid: Myth and Power 1 2019/SP
PCS-244 ST:Conflict/Resolution 1 2018/SP
PCS-220 PostConflict Lit/Film 1 2017/JN
GRE-101 Beg. Greek I 1 2016/FA
GRE-100 Immersion Greek I 1 2016/JN
GRE-344 ST:Xenophon 1 2014/FA
GRE-244 ST:Xenophon 1 2014/FA
LAT-301 Roman Historian-Livy 1 2012/FA
CLA-202 Roman Hist/Culture 1 2012/FA
LAT-202 Vergil's Aeneid 1 2011/SP
GRE-302 Greek Drama 1 2008/FA
CLA-106 Greek and Roman Ritual 1 2008/JN