My post-doctoral studies turned from from poetic to prose panegyrics and I began work on rhetoric and imperial discourse. I am a member of the Panegyrici Latini Project (https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/classics/panegyric/), a collaborative research venture based in the Universities of St Andrews and Liverpool. The aim of the group is to produce separate commentaries on the individual speeches of the Panegyrici Latini collection, and our research has led to edited volumes, articles, conferences and workshops. I published a commentary on PanLat VI(7) in 2021 and I am currently examining the importance of panegyric in late antique literature.
Most recently, I have returned to late antique epic and am writing a translation and commentary on Dracontius' Romulea for the Routledge Later Latin Poetry series and have also begun a commentary on Claudian’s In Eutropium.
I teach a range of Latin literature courses on canonic writers such as Caesar, Catullus, Ovid, Seneca, Vergil and since 2021 have introduced Late Latin literature in UG and PG modules, including survey courses on the literature of late antquity, the texts of Claudian and Dracontius.
In Greek & Roman Civilisation, I teach Greek and Roman epic (Homer, Apollonius, Vergil, Ovid), tragedy, satire, Roman spectacle, women in the Roman world.
Biography
I did my undergraduate studies in UCC, a Masters at Brown University (Rhode Island) and my PhD in TCD. After teaching for several years at NUI Maynooth and TCD, I was awarded an Irish Research Council CARA post-doctoral fellowship in 2010. I spent the first two years at the University of Liverpool, the third at Maynooth University. I taught at the University of Edinburgh from 2013-15 and joined the Department of Classics at UCC in January 2016.
Research Interests
My research involves different aspects of epic, panegyric and rhetoric in late antiquity. My first monograph examined the evolution of the Roman epic tradition in the work of the court poet Claudian and I have written on the changing poetics of late antiquity, especially the complexities of allusion and intertextuality and the assimilation of pagan imagery by Christian literature.My post-doctoral studies turned from from poetic to prose panegyrics and I began work on rhetoric and imperial discourse. I am a member of the Panegyrici Latini Project (https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/classics/panegyric/), a collaborative research venture based in the Universities of St Andrews and Liverpool. The aim of the group is to produce separate commentaries on the individual speeches of the Panegyrici Latini collection, and our research has led to edited volumes, articles, conferences and workshops. I published a commentary on PanLat VI(7) in 2021 and I am currently examining the importance of panegyric in late antique literature.
Most recently, I have returned to late antique epic and am writing a translation and commentary on Dracontius' Romulea for the Routledge Later Latin Poetry series and have also begun a commentary on Claudian’s In Eutropium.
Research Grants
| Project | Funding Body | Start Date | End Date | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finding Fiction - A reading of Sidonius' Epistolary Narrative. | Irish Research Council | 01-OCT-16 | 30-SEP-18 | €85,979.00 |
Publications
Books
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2021) | A Literary Commentary on Panegyrici Latini VI(7). Ware, Catherine (2021) A Literary Commentary on Panegyrici Latini VI(7). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2012) | Claudian and the Roman Epic Tradition. Ware, Catherine (2012) Claudian and the Roman Epic Tradition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2023) | 'Gilding the lily: the jeweled style in prose panegyric' Catherine Ware (2023) 'Gilding the lily: the jeweled style in prose panegyric' In: J. Hartman and H. Kaufmann (eds). A Late Antique Poetics? The Jeweled Style Revisited. London: Bloomsbury Academic. [Details] | |
