Christopher L. Gipson
Postdoctoral Instructor of Classics and Archaeology
- Los Angeles CA UNITED STATES
- Department of Classics
Christopher Gipson's research interests include cannibalism in Ancient Greek literature, imperial Greek poetry, and the macabre.
Biography
Education
Loyola Marymount University
B.A.
Classics
2013
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.A.
Classics
2016
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D.
Classics
2022
Advisor: Angeliki Tzanetou, Ph.D.
Title of Dissertation: Anthropophagy and Cannibalism in Ancient Greek Literature
Areas of Expertise
Industry Expertise
Accomplishments
Fowler Merle-Smith Fellowship
Fowler Merle-Smith Fellowship - American School of Classical Studies at Athens 2019-2020
Affiliations
- Classical Association of Middle West and South
- Society for Classical Studies
- Women's Classical Caucus
Languages
- Greek
- Latin
- Modern Greek
Media Appearances
PhD student Christopher Gipson wins scholarship to study in Greece
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign online
2019-04-22
Chris Gipson, a fifth-year graduate student in the Department of the Classics was quite ill the opening weekend of spring break in March when he received a life-changing email...
Event Appearances
“Chew Before You Swallow: Demeter’s Consumption of Pelops in Pindar and Lycophron”
AIA Joint Annual Virtual Meeting
2020-01-05
A Tribe Called Fish: Imperial Power through Ethnography and Cataloguing in Oppian’s Halieutica
Graduate Student Colloquium at University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
2018-10-26
“Teaching with Eleanor Dickey’s Learn Latin from the Romans”
Annual Meeting of the Illinois Classical Conference at Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois
2018-10-06
“Boeotian Cultic Associations in Oedipus at Colonus”
The 113th Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South Kitchener, Ontario
2017-04-05
Courses
CLAR 1115 Elementary Latin I
Fall 2021
A complete overview of Latin grammar, with an emphasis on morphology and syntax.
University Core fulfilled: Flag: Oral Skills.
CLAR 2200 Epic Poetry
Fall 2021
A reading and analysis of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, and Vergil’s Aeneid (in translation).
CLAR 3210 Classical & Near Eastern Myths
Fall 2021
Study of the basic myths and myth patterns of the Greeks, Romans, and Near Eastern cultures, and their mythological heritage in Western literature and art.
University Core fulfilled: Integrations: Interdisciplinary Connections; Flag: Information Literacy.