Hans-Peter Stahl
Dr. phil., Kiel, 1956; Privat-Dozent [venia legendi] Münster, 1964
Hans-Peter Stahl is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Classics. He taught at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität and at Yale University before joining the University of Pittsburgh. He was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C., in 1961-1962, and a visiting Member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton in 1974-1975 (holding a Guggenheim Fellowship) and again in 1980-1981 (supported by an NEH Fellowship). In the Winter and Spring Quarters of 1988, he was a Visiting Professor at Ohio State University.
His earliest scholarship deals with the beginnings of propositional logic in Plato (1956, in German; English short version 1971). Numerous articles on Greek and Roman literature and historiography are complemented by book-size publications: Propertius: 'Love' and 'War'. Individual and State under Augustus (1985). Vergil's Aeneid: Augustan Epic and Political Context (1998. Contributions from two conferences on Vergil he convened in Pittsburgh, PA [1995] and Oxford, U.K. [1996]). In 2003 appeared Thucydides: Man's Place in History, a revised and enlarged English edition of an earlier work. It won a Choice award of "Outstanding Academic title for 2004". At present Professor Stahl is preparing a major study of Vergil's Aeneid.
Two essential foci of his work are the logic of writers as well as the political anthropology manifested in works of ancient prose and poetry.
- Contact Information
- Office: 1525 Cathedral of Learning
- Phone: (412) 624-4479
- E-mail: hpst@pitt.edu
- Office Hours, spring 2009
- Tuesday and Thursday 12:15 (after classes)
Tuesday 3:30-4:15 p.m. in office (1525 Cathedral)
spring Term 2009 Courses
| Course Listing | Name | Days | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLASS 1022/UHC | Augustan Age | Tu-Th | 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | CL 253 |
| Greek 2202 | Greek Seminar: Tragedy | Tu | 1:00-3:30 p.m. | CL 1518 |
