Adam Foley

Adam Foley 75-10 Grand Central Prkwy, Forest Hills, NY 11375 ·- ·-EMPLOYMENT Bard High School Early College Latin Instructor The Mary Louis Academy Latin Instructor New York, NY 2022-present New York, NY- POSTDOCTORAL EXPERIENCE Harvard University, Villa I Tatti Center for Renaissance Studies Research Fellow University of Pennsylvania, Department of Classical Studies Postdoctoral Mellon Fellow University of Notre Dame Rome Global Gateway Course Instructor Florence & Istanbul- Philadelphia, PA- Rome, Italy- EDUCATION University of Notre Dame Ph.D., Early Modern European History Notre Dame, IN- Presidential Fellow John Carroll University B.A., Classical Languages; Minor: History, magna cum laude Cleveland, OH- PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 2020 “Raphael’s Parnassus and Renaissance Afterlives of Homer.” Renaissance Quarterly 73:1 (2020): 1-32. 2018 “A Partial Interlinear Translation of the Iliad from the fifteenth Century.” Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 58 (2018): 443-472. 2017 “Miltonic Sublimity and the Crisis of Wolffianism before Kant.” Journal of the History of Ideas 78:1 (January, 2017): 51-71. 2015 "As Platonic as Zarathustra: Nietzsche and Gustav Teichmüller." Archiv für Begriffsgeschichte 57 (2015): 217-233. BOOK CHAPTERS 2017 “Aeneas Interpres: Landino’s earliest Allegory of the Aeneid and Ficino’s first Ten Dialogues." In Virgil and Renaissance Culture, edited by Marco Sgarbi and Luke Houghton. Tempe, Arizona: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Press, 2017, 139-158. 2017 "Saying ‘No’ to the Pope: Basinio’s Refusal to translate Homer." In Investigating the Translation Process in Humanistic Latin Translations of Greek Texts. Proceedings of an International Conference, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini 28-19 April, 2017. Edited by Ioannis Deligiannis [Mediterranean Chronicle. Vol. 7]. Athens: Diavlos Publishing House, 2017, 125138. 2017 Der ‹Danae Klage› des Simonides und Nietzsches Grundlagen der Textkritik. In: Nietzsche und die Lyrik. Ein Kompendium. Hg. von Christian Benne/Claus Zittel. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler Verlag 2017, 430-451. 2016 “Valla’s Herodotean Labours: Towards a New View of Herodotus in the Italian Renaissance." In The Reception of Herodotus in Antiquity and Beyond, edited by Jessica Priestley and Vasiliki Zali. Leiden: Brill, 2016, 213-231. BOOK REVIEWS 2022 Joseph Farrell. Juno’s Aeneid: A Battle for Heroic Identity. Princeton, NJ: Princeton & Oxford University Press, 2021, in The Classical Review 72:1 (forthcoming) 2022 Luke Houghton. Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue in the Italian Renaissance. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2019, in The Journal of Renaissance Studies (under contract) 2022 Thomas Nevin. Nietzsche’s Protestant Fathers: A Study in Prodigal Christianity. London & New York: Routledge, 2019, in The Journal of Nietzsche Studies (under contract) 2018 Valeria Mangraviti. L’Odissea marciana di Leonzio tra Boccaccio e Petrarca. Barcelona-Rome: Fédéderation Internationale des Instituts d’Études Médiévales, 2016, in Neo-Latin News 76:3-4 (2018): 214-216. 2017 Marijke Crab. Exemplary Reading: Printed Renaissance Commentaries on Valerius Maximus -). Vienna: LIT Verlag, 2015, in Neo-Latin News 65:1-2 (2017): 61-62. ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES 2019 “Valla, Lorenzo,” in The Herodotus Encyclopedia, 3 vols., ed. Christopher Baron. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell, 2021,-. LECTURES BY INVITATION- “Towards a new Interpretation of Aristotle’s Edition of the Iliad ‘from the Casket’,” University of Pennsylvania, Department of Classical Studies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 23 April, 2018. “Angelo Poliziano e la poetica ciceroniana della sua traduzione d’Omero,” Dimpartimento degli studi umanistici at the Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro, 7 March, 2018. CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION 2019 Organized Panel, “Translations of Antiquity from Rome to the Renaissance" at the 2019 Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, Toronto, 17-19 March, 2019. 2018 Organized Symposium, "After Matter: Rupture, Persistence, Survival" with Dr. Veena Das as Key-Note Speaker, University of Pennsylvania, 16 February, 2018. ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS 2019 “Niccolò Della Valle’s Homer and l’arte allusiva,” scheduled for the Renaissance Society of America conference in Toronto, 2019. 2018 “Theodore Gaza’s Attic Greek Paraphrase of the Iliad,” Byzantine Studies Research Center, Bogazici University, Istanbul, 13 December, 2018. 2017 "Epic Failure: Refusals to translate Homer in the Renaissance," Department of Greek Philology, Democritus University of Thrace, 28 February, 2017. 2016 "Homer's Winged Words and Humanist Latinity," American Academy in Rome shoptalk, Rome, 2 May, 2016. 2016 “Pier Candido Decembrio and the Homeric Question,” Renaissance Society of America Conference, Boston, 31 March- 2 April, 2016. 