David J. White

Education

• Ph.D. Classical Studies, University of Florida, 2013
• M.L.I.S., Kent State University, 2000
• M.A., Classics, University of Pennsylvania, 1987
• B.A., Classics, University of Akron, 1984

Specialties

Latin Epic and Didactic poetry; Ancient Theater; Latin Pedagogy; and Spoken Latin. Dr. White served as the Latin Orator for the Classical Association of the Middle West and South from 2018 through 2022.

Research Interests

Dr. White’s research focuses on Latin epic and Didactic poetry of the Golden and Silver ages. He is also an active proponent of incorporating spoken Latin into elementary and intermediate Latin instruction.

Selected Publications

• “Iopas.” In The Virgil Encyclopedia, ed. R. Thomas and J. Ziolkowski. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
• Translations from Balzac and Michelet (French) in European Romanticism: A Reader, ed. Stephen Prickett. Continuum, 2010.

Recent Papers

• De vita rustica et vita urbana in Sermonibus Horatianis. Living Latin and Greek in NYC: Online, Paideia Institute, 13 February 2021, virtual (over Zoom).
• De servis in Columellae Varronis Catonisque Rebus Rusticis. Living Latin in NYC, Paideia Institute, 15 February 2020, New York, NY.
• De mente et corpore exercendo atque alendo in Columellae Re Rustica.  Living Latin in NYC, Paideia Institute, 17 February 2019, New York, NY.
• Salve... ianua: The Place of Poem 67 in the Corpus of Catullus. Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS), 14 April 2018, Albuquerque, NM.
• Catullus Res Rustica 10 and Nicander’s Georgica. CAMWS, 7 April 2017, Kingston, ON.
• Fertilis hortus: The Garden in Tibullus 2.1 and the Boundaries of Civilization. Classical Association of the Middle West and South Southern Section (CAMWS-SS), 29 Oct. 2016, Atlanta, GA.
• Mercibus ut vernis dives Vertumnus abundet: Vertumnus in Columella’s Garden. CAMWS, 17 March 2016, Williamsburg, VA.

Book Reviews

• Twomey, P. and Nussbaum, S. (2013) Ten Fairy Tales in Latin. Mundelein, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci. Classical Journal Online 2017.10.09.
• Colakis, M. (2015) Lectiones Memorabiles: Volume I: Selections from Catullus, Cicero, Livy, Ovid, Propertius, Tibullus, and Vergil. Mundelein, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2017.07.03.
• Powell, B. (2014) Homer. The Odyssey. Translation, introduction, and notes by Barry B. Powell. Oxford. Classical Journal Online 2015.12.01.
• Cardigni, J. (2013) El comentario como género tardoantiguo: Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis de Macrobio. Colección Saberes. Buenos Aires. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2015.09.25
• Pieri, B. (2011) Intacti Saltus: Studi sul III libro delle Georgiche. Bologna. Classical Review 65.1 (April 2015)

Work in Progress

Dr. White is currently working a commentary to book 10 of Columella’s Res Rustica, focusing on the relationship between Res Rustica 10 and Vergil’s Georgics.