VERONICA SHUE-RON SHI Stanford University Department of

VERONICA SHUE-RON SHI
Stanford University Department of Classics
450 Serra Mall, Building 110
Stanford, CA 94305
[email protected]
EDUCATION
2014-present
Stanford University
PhD Classics (Language and Literature emphasis)
2011-13
University of Oxford (Worcester College)
MPhil Greek and Latin Languages and Literature, with distinction
2007-2011
Princeton University
A.B. Classics, summa cum laude
HONORS & AWARDS
Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship for postgraduate study at Oxford (2011-13)
Princeton University Latin Salutatory Oration (2011)
John J. Keaney Prize for best senior thesis in Classics (2011)
Charles A. Steele Prize for exceptional achievement in Greek and Latin (2011)
Class of 1939 Princeton Scholar Award, co-winner (2010)
Phi Beta Kappa, early election (2010)
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (2009-11)
Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence (2008, 2009)
PUBLICATIONS
“A Tale of Two Carthages: History and Allusive Topography in Virgil’s Libyan Harbor (Aen. 1.159-69),” with
Llewelyn Morgan (Brasenose College, Oxford), forthcoming, TAPA 145 (2015)
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
International Conferences
1.
“Exploiting the Epic Voice: Livy and Ennius on the Foundation of Rome,” The Literary in Classical
Historiography, Athens, Greece (Sept. 2014)
2.
“The fragments of Rhianus’ Messeniaca: an Iliad for the Messenian people?” The Classical Association
annual conference, Reading, UK (April 2013)
3.
“Restoring the Lyric Racehorse: Horace Odes 4.1 and the Transformation of Epic,” APA 2013, Seattle,
WA (Jan. 2013)
Lecture Series, Seminars and Colloquia (excluding presentations given in courses)
1.
“Seneca, Controversia 2.1: between legal theory and practice.” Seneca the Elder, University of Oxford
(May 2014)
2.
“Locating the Bellum Africum in the landscape of Roman Historiography.” Reading the Bellum Africum,
University of Oxford (May 2014)
3.
“Poetic Dreams: Hesiod’s Theogony and Callimachus’ Aetia.” Gods and Humans: Encounters with the
Divine in Ancient Literature, University of Oxford (Feb. 2013)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
At Oxford
Latin grammar, syntax, and prose composition for first-year undergraduates (Michaelmas
and Hilary Terms, AY 2012-13)
OUTREACH ACTIVITIES IN CLASSICS & HUMANITIES
At Oxford
President, Oxford University Classical Drama Society (2012-13)
‘An Evening with the Gods’, Ashmolean Live Friday (2012-13)
Member of curating team involved in planning, organizing, and recruiting performers
and volunteers for the Ashmolean Museum’s debut Live Friday event, ‘An Evening with
the Gods’ (25 January 2013). The event featured live performances of Roman drama and
pantomime, costumed re-enactments, and various immersive and educational activities,
and drew approximately 3,000 visitors.
At Princeton
Nero Artifex: the Opera (2010-11)
Composed libretto in classical Latin for a senior thesis production by Theodor Popov
(Department of Music). The opera was staged in collaboration with the Departments of
Classics and Music, Richardson Auditorium, and the Lewis Center for the Arts on 24 &
25 March 2011
Behrman Undergraduate Society of Fellows (2009-11)
Other
Alumna advisor for constitutional law program (“We The People, The Citizen and the
Constitution”) at Arcadia High School, Arcadia, CA (2007-11)
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
At Oxford
Social Secretary, Worcester College Middle Common Room (2012-13)
UK Fellowships Alumni Advisor for Princeton graduates (2011-present)
At Princeton
Committee on the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching (2011)
Dean of the College Search Committee (2010-11)
University Committee on Course of Study (2010-11)
Undergraduate Student Government Academics Committee (2010-11)
Peer Academic Adviser for Butler and Mathey Colleges (2009-11)
STUDY ABROAD AND SUMMER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2011
2010
Morgantina Archaeological Excavation, Sicily, Italy
Leiden Summer School in Indo-European Linguistics, Leiden, the Netherlands
MODERN LANGUAGES
Full command of Mandarin Chinese
Proficient in French
Reading knowledge of German, Italian, Spanish

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