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CURRICULUM VITAE PAULA SAFFIRE
Continued Learning (during and after Ph.D. studies) Hebrew (learned at Ulpan during year-long
stay in Archaeology (practical: six weeks of digging at Tel Gezer, Israel, 1969) Sanskrit (learned at the University of Massachusetts, 1976-77) World Cultures (as part of Change and Tradition training, Butler University, 1989-2006) Jungian Theories of Psychology (workshops and study in Traditional Thai Massage (training in Dances of Universal Peace (certified Dance Leader) Sufi Literature (NEH Fellowship 1999, studies up to present) Languages Able to read, write and speak French. (College minor.) Other Experience in acting, playwriting, and directing students in
full-scale Have hosted numerous retreats with Sufi teachers have organized Spirit and Place events. Have led Dances at a synagogue, several churches, and various spiritual retreats. II. Employment History / Teaching Experience Harvard University, 1966-8 (as a doctoral candidate): Greek Civilization Art and Myth Classical Lyric and Love Poetry Greek Drama Ancient Epic Sophocles' Drama (honors seminar) Sappho (honors seminar) Hands-On Spirituality (experimental honors seminar; an exploration of spiritual techniques that involve the body) Let’s Face It (honors seminar on the human face) Change and Tradition (ancient revolutionary
France, tsarist III. Publications Heracles, translation of Euripides' Heracles, performed at
the Translation of "For Epiphany" by Robert Fitzgerald into Greek
Sapphics and Sanskrit for the Gita, self-published
textbook using the Bhagavad Gita VI "Creative Involvement with the Texts: Bernhard Goetz and the
Ancient Singing Greek Poetry, a professional videotape (28 minutes)
made by the "Aristotle on Personality and Some Implications for Friendship,"
Ancient Review of Joan De Jean's Fictions of Sappho, Classical World, pp.
493-4, Ancient Greek Alive, Review of Philip Arieti's Interpreting Plato,
Classical World, p. 43, Review of Joan de Jean's Fictions of Sappho, Women's Classical
Caucus "Deduke men a Selanna:
The Pleiades in Mid-Heaven," by Paula Reiner and Review of Mandelbaum's Odyssey of Homer, Classical Outlook, p. 68, 1993 "Whip, Whipped, and Doctors: Homer's Iliad and Camus' The Plague," Review of Parasarathy's translation of the Cilappatikaram
of Ilanko Review of The World of Classical Myth by Ruck
and Staples, for Classical Review of Mossman's Wild Justice: A Study of Euripides'
Hecuba, Classical "Nectar" and "Phainetai Moi," two songs by Sappho, one in English, one in Ancient Greek Alive, by Paula Saffire and Catherine Freis, Sappho's Undying Smile, by Paula Saffire, a one-hour videotape,
produced “Ancient Greek in Classroom Conversation,” chapter in When Dead Tongues Speak, Sappho, Veiled, a book on Sappho, creativity and translation, completed 2007 Also: Selections for Classical Mythology (reader for mythology course, 1991-present) On the Greeks, 2005 (reader for Greek Civilization course) Tales of the Hodja, 1999 (reader for Rumi-Nasrudin course) Translation of Homer, Hesiod, Sappho, used in C & T Reader in various years. (C & T is a course required of all sophomores at Butler, 1991-2007.) Introduction to Homer, Sappho, Herodotus, Thucydides and the I Ching, pages on Islamic Ritual, C & T Reader, in various years. Literary Publications Co-editor of Builders of the Dawn: Community Lifestyles in a
Changing Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, script for children, performed at Birbal the King and The
Sparrows and The Sea, scripts for children, Tender Miscarriage: an Epiphany, a novel, Harbinger House, Mira, a drama, modern version of the Oedipus theme, 1993
(unperformed, It's Greek to Me!, a comedy about academia, boredom, and bankrobbery, 1994 IV. Talks and Performances " "Singing Greek Poetry," talk given at “Singing Greek Poetry,” talk given at the CANE
(Classical Association of New England) meeting, Panelist on the oral recitation of Pindar, at the meeting of the APA (American Philological Association), 1989 "Whip, Whipped, and Doctors:
the Iliad and Camus' Plague," talk given at the
meeting of CAMWS (the Classical Association of the "Singing Ancient Greek Poetry," talk given at the meeting
of CANE (the Classical Association of the "Sappho 94 and Fr. Adespota 976," talk for Greek students and faculty at Franklin & Marshall College, Pennsylvania, 1991 "Poetic Magic: Sappho 2 and 94," talk for faculty at Franklin & Marshall College, Pennsylvania, 1991
"Sappho's Songs: A
Performance with Commentary," performance-talk, given at the meeting of
