Wolfgang Haase
Professor of Classical Studies
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal for the Classical Tradition
Director, Institute for the Classical Tradition, Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt Research Center
Contact
745 Commonwealth Avenue
Room B3
Boston, MA 02215
617.353.7370 (p)
617.353.1610 (f)
isct@bu.edu
Education
1971 Ph.D. University of Tübingen, summa cum laude (Greek, Latin, Ancient History)
1963 B.A. University of Tübingen
Positions Held
Professor, Boston University, 1994-present
Associate Professor, Boston University, 1993-1994
Assistant Professor, Boston University, 1987-1992
Professor, Tübingen University, 1987
Visiting Professor, University of Washington (Seattle), 1985
Visting Scholar, Univeristy of Jena (East Germany), 1985
Senior Research Fellow, University of Tübingen, 1981
Visting Professor, University of Stuttgart, 1978
Assistant Professor, University of Tübingen, 1965-1971
Major Editorships/Leaderships
Director, Institute for the Classical Tradition (ICT)
Co-President, International Society for the Classical Tradition (ISCT)
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal for the Classical Tradition
Editor-in-Chief, Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt
In Progress
"Severus Alexander und Joseph II. Ein 'Parallelismus historicus' des 18. Jarhunderts und die Wirkung der Historia Augusta."
"Ovinius Camillus redivivus. Zur Adaptation einer Episode der Historia Augusta auf dem spanischen Hoftheater des spaten 17. Jahrhunderts."
Rezeptions-und Wirkungsgeschichte der Historia Augusta in Spatmittelalter und fruher Neuzeit (14.-18. Jahrhundert). Ubersicht und Orientierung."
"Gods, Men, Godmen. Aspects of Philosphical and Political Theology in the Fourth Century B.C."
"Ernst Bloch on Wisdom. Use and Abuse of Classical Philosophy in the Work of a German Marxist Intellectual," to be offered to The Journal of the History of Ideas.
Publications (selected)
"Marc-Antoine Muret, first political commentator on Tacitus," accepted for publication in Antike und Abendland. Beitrage zum Verstandnis der Griechen und Romer unde ihres Nachlebens (2006/2007).
"In Memorium Meyer Reinhold (1909-2002)," in International Journal of the Classical Tradition 9 (2002/2003) pp. 3-7.
"America and the Classical Tradition," in: Wolfgang Haase and Meyer Reinhold (eds.), The Classical Tradition and the Americas, vol 1.1 (Berlin and New York: 1994), 20 pp.
Nikomachos von Gerasa: Leben, Umwelt, Werk und Wirkung (Tübingen 1971, 1982).
Articles on Greek philosophy, Roman history, the classical tradition.
Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt / Rise and Decline of the Roman World (ANRW) (1972ff).
Rome and the Anglicans: Historical and Doctrinal Aspects of Anglican-Roman Catholic Relations (1982), Walter De Gruyter Incorporated.
The Classical Tradition and the Americas (1994), Walter de Gruyter Incorporated.
International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) (1994ff).