Alumnus Ryan Pasco Named Publications and Undergraduate Program Coordinator at Harvard University’s Department of the Classics
Ryan Pasco graduated in Spring 2022 from Boston University’s department of Classical Studies. His research interests include imperial Greek and Latin literature, satire and epigram, freedom under tyranny, subelite perspectives on Roman literature, and digital humanities. His dissertation, titled The Shifting Meaning of the Saturnalia in Imperial Latin Literature from Domitian to Hadrian (81-138 CE), examines how elite Greek and Roman authors co-opt subelite (esp. enslaved) experiences of the Saturnalia in order to articulate political violence and instability.
Ryan now holds the position of Publications and Undergraduate Program Coordinator at Harvard University’s Department of the Classics.