the ICC (Indiana Classical Conference) at "Oral Ancient Greek in the Classroom," one-hour workshop given at the meeting of
the ACL (American Classical League),
"Ancient Greek in Classroom Conversation," talk given at meeting of APA (American Philological Association), 1992 Panelist on a chorus of Aristophanes' Wasps, at the meeting of the APA (American Philological Association), 1993 "Songs of Sappho," performance/talk given at "Cover Lines in the "Songs of Sappho," performance/talk given at the College of Wooster, Ohio, 1994 "Songs of Sappho," performance/talk, "Songs of Sappho,"
performance/talk given at "Sappho of "The Death of Iphigenia: Four But Who's Counting?" talk given at meeting of CAMWS (Classical Association of Midwest and South), 1995 "Learning by Performance: Sappho 31," talk given at meeting of APA (American Philological Association), 1995 “Sappho: Love and
Song,” an hour workshop at the 21st Annual National
Women’s Music Festival, "Songs of Sappho," (repeat) performance/lecture at "Songs of Sappho," performance/talk given at "Songs of Sappho," performance/talk given at "Songs of Sappho," performance/lecture at "Themes in Sappho," talk given for Change and Tradition
Faculty, "Songs of Sappho," performance/talk given at "Dressed to Kill: Creative Costuming," talk given at IFLTA (Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association), 1997 "Songs of Sappho," performance/talk given at "Songs of Sappho," performance/talk given at “Songs of Sappho,” performance/talk given at “Songs of Sappho,” (repeat) performance/talk given at Two Songs of Sappho on the Internet, 1999 (supported by a grant from CAMWS) “Songs of
Sappho,” two performance/talks given at the “Songs of Sappho,” performance/talk given at meeting of
the LCA (Louisiana Classical Association, “Songs of Sappho,” performance/talk given at Smiles of Sappho, 90 minute video on Sappho (supported by a grant from the Classics Department of Butler University) “Songs of Sappho,” performance/talk given at “Songs of Sappho,” performance/talk given at the “Songs of Sappho,” performance/talk given at “Songs of Sappho,” as keynote speaker for statewide Latin Student Program, Clowes Hall, Butler University, Indiana, 2002 “Songs of Sappho,” performance/talk given at “Singing Sappho,” talk given at Ohio State Classical
Conference, “Graham Greene’s Potting Shed and Sophocles’
Oedipus,” talk given at “Songs of Sappho,” performance/talk given at “Songs of Sappho,” performance/talk given at Marian College, Indiana, 2007 “Songs of
Sappho,” performance/talk given at “Songs of
Sappho,” performance/talk given at Other "Pronunciation of Sanskrit," lectures at Siddha Yoga Dham, "Kashmir Shaivism: A Practical Philosophy and Cosmology,"
talk given at "Chanting the Vedas," talk for Odd Topics Society, "Re-creating Sophocles:
An Integrated Series of Writing Assignments," talk for WAC
(Writing Across the Curriculum) workshop,
"Student Revision: An
Experiment that Worked," talk given at Workshop on Grading and Writing,
at "Euripides' Bacchae,"
illustrated talk given those involved in production of The Bacchae, Interview on The Bacchae and Greek
Theater: for videotape on Euripides' Bacchae, "Longing of the Soul: the Poetry of Rumi,"
chapel talk, "Modern Slides on Ancient Topics," talk given at meeting of ICC (Indiana Classical Conference), 1995 "Anonymous Overnight Writes," talk for WAC (Writing Across
the Curriculum) workshop, "Nuat Thai Massage," talk for
Odd Topics Society, "Greek Lyric Poetry," talk given on Latin Day (for 100
high school students) at "From Dionysus to "The Eleusinian Mysteries," talk given on Latin Day (for
100 high school students) at Sang Homer and Sappho for high school students at National Meeting
of JCL (Junior Classical League) at “Teaching Rumi: Intellect and Energy,” talk given at
the Rumi 2000 Conference at the "Rumi and the Whirling
Dervishes," introduction to Whirling Dervishes at Clowes
Hall, "Rumi and Universalism," talk for Bloomington Dialog Group, autumn 2004. “Dancing in Many Doorways,” program on Universality and
Spiritual Paths, Church Within, Radio interview for Rubicon Salon, V. Honors and Awards Elected to Phi Beta Kappa 1965 Woodrow Wilson Fellow 1965-6 Creative Teacher of the Year award (Indiana Classical Conference) 1997 Recipient of Grant from Butler Classics Department to make professional videotapes, 1997 Teaching Excellence Award, Recipient of NEH fellowship (on Mystic Literature of Islam), 1999
Email: psaffire@butler.edu |
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