| (2017) | ''Constantine, the Tetrarchy, and the emperor Augustus'' Ware, Catherine (2017) ''Constantine, the Tetrarchy, and the emperor Augustus'' In: Imagining Emperors: Textual and Visual Depictions in Late Antiquity. Leiden: Brill. [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'The lies the poets tell: Poetry in prose panegyrics' Ware C. (2017) 'The lies the poets tell: Poetry in prose panegyrics' In: The Poetics of Late Latin Literature. [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'Dreams of genre and inspiration: multiple allusion in Claudian (VI Cons., praefatio)' Ware, Catherine (2016) 'Dreams of genre and inspiration: multiple allusion in Claudian (VI Cons., praefatio)' In: Classics Renewed: Reception and Innovation in Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity. Heidelberg: Winter Verlag. [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'Eutropius, Lucan and the ladies of elegy' Ware, Catherine (2016) 'Eutropius, Lucan and the ladies of elegy' In: Berlincourt, V., Galli Milic L., Nelis, D (eds). Lucan and Claudian: Context and Intertext. Heidelberg: Winter Verlag. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2019) | 'Panegyric and the discourse of praise in late antiquity' Catherine Ware (2019) 'Panegyric and the discourse of praise in late antiquity'. Journal of Roman Studies, 109 :291-304 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2018) | 'The ashplant and the golden bough: Heaney in Vergil's labyrinth' Ware, C (2018) 'The ashplant and the golden bough: Heaney in Vergil's labyrinth'. Classical Receptions Journal, 10 :229-248 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2017) | ''Speaking of kings and battles: Virgil as prose panegyrist in late antiquity'' Ware, Catherine (2017) ''Speaking of kings and battles: Virgil as prose panegyrist in late antiquity''. Proceedings of The Virgil Society, [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'Claudian's Arma, a metaliterary pun' Ware, Catherine (2016) 'Claudian's Arma, a metaliterary pun'. Classical Quarterly, 65 :894-896 [Details] | |
| (2014) | 'The severitas of Constantine: imperial virtues in PanLat 7(6) and 6(7)' Ware, Catherine (2014) 'The severitas of Constantine: imperial virtues in PanLat 7(6) and 6(7)'. The Journal of Late Antiquity, 7 (1):86-109 [Details] |
Book Reviews
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2014) | R. Flower, Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective, Cambridge 2013. Ware, Catherine (2014) R. Flower, Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective, Cambridge 2013. Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2012) | M.-F. Guipponi-Gineste, Claudien: Poete du monde a la cour d'Occident, Paris 2010. Ware, Catherine (2012) M.-F. Guipponi-Gineste, Claudien: Poete du monde a la cour d'Occident, Paris 2010. Book Reviews [Details] |
Professional Activities
Honours and Awards
| Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Honorary Research Fellow | University of Liverpool | |
| 2010 | CARA Postdoctoral Fellowship (3 years, €236,937) | IRC/Marie Curie | |
| 2000 | IRCHSS Research Scholarship (2 yrs) | IRCHSS | |
| 1999 | TCD Postgraduate Award (3 yrs) | TCD | |
| 1988 | Brown University Graduate Scholarship (3 yrs) | Brown University | |
| 1985 | Postgraduate College Scholarship, UCC (3 yrs) | UCC | |
| 1983 | Undergraduate College Scholarship (1 yr) | UCC |
Professional Associations
| Association | Function | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classical Association of Ireland | Chair | / | |
| ISLALS (International Society for Late Antique Literary Studies) | Member | / | |
| All Island Irish Classics | Member | / | |
| Panegyrici Latini Project | Member | / |
Conference Contributions
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2023) | conectere omnia merita uirtutis et cognomina felicitatis: Die antike Panegyrik - Motivik, Intertextualität und Entwicklung einer literarischen Gattung, Catherine Ware (2023) The Panegyric and the Personal: Dracontius at the Wedding. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], conectere omnia merita uirtutis et cognomina felicitatis: Die antike Panegyrik - Motivik, Intertextualität und Entwicklung einer literarischen Gattung, Wuppertal - online , 26-OCT-23 - 27-OCT-23. [Details] | |
| (2023) | From East to West in Late Antiquity, Catherine Ware (2023) Friendship and Free Speech: the Voice of the Consuls in the Panegyrici Latini. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], From East to West in Late Antiquity, Groningen , 15-SEP-23 - 15-SEP-23. [Details] | |
| (2023) | The Vandal Renaissance: Latin Literature in post-Roman Africa 435-534AD, Catherine Ware (2023) Primus Amor? Ovidian parody and pastiche in Romulea 10. [Keynote Speaker], The Vandal Renaissance: Latin Literature in post-Roman Africa 435-534AD, University of Sydney , 28-JUL-23 - 29-JUL-23. [Details] | |
