David Bouvier
David Bouvier (* 1957 ) is a Swiss Graecist .
Life
After the Matura (type A) in Neuchâtel NE , he obtained a license and a Maîtrise en lettres classiques at the Sorbonne Université and a Diplôme d'études approfondies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( Paris 1981). In 1984 he received his doctorate from EHESS (dissertation with Jean-Pierre Vernant , grants from the French government and the Council of Europe). In the same year he was elected a member of the Center Louis Gernet de recherches comparées sur les sociétés anciennes . After studying at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (1987–1988), he was Claude Calames's assistant at the University of Lausanne (1988–90) for two years . From 1990 to 1991 he taught as an assistant professor at the University of Chicago (Department of Classics, University of Chicago). Back in Lausanne in January 1991, he took over the position of Maître d'enseignement et de recherche en langue et littérature grecques anciennes from Louis Graz. In 2004 he was appointed full professor of Greek language and literature at the University of Lausanne to succeed Claude Calame .
His research interests are anthropological analysis of genres, archaic Greece, Homeric epic, organization and building of knowledge in archaic Greece and aspects of epic poetic creation.
Fonts (selection)
- as editor with Claude Calame: Philosophes et historiens anciens face aux mythes . Paris 1998, OCLC 469158414 .
- Le scepter et la lyre. L'Iliade ou les heros de la mémoire . Grenoble 2002, ISBN 2-84137-122-0 .
- as editor with Martin Steinrück and Pierre Voelke: Claude Calame: Sentiers transversaux. Entre Poétiques grecques et politiques contemporaines . Grenoble 2008, ISBN 978-2-84137-239-3 .
- as editor with Danielle van Mal-Maeder : Tradition classique. Dialogues avec l'Antiquité . Lausanne 2010, OCLC 882180313 .
Web links
Chair of Greek at the Académie de Lausanne : Conrad Gessner (1537–1541) | Jean Ribit (? -?) | François de Saint-Paul (? -?) | Quintin le Boiteux (1549–?) | Théodore de Bèze (1548–1558) | Pierre Núñez Vela (? -?) | Jean Espaulaz (? -?) | Aemilius Portus (1581–1592) | Jean de Serres (1592–1598)
Chair of Greek Studies at the Université de Lausanne : André Bonnard (1928–1957) | André Rivier (1957–1973) | François Lasserre (1973–1984) | Claude Calame (1984-2003) | David Bouvier (since 2004)
Chair of Latin at the Académie de Lausanne : Adam Mickiewicz (1838–?)
Chair of Latin Studies at the Université de Lausanne : Paul Vallette (-) | Frank Olivier (1917–1939) | Pierre Schmid (–1984) | Philippe Mudry (1984-2004) | Danielle van Mal-Maeder (since 2004)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bouvier, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Graecist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1957 |