"Se svou neúnavnou prací" : Antonín Salac̆ and classics at the margins
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- In this dissertation, I give an account of the history of classical studies in Czechoslovakia, focalized through the life and career of the philologist, epigrapher, and archaeologist Antonín Salač (1885-1960). Salač was born, educated, and habilitated in Prague, in the center of Europe but the margins of classicism. What does the study of Graeco-Roman antiquity look like in circumstances like these? Because of the relative geopolitical marginality of Czechoslovakia, as well as the relative marginality of classical studies in Czech culture, in order to facilitate their scholarly work, Salač and his colleagues were compelled to leverage a host of strategies to which our histories of classical studies rooted in great powers and "source nations" have failed to acquaint us—strategies running the gamut from theories of "small nations" to quasi-core-periphery economic relations, subtended by historical forces like Pan-Slavism and Czech nationalism. I also integrate into my dissertation people—women, diggers, "local enablers"—and narratives—dead ends, false starts, unanswered questions—not typically accorded space in our histories of classical studies. Thus, the life and career of Antonín Salač become an opportunity for a new perspective on the people and practices that create both classical studies and its histories.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2016 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | De Armond, Thea |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Classics. |
| Primary advisor | Shanks, Michael |
| Thesis advisor | Shanks, Michael |
| Thesis advisor | Ceserani, Giovanna |
| Thesis advisor | Parker, Grant Richard, 1967- |
| Advisor | Ceserani, Giovanna |
| Advisor | Parker, Grant Richard, 1967- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Thea De Armond. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Classics. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2016. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2016 by Thea Sabrina De Armond
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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