Professor Silverblank
DR. HANNAH SILVERBLANK IS A VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS AT HAVERFORD COLLEGE.
Pronouns: She/Hers/Her
Spring 2020 office hours
(Hall 204):
Tuesday, 10:00am-11:00am
Thursday, 1:05-2:05pm
Research Interests:
archaic and classical Greek poetry
disability studies
classical mythology
Greek religion
classical reception
anglophone poetry
monster studies
posthumanism
animal studies
translation theory
ancient music and musicology
popular culture
Teaching Interests:
Background & Education
Hannah Silverblank was born in Philadelphia, where she developed a love of dogs, root beer, fairy tales, music, Star Trek, oil painting, board games, ghost stories, and the stranger parts of life.
Dr. Silverblank unsuspectingly became a student of Greco-Roman antiquity while an undergraduate at Haverford College. After graduating from Haverford with a BA in Latin (High Honors) and Comparative Literature (High Honors), Silverblank went on to the University of Oxford, where she received a Master's (with Distinction) and a PhD in Classical Languages and Literature. In January 2017, she returned to Haverford College to teach courses in Greek, Latin, and English.
This site contains course material for:
The course materials are password protected, but don't hesitate to email me at hannahsilverblank@gmail.com if you would like the password for access to any of the course material (or the audio academic library!).
Pronouns: She/Hers/Her
Spring 2020 office hours
(Hall 204):
Tuesday, 10:00am-11:00am
Thursday, 1:05-2:05pm
Research Interests:
archaic and classical Greek poetry
disability studies
classical mythology
Greek religion
classical reception
anglophone poetry
monster studies
posthumanism
animal studies
translation theory
ancient music and musicology
popular culture
Teaching Interests:
- Greek and Latin languages at all levels
- Greek Hexameter Poetry
- Ancient Drama
- Classical Mythology
- Classical Reception
- Queer Theory & Antiquity
- Ancient Gender & Sexuality
- Classical Civilization
- Ancient Disability
Background & Education
Hannah Silverblank was born in Philadelphia, where she developed a love of dogs, root beer, fairy tales, music, Star Trek, oil painting, board games, ghost stories, and the stranger parts of life.
Dr. Silverblank unsuspectingly became a student of Greco-Roman antiquity while an undergraduate at Haverford College. After graduating from Haverford with a BA in Latin (High Honors) and Comparative Literature (High Honors), Silverblank went on to the University of Oxford, where she received a Master's (with Distinction) and a PhD in Classical Languages and Literature. In January 2017, she returned to Haverford College to teach courses in Greek, Latin, and English.
This site contains course material for:
- Beasts, Hybrids, and Giants: Confronting Monsters from the Past
- Classical Mythology
- Elementary Greek (a two-semester course)
- Homer (an intermediate Greek course)
- Love, Magic, & Transformation (an intermediate Latin course)
- Worlds of Wonder (an intermediate Greek course)
- Significant Others: Animals & Androids in Greek and Latin Literature
- Unruly Bodies: Greek and Roman Narratives of Disability
The course materials are password protected, but don't hesitate to email me at hannahsilverblank@gmail.com if you would like the password for access to any of the course material (or the audio academic library!).