2015 “How to edit a Greek Lyric Poet: Nietzsche’s Principles of Textual Criticism,” “Ja, mein Herr! Sie sind ein Dichter!” Nietzsche und die Lyrik, Nietzsche-Gesellschaft Kongress, Naumburg, Germany, 15-16 October, 2015. 2014 “Bruni’s Homer: A Case of ‘traduzione oratoria fedele?’,” Colloquium on Conceptions of Philology, Notre Dame, Indiana: 22-23 September, 2014. 2014 “Herodotus Foil to Humanist Historiography,” Afterlife of Thucydides and Herodotus Conference, Warburg Institute, London: 6-7 March, 2014. 2014 “Bessarion’s Philological Theology,” Renaissance Society of America Conference, New York: 26-29 March, 2014. 2013 “Das Verlohrne Paradies: Milton’s Epic and Christian Wolff’s Science of Possibles,” lecture by invitation at the Philosophy and History Workshop Series sponsored by the ISLA and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: 16 October, 2013. 2013 “Twilight of Hellas: Manuel Chrysoloras’ Σύγκρισις and the Contest for Greek Letters,” Renaissance Society of America Conference, San Diego 4 April, 2013. 2012 “Vergilius Platonicus: Cristoforo Landino’s Allegory of the Aeneid and Ficino’s ‘Academy’” Virgilio e il Rinascimento, Academia Virgiliana di Scienze e Arti in Mantua, Italy: 14-16 October. 2011 “Mutilated Texts: Euripides’ Bacchae and the Dionysian Poetics of Hölderlin’s Übertragungen,” Classics Association Conference at Durham University, England. FELLOWSHIPS 2015 American Academy in Rome (AAR), Rome Prize (Early Modern Studies) -): Donald and Maria Cox Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. 2015 Fulbright Fellowship to Italy, Fulbright U.S. Student Program (declined). AWARDS 2017 John Highbarger Memorial Dissertation Award for exceptional Ph.D. dissertation in the Department of History, University of Notre Dame. 2015 Nanovic Graduate Travel and Research Grant for summer research at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence. 2014 Nanovic Professionalization Grant for research at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK. 2011 Presidential Fellowship, University of Notre Dame. 2007 Castellano Classics Scholarship, full tuition at John Carroll University. COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION FIELDS (Spring, 2014) Major Field: Renaissance Italy -) Examiner: Prof. Margaret Meserve Minor Field: Early Modern Europe / Christianity in the Reformation Era -) Examiner: Prof. Brad Gregory Minor Field: British Intellectual History -) Examiner: Prof. James Turner Minor Field: German Philology and Hermeneutics -) (in German) Examiner: Prof. Carsten Dutt. LANGUAGES Ancient Greek Latin Italian German French Advanced proficiency in reading, writing, with certificate in Byzantine palaeography Advanced proficiency in reading and writing Certified Level C3 Advanced proficiency in reading and writing Advanced proficiency in reading TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Pennsylvania Instructor of "Descent to the Underworld " Philadelphia, PA Spring 2018 • • • • • Carried sole responsibility for teaching and evaluating student performance Introduced students into a millennium of Western literature by putting together a syllabus featuring a chronologically and generically wide-ranging variety of texts Challenged students to consider texts under discussion not only as literary objects, but as texts with historical and philosophical implications Cultivated a class environment characterized by dynamic teacher-student exchange, mutual respect, and high standards Met with students extensively outside of class during office hours to help them with their papers University of Notre Dame, Rome Global Gateway Instructor of "All Roads Lead to Rome" • • • • • • Collaborated with senior colleagues in their attempt to get a new study abroad curriculum off the ground Helped to design syllabus for new course on the history of Rome Organized class visits to archaeological sites, churches and museums Delivered on-site lectures and presentations guiding students through over two millennia of history Administered tests and quizzes, evaluated student learning and gave feedback on performance Supervised service learning projects University of Notre Dame Teaching Assistant, "History of Early-Modern Rome," "The Italian Renaissance," etc. • • • • • Notre Dame, IN- Notre Dame, IN- Assisted in lecture-style courses as well as class-discussion courses for undergraduates Prepared and delivered lectures to students, facilitated in-class discussions Evaluated and graded student quizzes, exams, and written assignments Assisted in preparation of course materials Provided technological support to the Professors in and out of class (e.g., managing PowerPoint lectures, online gradebook, online course materials) REFERENCES Joseph Farrell Professor of Classical Languages University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104 --Glenn W. Most Professor of Greek Philology Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7 I-56126 Pisa, IT -, -111- Emily Wilson Professor of Classical Languages University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104 --Craig Kallendorf Professor of Liberal Arts and Humanities University of Texas A&M College Station, TX 77843 --Ann Moyer Professor of History University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104 --