“Orpheus in Massachusetts: A Native American Transformation of Greco-Roman Antiquity.” (Book Section)
Title: “Orpheus in Massachusetts: A Native American Transformation of Greco-Roman Antiquity.”
Author: Craig Williams
Editor: Johannes Helmrath
Abstract: In a letter he wrote in Latin in 1663, an American Indian student at Harvard College named Caleb Cheeshahteaumauk thanks his "honorable benefactors" and begins with the ancient Greco-Roman mythological figure of Orpheus. In this article I first give the Latin text of the letter and my English translation, and then analyze the text in depth, reading it as a complex expression of both change and continuity at the pen of a young Wampanoag in a turbulent colonial situation, and as an illustration of several ways in which Greco-Roman antiquity has been transformed over the centuries.
Year: 2020
Publisher: De Gruyter
Book Title: Antike ohne Ende: Erschließung von Rezeptionskonzepten antiker Texte
“Calling the Muses to Oklahoma: Native North American Writers on Greco-Roman Antiquity.” (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: “Calling the Muses to Oklahoma: Native North American Writers on Greco-Roman Antiquity.”
Abstract: Annual Bonnycastle Lecture
Author: Craig Williams
Date: 3/29/19
Location: University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada)
“Calling the Muses to Oklahoma: Native American Writers on Greco-Roman Antiquity.” (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: “Calling the Muses to Oklahoma: Native American Writers on Greco-Roman Antiquity.”
Abstract: As part of public "noonhour presentation" series, I presented some of the findings of my project.
Author: Craig Williams
Date: 9/25/19
Location: Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“Ere Egypt and Rome Were Born: Native American Writers on Greco-Roman Antiquity.” (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: “Ere Egypt and Rome Were Born: Native American Writers on Greco-Roman Antiquity.”
Abstract: Public lecture, especially aimed at an undergraduate audience, at which I presented some of my findings.
Author: Craig Williams
Date: 9/16/19
Location: Wabash College, Crawfordsville IN
“Ere Egypt and Rome Were Born: Native American Writers on Greco-Roman Antiquity.” (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: “Ere Egypt and Rome Were Born: Native American Writers on Greco-Roman Antiquity.”
Abstract: Public lecture, primarily aimed at an audience of undergraduate students, in which I presented some of the findings of my project.
Author: Craig Williams
Date: 10/3/19
Location: Gustavus Adolphus College, St Peter MN
Primary URL: http://https://news.blog.gustavus.edu/2019/10/07/classics-hosts-lecture-on-native-american-writing/
“Ere Egypt and Rome Were Born: Native American Writers on Greco-Roman Antiquity.” (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: “Ere Egypt and Rome Were Born: Native American Writers on Greco-Roman Antiquity.”
Abstract: Public lecture, audience primarily consisting of undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty, in which I presented some of the findings of my study.
Author: Craig Williams
Date: 10/4/19
Location: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN
“Whose Antiquity? Ancient Greece and Rome in Native American Autobiographical Writing.” (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: “Whose Antiquity? Ancient Greece and Rome in Native American Autobiographical Writing.”
Abstract: Morphomata Public Lecture Series
Author: Craig Williams
Date: 05/04/2020
Location: Online (hosted by University of Cologne, Germany)
Primary URL: https://www.morphomata.uni-koeln.de/mediathek/veranstaltungsvideos/index.html
“Adopting an Antiquity: Native Writers of North America on Greco-Roman Antiquity.” (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: “Adopting an Antiquity: Native Writers of North America on Greco-Roman Antiquity.”
Abstract: Public lecture series "Everyday Orientalism"
Author: Craig Williams
Date: 10/07/2020
Location: Online (hosted by University of Toronto)
Primary URL: https://everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/?s=Williams
“We’re Just Poor Indians: Personal and Family Histories.” (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: “We’re Just Poor Indians: Personal and Family Histories.”
Abstract: Online talking circle Undoing the Privilege of Writing facilitated by Lee Maracle (University of Toronto)
Author: Craig Williams
Date: 02/16/2021
Location: Online
“Native American Writers, Greco-Roman Antiquity, and Indigenous Survivance: Some Contemporary Voices.” (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: “Native American Writers, Greco-Roman Antiquity, and Indigenous Survivance: Some Contemporary Voices.”
Abstract: Keynote address, "Indigenous Studies and Classics in Conversation"
Author: Craig Williams
Date: 03/23/2021
Location: Brooklyn College CUNY, New York NY
“Decolonization, Indigeneity, and Greco-Roman Antiquity in North America.” (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: “Decolonization, Indigeneity, and Greco-Roman Antiquity in North America.”
Abstract: Contribution to round-table discussion “Decolonizing Classics? Un dibattito tra Nord-America, Regno Unito e Europa.” Online series Titubanti testi. Binomio di lettura,
Author: Craig Williams
Date: 06/24/2021
Location: Online
Decentering Greco-Roman Antiquity: Samson Occom, William Apess, and Native American Survivance.” (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Decentering Greco-Roman Antiquity: Samson Occom, William Apess, and Native American Survivance.”
Author: Craig Williams
Abstract: Paper at panel on "New Trends in Early American Classical Reception”
Date: 01/08/2022
Conference Name: Society of Classical Studies, annual meeting