Brett Stine
Brett is an expert in Archaic and early Classical Greek Poetry. His scholarship focuses especially on how bodies come to express and problematize the cultural poetics and generic distinctions of Greek and Roman literature. He is currently completing his doctorate at Columbia University, with a dissertation entitled “Skin Deep: Bodily Representations and Surface Poetics in Archaic Greek Poetry.”
Other scholarly interests include monstrosity and the grotesque in Greek and Roman poetry, the fable as genre, and ancient reading practices, productions, and communities.
Brett has a BA from Dallas Christian College (2012), as well as multiple graduate degrees from the University of Dallas (2015), Texas Tech University (2019), and Columbia University (2021 and 2023).
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Research and Academic Interests
- Archaic Greek Poetry
- Poetics of the Body
- Embodiment
- Critical Theory
- Monstrosity and the Grotesque
- Papyrology, Manuscript Studies, and Textual Criticism
Departments and Programs
Courses
GRST 221/321. Intermediate/Advanced Greek: Herodotus
Selected Publications
“Skin Deep: Sympotic Materials and Surface Poetics in the Theognidea.” University of Edinburgh Post-Graduate Classics Research Seminar Series, October 17, 2025.
“‘The Skin Turned’: Male Bodies and Surface Discourses in Iliad 13 and Odyssey 8.” Department of Classics, Texas Tech University. October 28, 2024.
“Coding and Publishing Columbia Papyri and NYU Ostraka (O. NYU 2-16 and P Col. VIII 205, 206, and 207).” Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Butler Library, Columbia University, April 21, 2023 (Co-presented with Susan Rahyab and David Ratzan).
“Homer and the Chronotope: Death ‘Far from Home’ and Divine Vulnerability in Iliad 16 and 24.” Annual Meeting of the Society of Classical Studies, January 5-8, 2023 (New Orleans, LA).
“A Slip of the Tongue: An Exploration of Enslaved Visibility in Roman Book Work.” Annual Meeting of the Society of Classical Studies, January 5-8, 2022 (San Francisco, CA).
“Monsters Must Bear Monsters: Genealogical Continuity and Poetic Awareness in Theogony 287-94 and 979-83.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies, January 4-7, 2018 (Boston, MA).
