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 Westfalische 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 publications include monographs on Thucydides (Die Stellung des Menschen im geschichtlichen Prozess, 1966) and on Propertius (Individual and State under Augustus, 1985) as well as articles on Plato, Herodotus, Euripides, Horace, Vergil, Ovid. In 1995 and 1996 he convened conferences on Vergil in Pittsburgh, PA and Oxford, U.K. He published the contributions in a volume entitled Vergil's Aeneid: Augustan Epic and Political Context (London, 1998). The English edition, revised and enlarged, of his Thucydides: Man's Place in History (Swansea, 2003) won the choice award of "Outstanding Academic Title for 2004."
At present, Professor Stahl is preparing a major study of Vergil's Aeneid. His graduate teaching in Pittsburgh covers texts in the areas of Greek epic, tragedy, historiography, philosophy and Roman epic, elegy, satire.
- Contact Information
- Office: 1525 Cathedral of Learning
- Phone: (412) 624-4479
- E-mail: hpst@pitt.edu
- Office Hours, fall 2008
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Fall Term 2008 Courses
| Course Listing | Name | Days | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLASS 0100/UHC | Masterpieces in Greek and Roman Literature | Tu-Th | 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | CL 2321 |
| LATIN 2112 | Latin Reading: Elegy | Tu | 1:00-3:30 p.m. | CL 1518 |
