Jenny Strauss Clay
Prof Jenny Strauss Clay | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Classics |
| Children | Andreia Clay |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Reed College, University of Chicago |
| Alma mater | University of Washington |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classics |
| Sub-discipline | Early Greek Literature and Epic |
Jenny Strauss Clay is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia. After completing studies at Reed College and the University of Chicago, Strauss Clay completed her doctorate at the University of Washington. She taught at the University of California at Irvine and Johns Hopkins University.[1] She is currently a member of the Nominating Committee of the Society for Classical Studies (formerly the American Philological Association, until 2018.[2]
Family
Strauss Clay is the daughter of Leo Strauss.[3]
Select Books
- The Politics of Olympus: Form and Meaning in the Major Homeric Hymns (1989); ISBN 9781853996924
- The wrath of Athena: gods and men in the Odyssey (1997); ISBN 0822630699
- Hesiod's Cosmos (2003); ISBN 9780521823920[4]
- Homer's Trojan theater: space, vision, and memory in the Iliad (2011); ISBN 9780521149488
External Links
Notes
- ^ Straus Clay's faculty landing page [1]
- ^ SCS Board and Committees 2017
- ^ Strauss Clay's New York Times Op-Ed on her father
- ^ Review of Hesiod's Cosmos from BMCR