| (2022) | Constantinian Propaganda, Catherine Ware (2022) In the shadow of the son: Constantius Chlorus in the Panegyrici Latini. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Constantinian Propaganda, Exeter , 08-SEP-22 - 09-SEP-22. [Details] | |
| (2022) | ‘Entry to the Underworld: Heaney 351-403a’, Catherine Ware (2022) Twenty Ways of Reading Seamus Heaney’s Aeneid Book VI. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], ‘Entry to the Underworld: Heaney 351-403a’, Fondation Hardt, Geneva , 20-MAY-22 - 21-MAY-22. [Details] | |
| (2022) | Epic Heroism in Late Antiquity, Catherine Ware (2022) Arms and the Man I Praise: the Hero in Latin Prose Panegyrics. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Epic Heroism in Late Antiquity, University of Lisbon , 15-SEP-22 - 16-SEP-22. [Details] | |
| (2021) | The Jeweled Style Revisited, Catherine Ware (2021) 'The 'jeweled style' in prose panegyrics'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], The Jeweled Style Revisited, (online) University of Erlangen, Germany , 24-JUN-21 - 26-JUN-21. [Details] | |
| (2019) | Narrative der Macht: Claudius Claudianus und die spätantike Verspanegyric, Catherine Ware (2019) 'iam poenas tuus iste dabit: the justice of Claudian'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Narrative der Macht: Claudius Claudianus und die spätantike Verspanegyric, Universität Hamburg , 25-OCT-19 - 26-OCT-19. [Details] | |
| (2017) | ‘Women, Place and Space’, Gender Studies (Catherine Lawless, Trinity College Dublin), History (Malgorzata Krasnodebska-D'Aughton, Finola Doyle-O’Neill), Art History (Panayota Volti, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense; Mary Healy), Study of Religions (Lidia Guzy), Theatre Studies (Marie Kelly), Classics (Catherine Ware) and Applied Social Studies (Caitríona Ní Laoire) (2017) CACSSS masterclass that explored the presence of women in physical and ideological spaces across a chronological and geographical span. [Oral Presentation], ‘Women, Place and Space’, University College Cork . [Details] | |
| (2017) | Cambridge History of Later Latin Literature: workshop, Catherine Ware (2017) 'Literary culture in the empire of Diocletian and Constantine'. [Invited Lectures (Workshops)], Cambridge History of Later Latin Literature: workshop, University of Edinburgh , 08-SEP-17 - 09-SEP-17. [Details] | |
| (2016) | ISLALS, Catherine Ware (2016) 'Spectacular justice: Rufinus in the arena'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], ISLALS, Bryn Mawr College, US . [Details] | |
| (2016) | Seamus Heaney and the Vergilian Tradition, Catherine Ware (2016) 'Seamus Heaney in Vergil's Labyrinth'. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Seamus Heaney and the Vergilian Tradition, UCC , 24-SEP-16 - 24-SEP-06. [Details] | |
| (2016) | Leeds International Medieval Congress, Catherine Ware (2016) 'A banquet of genres: Eutropius' war council;. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Leeds International Medieval Congress, Leeds . [Details] | |
| (2016) | Celtic Conference in Classics, Catherine Ware (2016) 'Cum dico proelia, significo victorias: narrating war in the Panegyrici Latini'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Celtic Conference in Classics, UCD . [Details] | |
| (2015) | Images and Emperors in the 4th century AD, Catherine Ware (2015) 'Constantine, the Tetrarchy and the Emperor Augustus. [Keynote Speaker], Images and Emperors in the 4th century AD, Radboud University . [Details] | |
| (2013) | Classical Association Conference, Catherine Ware (2013) 'Performing praise: imperial orations in late antiquity'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Classical Association Conference, University of Reading . [Details] | |
| (2013) | Praise and the Construction of Character, Catherine Ware (2013) 'The emperor Constantine and his virtues'. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Praise and the Construction of Character, NUIM . [Details] | |
| (2012) | Classical Association Conference, Catherine Ware (2012) A divine emperor at a Christian court'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Classical Association Conference, University of Exeter . [Details] | |
| (2012) | Colloque International: Lucain et Claudien face à face: une poésie politique entre épopee, historique et panégyrique', Catherine Ware (2012) 'Eutropius, Lucan and the ladies of elegy'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Colloque International: Lucain et Claudien face à face: une poésie politique entre épopee, historique et panégyrique', Fondation Hardt, University of Geneva . [Details] | |
