Mark Nugent
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Credentials
PhD (University of Washington)
Area of expertise
Greek and Latin language pedagogy; Imperial Greek literature; Greek and Latin novels (esp. Achilles Tatius and Petronius); gender (esp. masculinity and gender non-conformity) and sexuality in Greek and Roman culture; reception studies (esp. historical fiction and film).
Interests and Areas of Graduate Supervision:
Imperial Greek literature; Greek and Latin novels (esp. Achilles Tatius and Petronius); gender (esp. masculinity and gender non-conformity) and sexuality in Greek and Roman culture.
Recent MA Theses Supervised:
Allie MacIlroy, “On the Margins of Manhood: Examining Physical Gender Atypicality Among Men in Imperial Roman Society” (2022). Recipient of the 2023 Gold Medal for Outstanding Master’s Thesis or Project in the Humanities.
Dr. Nugent accepts new MA students under limited circumstances. Please inquire.
Recent Publications:
“From ‘Filthy Catamite’ to ‘Queer Icon’: Elagabalus and the Politics of Sexuality (1960-1975).” In Queer Icons from Greece and Rome, ed. Ruby Blondell = Helios 35.2 (2008): 171-196.
“C. W. Marshall and Tom Hawkins (eds.), Athenian Comedy in the Roman Empire.” Mouseion 14.3 (2017): 467-469 (review).
“Rendering the Monstrous Feminine: Myth, Feminism, and Gender Flips in Matt Fraction and Christian Ward’s ODY-C.” In Classics and Comics, ed. Natalie Swain = Mouseion 21.1 (2024): 75-100.
Courses:
Dr. Nugent has received several teaching awards, including the 2023 University of Victoria Humanities Award for Teaching Excellence and the 2024 Society for Classical Studies Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Classics at the College Level.
Dr. Nugent teaches Greek and Latin at all levels. He also regularly offers GRS 204: “Greece and Rome on Film,” GRS 304: “Ecocriticism and the Ancient World,” GRS 316: "Ancient Romance, Fantasy, and Science Fiction," GRS 335: “Women in the Greek and Roman World,” GRS 352: “Bad Emperors,” GRS 355: “Love, Sex, and the Body in the Ancient World,” and GRS 383: “Greece and Rome in Modern Popular Culture.”
Current Projects:
Dr. Nugent's current pedagogical projects is An Introduictory Latin Reader.
Dr. Nugent is also working on the following research articles: