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Bradley A. Skeen
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Collinsville IL
62234
e-mail: ********@*****.***
I. Education
Undergraduate.
B.A. History cum laude, University of Missouri at St. Louis, 1981-1987.
Graduate.
M.A. Classics, Washington University (St. Louis),
1987-88.
PhD. Coursework, Classical Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities,
1988-1993.
II. Teaching Experience
I acted as the teaching assistant in one or two courses per quarter in the classics department of
the University of Minnesota between 1988 and 1993 including Greek Mythology, Greek
Religion, Roman Religion, Introduction to Judaism, The Age of Augustus, The Age of Homer, The
Bible: Wisdom, Poetry and Apocalyptic, Biblical prophecy, and The Modern Study of the Old
Testament. I also taught the class, Introduction to the Humanities: Rome at the Metro State
University, Minneapolis MN, in the Spring quarter of 1992, and fall 1992. This is a lecture and
discussion class designed to introduce under-graduate students majoring outside the humanities
to the history and culture of Rome. The first section of the course was taught as a seminar. For
reference, contact: Lawrence Moe, Metro-State University, 700 E. 7th St., St. Paul MN 55106,
651-***-****; e-mail: ********.***@**********.***.
I have taught Ancient Greek as an adjunct at Webster University, Spring Semester 1999
(supervisor: Emily Thompson, 314-***-****, and at Washington University, Fall Semester
2000 (supervisor: Robert Lamberton, 314-***-****.
III. Publications
Note that for the last five years I've been working principally as a freelance writer.
Review of: “George W. MacRae, S.J., Studies in New Testament and Gnosticism Good News
Studies 26 (Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1987),” in Patristics 17.2 (1989):
4.
Review of: “Miroslav Marcovitch, Studies in Graeco-Roman Religions and Gnosticism. Studies
in Greek and Roman Religion 4. (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1988),” in Patristics 19.2
(1991): 6.
"A Note on a Hematite Falcon in the Louvre," in Die Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik
133 (2000): 149-152.
http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/ifa/zpe/downloads/2000/133pdf/133149.pdf
Review of: “Abusch, Tzvi, Mesopotamian Witchcraft: Toward a History and
Understanding of Babylonian Witchcraft Beliefs and Literature. Ancient
Magic and Divination 5 (Leiden: Brill Styx, 2002),” in Journal for the
Academic Study of Magic 2 (2004): 381-84.
Review of: “Savage-Smith, Emilie, ed.: Magic and Divination in Early Islam. The
Formation of the Classical Islamic World 42, General editor Lawrence I.
Conrad. Aldershot: Ashgate Variorum. 2004. li, 394 pages, Hardback.
ISBN 0-86078-715-X $149.95 £82.50” in Journal for the Academic Study
of Magic 3 (2005).
The Articles: “Gender Structures and Roles Greece,” “Gender Structures and Roles Rome,”
“Numbers and Counting Africa,” “Religions and Cosmology Mesopotamia /
Near East,” “Religions and Cosmology Greece,” “Sacred Sites Greece,”
“Resistance and Dissent Temperate Europe,” “Writing Mesopotamia / Near
East,” “Writing Temperate Europe,” “Scandal Temperate Europe,” in The
Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World Peter I. Bouqucki, ed.
(New York: Facts on File, 2007).
The Articles: “Alchemy and Magic Asia/Pacific,” “Architecture Africa,” “Astronomy
Africa,” “Astronomy Europe,” “Borders and Frontiers Europe,” “Climate and
Geography Asia/Pacific,” “Climate and Geography Islamic World,” “Empires
and Dynasties Europe,” “Exploration Africa,” “Exploration Islamic World,”
“Food Americas” “Health and Disease Americas” “Health and Disease
Europe,” “Household Goods Africa,” “Inventions Africa,” “Money and
Coinage Africa,” “Nomadic and Pastoral Societies Europe,” “Resistance and
Dissent Europe,” Scandals and Corruption Europe,” “Science Africa,”
“Science Europe,” “Social Collapse and Abandonment Africa,” “Social
Collapse and Abandonment Europe,” “Weights and Measures,--Europe,” along
with several of the section introductions, in The Encyclopedia of Society and
Culture in the Medieval World Pam J. Crabtree, ed. (New York: Facts on File,
2008).
The Articles: “Barry Goldwater,” “Stephen Douglas,” “Robert J. Oppenheimer,” “Tom Paine,”
“Tecumseh,” and “Victoria Woodhull,” in Milestone Documents of American
Leaders (Dallas: Schlager Group, 2009).
‘“Young” by Anne Sexton,” in Poetry for Students 31 (Gale, 2009).
“Mansfield Park by Jane Austen,” in Novels for Students 29 (Gale, 2009).
“Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne,” in Novels for Students 30 (Gale, 2009).
‘“A Horseman in the Sky' by Ambrose Bierce,” in Short Stories for Students 26 (Gale, 2009).
“Fact or Fiction The Truth about Gladiator and the Emperor Commodus,” Calliope (August
2009).
The Articles: “The Res Gestae Divi Augusti,” “Codex Theodosianus,” “The Constitution of
Carthage in Aristotle's Politics,” in Milestone Documents of World Leaders
(Dallas: Schlager Group, 2009).
"'The Grasshopper and the Cricket' by John Keats," in Poetry for Students 32 (Gale, 2010).
"'The Old Stoic' by Emily Brontë' in Poetry for Students 33 (Gale, 2010).
"Trojan Women by Euripides," in Drama for Students, 27 (Gale, 2010).
"Dune by Frank Herbert," in Novels for Students 32 (Gale, 2010).
"The Bridge over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle," in Novels for Students 33 (Gale, 2010).
"'Two Friends' by Guy de Maupassant," in Short Stories for Students 28 (Gale, 2010).
"'Dog Star' by Arthur C. Clarke," in Short Stories for Students 29 (Gale, 2010).
"'Thank You, Ma'am' by Langston Hughes," Short Stories for Students 29 (Gale, 2010).
"'Beware the Dog' by Roald Dahl," in Short Stories for Students 30 (Gale, 2010).
"Suzanne Fisher Staples, Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind," Novels for Students (Gale, 2010).
"'Song To the Men of England' by Percy Bysshe Shelley," in Poetry for Students 36 (Gale, 2010).
"'Lorelei,'" by Heinrich Heine," in Poetry for Students 37 (Gale, 2010).
The articles: "The Emerald Tablet," "Enuma Elish," "Muhammad," "Paracelsus," "Orpheus" and,
"The Key of Solomon," Milestone Documents of Religious Leaders (Dallas:
Schlager Group: 2010).
"The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells," Novels for Students 36 (Gale Cengage Learning,
2010).
"Andromache by Jean Racine," Drama for Students 28 (Gale Cengage Learning, 2010).
"Noises Off by Michael Frayn," Drama for Students 28 (Gale Cengage, 2010).
"The Californian's Tale by Mark Twain," Short Stories for Students 33 (Gale Cengage
Learning, 2010).
"Sappho, Fragment 16," Poetry for Students 38 (Gale Cengage Learning).
"Invitation to a Voyage by Charles Baudelaire," Poetry for Students 38 (Gale Cengage
Learning, 2011).
"Syrinx by Amy Clampitt," Poetry For Students for Students 39 (Gale Cengage Learning,
2010).
Articles for The on-line version of the Milestone Documents Series (Schalger): "Alberti, On
Painting," "Aristotle, Politics," "Arrian, Anabasis," "Goethe, Sorrows of Young
Werther," Plato, "Republic."
"The Unvanquished by William Faulkner," Novels for Students 38 (Gale Cengage Learning,
2011).
"The Loveliest of Trees by A. E. Housman," Poetry for Students 40 (Gale Cengage Learning,
2011).
"Half a Life by V. S. Naipaul," Novels for Students 39 (Gale Cengage Learning, 2011).
"The Stronger by August Strindberg," Drama for Students 29 (Gale Cengage Learning, 2011).
"Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein," Novels for Students 40 (Gale Cengage
Learning, 2011).
"In a Grove by Ryunosuke," Short Stories for Students 35 (Gale Cengage Learning, 2011).
"The Forge by Seamus Heaney," Poetry for Students 41 (Gale Cengage Learning, 2011).
"The Ramayana by R. K. Narayan" Novels for Students 41 (Gale Cengage Learning, 2012).
"The Sentinel by Arthur C. Clarke," Short Stories for Students 36 (Gale Cengage Learning,
2012).
"Petrarch, Sonnet 140," Poetry for Students 42 (Gale Cengage Learning, 2012).
"Invictus by W. E. Henley," Poetry for Students 43 (Gale Cengage Learning, 2012).
"Sappho, Fragment 36," Poetry for Students 44 (Gale Cengage Learning, 2012).
"The Wizard of Oz by L, Frank Baum," Novels for Students 43 (Gale Cengage Learning, 2012).
"Far Away by Caryl Churchill, "Drama for Students 30 (Gale-Cengage Learning, 2012).
"A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.," Novels for Students 44 (Gale Cengage
Learning, 2013).
“Peace by Rupert Brooke,” Poetry for Students 45 (Gale-Cengage Learning, 2013).
“Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë,” Novels for Students 45 (Gale-Cengage Learning, 2013).
“When I Was a Little Girl and My Mother Didn’t Want Me by Joyce Carol Oates,” Drama for
Students 31 (Gale-Cengage Learning, 2013).
“Her Kind by Anne Sexton,” Poetry for Students 47 (Gale-Gengage Learning, 2013).
“Monster by Frank Peretti,” Novels for Students 46 (Gale-Cengage Learning, 2013).
“The Infant Prodigy by Thomas Mann,” Short Stories for Students 39 (Gale-Cengage Learning,
2013).
"War in Iraq 311-309 BC" Strategy & Tactics 285 (Apr. 2014): 60-62.
"Empousa," and "Lamia," in The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Jeffrey
Andrew Weinstock, ed. (Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2014), pp. 211-12, 368-70
In Press:
“A Logic Named Joe by Murray Leinster,” Short Stories for Students 39 (Gale-Cengage
Learning, 2014).
“Yet Do I Marvel by Countee Cullen,” Poetry for Students 48 (Gale-Cengage Learning, 2014).
“Growing Up by Russell Baker,” Novels for Students 48 (Gale-Cengage Learning, 2014).
“You and I by Rumi,” Poetry for Students 49 (Gale-Cengage Learning, 2014).
“Tobacco Road by Taylor Caldwell,” Novels for Students 49 (Gale-Cengage Learning, 2014).
“Black Nativity by Langston Hughes,” Drama for Students 32 (Gale-Cengage Learning, 2014).
“A Turn With the Sun by John Knowles,” Short Stories for Students 41 (Gale-Cengage Learning,
2014).
“Taking Leave of a Friend by Rihaku,” Poetry for Students 50 (Gale-Cengage Learning, 2014).
"Tecumseh and the Siege of Ft. Meigs" Strategy & Tactics.
In preparation:
“A ί for the Baths (SM 76; Pap. Yale 134.3-4)”
“Notes on some Oriental Themes in Mithraic Iconography”
Irregular Warfare in the Ancient Iraq
VIII. References
Marcia Merryman Means
Editor
Schlager Group
2501 Oak Lawn Ave
Dallas, TX 75219
******@*************.***
Robert Lamberton
Professor
Department of Classics
Washington University
Campus Box 1050
St. Louis MO 63130
********@*****.***
Oliver Nicholson
Assistant Professor
Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies
University of Minnesota
Classical & Near Eastern Studies
245 Nich Hall 216 Pillsbury Dr SE
Minneapolis MN 55455
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