| (2011) | The Classics Renewed: the Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity, Catherine Ware (2011) Dreams of allusion and inspiration: patterns of allusion in Claudian. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], The Classics Renewed: the Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity, Brown University, US . [Details] | |
| (2011) | From imitatio to intertextualité: an International Workshop on Forms of Allusion in Latin Literature, Catherine Ware (2011) 'Allusion and genre in Claudian's panegyricus de sexto consulatu'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], From imitatio to intertextualité: an International Workshop on Forms of Allusion in Latin Literature, Univeristy of Geneva . [Details] | |
| (2009) | Irony and the Ironic in Classical Literature, Catherine Ware (2009) 'Leaping tall buildings at a single bound: Claudian's praise of the emperor Honorius'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Irony and the Ironic in Classical Literature, University of Exeter . [Details] | |
| (2009) | Unclassical Traditions II, Catherine Ware (2009) 'Proserpina and the martyrs: pagan and Christian in late antiquity'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Unclassical Traditions II, Cambridge . [Details] | |
| (2008) | Inheritance and Imagination: History, Exegesis and Iconography: a Symposium in honour of Jennifer O'Reilly, Catherine Ware (2008) 'Proserpina and the martyrs: pagan and Christian in late antiquity'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Inheritance and Imagination: History, Exegesis and Iconography: a Symposium in honour of Jennifer O'Reilly, UCC and Glenstal Abbey . [Details] | |
| (2002) | Aetas Claudianea: Claudian und die lateinische Literatur, Catherine Ware (2002) Gildo: the making of a tyrant. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Aetas Claudianea: Claudian und die lateinische Literatur, Freie Universität, Berlin . [Details] | |
| (2000) | Celtic Conference in Classics, Catherine Ware (2000) 'Claudian: the epic poet in the prefaces'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Celtic Conference in Classics, NUIM . [Details] | |
| (2000) | Celtic Conference in Classics, Catherine Ware (2000) 'Claudian: the epic poet in the prefaces'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Celtic Conference in Classics, NUIM . [Details] |
Consultancy
| Client | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| University of Texas, Austin | ||
| University of Edinburgh | ||
| Routledge | ||
| Cambridge University Press | ||
| University of Wales, Trinity St David | ||
| University of Oxford | ||
| University of Liverpool Press | ||
| Bloomsbury Publishing |
Outreach Activities
| Description | |
|---|---|
Course on 'Introduction to Classics', Saor Ollscoil na hÉireann (2006-7) | |
Chair (2018-21) and UCC representative. | |
I am the co-ordinator for the TY programme, Corvinus, which began in 2019. This allows TY students to participate in specific subjects within CACCSS (Celtic Civ. Classics, English, History, Theatre) for a week. |
Other Activities
| Description | |
|---|---|
Associate editor (late antiquity) for book series Brill's Research Perspectives in Classical Poetry. | |
Member of the editorial board of Classics Ireland. | |
Latin translator of degrees and diplomas for NUI. |
Teaching Activities
Teaching Interests
I began working with Dr Jason Harris on the Schola Latina (https://www.ucc.ie/en/cnls/scholalatina/) and in 2019 introduced Active Latin to the undergraduate curriculum. UCC is the only Irish university offering undergraduate modules in spoken Latin: through games, reading and conversation, students improve their Latin through practical use.I teach a range of Latin literature courses on canonic writers such as Caesar, Catullus, Ovid, Seneca, Vergil and since 2021 have introduced Late Latin literature in UG and PG modules, including survey courses on the literature of late antquity, the texts of Claudian and Dracontius.
In Greek & Roman Civilisation, I teach Greek and Roman epic (Homer, Apollonius, Vergil, Ovid), tragedy, satire, Roman spectacle, women in the Roman world.
Recent Postgraduates
| Graduation Year | Student Name | Institution | Degree Type | Thesis Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Aine Cregan | NUI Cork | The Personifications in Ovid's Metamorphoses |