Dimitrios Yatromanolakis

Associate Professor

B.A. University of Athens
M.St. University of Oxford
D.Phil. University of Oxford
Society of Fellows, Harvard University, 1999-2002

Office: Dell 1001A
Phone: 410-516-7557
E-mail: yatroman@jhu.edu

Dimitrios Yatromanolakis holds joint appointments in the Department of Anthropology and the Humanities Center. His research focuses on archaic and classical Greek literature, sociocultural history, and vase-painting; Greek papyrology and epigraphy; and historical and comparative anthropology. He studied Classics and Classical Archaeology at the University of Athens (B.A.) and at the University of Oxford (M.St. and D.Phil.). In Oxford he specialized in Greek Papyrology--studying with Professor Peter J. Parsons. Before coming to The Johns Hopkins University, he was a Junior Fellow at the Society of Fellows, Harvard University.

Professor Yatromanolakis has written on archaic, classical and Hellenistic Greek aesthetic and performance cultures, Greek papyri, and Attic vase-painting. He is the author of the books _Sappho in the Making: An Anthropology of Reception_ (2007), and _Towards a Ritual Poetics_ (2003, co-author with Panagiotis Roilos; Greek edition of the book, trans. by Manos Skouras and with a preface by Marcel Detienne, 2005; Italian edition forthcoming). Professor Yatromanolakis is also the author of the book _Fragments of Sappho: A Commentary_ (forth. HUP 2008), a large-scale commentary based on a detailed examination of the original papyri and parchments. His major publications include the book _Greek Ritual Poetics_ (co-editor, 2005). He has received numerous research fellowships and grants, including the William F. Milton Award and, more recently, the Berlin Prize at the American Academy in Berlin. He is a Research Associate of Harvard University's Center for Hellenic Studies and one of the editors of the Center's electronic database _Homer and the Papyri_. In collaboration with P. Roilos, he has produced the revised English (2002) and the revised Greek edition (2002) of Margaret Alexiou's influential book _The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition_ (1974). His forthcoming publications include a chapter on ancient Greek popular song and skolia and another chapter on Alcaeus and Sappho in the _Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Lyric_ (ed. F. Budelmann), as well as an interdisciplinary volume on music and politics in ancient Greek societies (editor and author, 2009). His current book-length project is a monograph on the sociocultural history of the institution of _mousikoi agones_ (poetic and musical competitions) against the background of religious festivals in archaic, classical, and Hellenistic Greece.

At Johns Hopkins, Professor Yatromanolakis teaches courses on ancient Greek literature, Greek papyrology, epigraphy, and ancient transmission of texts; ancient Greek religion and ritual; the economy of ancient literature; reception studies; and historical and comparative anthropology.

He is on the Board of Directors of the Program for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, The Johns Hopkins University. He is Contributing Faculty of the Johns Hopkins Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology. He has co-founded and co-chairs the Research Program/Seminar "Cultural Politics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.

During 2008-2009 he will be teaching as visiting professor at the Department of the Classics, Harvard University.