VITAE
Jeanne
Reames
Martin Professor of European History, 2009-2011
287-K ASH, Department
of History
University of Nebraska at
Omaha
Omaha, NE 68182; 402/554-2489
Educational History
Ph.D The
Pennsylvania
State
University, 1998 (History)
Dissertation topic -- "Hephaistion Amyntoros: Éminence Grise at the
Court of Alexander the Great"
M.Div Candler
School
of
Theology, Emory University, 1989
(Early Church History/Counseling)
B.A. The University of
Florida, 1985 (English/Creative
Writing)
Academic Areas for
Publishing
(1) Argead Macedonia/Alexander the Great
(2) Greek religion
(3) Greek gender studies
Additional Areas of
Teaching Interest
Books
Other
Publications
**Published as Reames:
-- "Book Review: Alexander the Great, A New
History," Waldemar Heckel and Lawrence A. Tritle,
eds., Blackwell, 2009, in The
Canadian Journal of History 45.1 (2010) forthcoming.
-- "The Cult of Hephaistion," Responses to Oliver Stone's 'Alexander,'
Paul Cartledge and Fiona Greenland, eds., (Madison: Univ. of
Wisconsin Press, 2010) 183-217.
-- "Indeterminate Creatures," Native American Literatures: Generations,
no. 2, summer 2010.
-- "The Philoas Affair ... Again," Macedonian Legacies, Jeanne Reames and
Timothy Howe, eds. (Claremont,
CA: Regina Books, 2009) 165-81.
-- "Book
Review:
Empire
of Ashes by Nicholas Nicastro," Amphora, American Philological
Association, 6.1 (2007).
-- "Alexander as Icon: Some Socio-Political Contexts of
Alexander the Great in Twentieth-Century Fiction," Alexander's Empire: From
Formulation to Decay, Waldemar Heckel and P. V.
Wheatley, eds (Claremont, CA: Regina Books, 2006) 233-44.
**Published as
Reames-Zimmerman:
-- "A
History
of
Alexander on the Big Screen," Amphora, American Philological
Association, 3.2 (2004).
-- "Alexander the Great," "Macedonian Ruler Cult," "Theseus,"
and "Astrology," Holy People of the World: an
Encyclopedia, 3 vols., Phyllis Jestice, ed., Santa
Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2004.
-- "The Mourning of Alexander the Great," Syllecta
Classica 12 (2001) 98-145.
-- "An Atypical Affair? Alexander the Great, Hephaistion, and
the Nature of Their Relationship," The Ancient History
Bulletin 13.3 (1999) 81-96.
-- (with Eugene N. Borza) "Some New Thoughts on the Death of
Alexander the Great," The Ancient World 31.1 (2000)
1-9.
-- Book Review. "Introducing the Bible. Volume 1: the Old
Testament and Intertestamental Literature," The Review of
Biblical Literature Online for the Society of Biblical
Literature
-- "Was Alexander the Great Gay?" Greek American Review
52.626 (Nov. 1999) 19-21.
Conference Papers
-- Annual Missouri Valley History Conference, March 5, 2010,
Omaha, NE, "Aristocracy and Aristocratic Terminology in Argead
Macedonia."
-- Annual
-- Fourth International Symposium on Alexander the Great, April
3-5, 2008,
-- Annual Missouri Valley History
Conference, March 5-7, 2005; "Fire
Bringer: Oliver Stone's Alexander."
-- Second Alexander the Great Symposium,
January 20-22, 2005, Calgary, Alberta; invited paper,
"Alexander as Icon: Some Socio-Political Contexts of Alexander
the Great in Twentieth-Century Fiction."
-- Classical Association of Atlantic States, October 9, 2004;
"Alexander
as
Icon: Some Socio-Political Contexts of Alexander the Great in
Twentieth-Century Fiction."
-- Annual Missouri Valley History
Conference, March 4, 2004; "Alexander as Icon: Some
Socio-Political Contexts of Alexander the Great in
Twentieth-Century Fiction."
-- Annual Missouri Valley History Conference, March 6, 2003,
invited commentator on: "Alexander the Great: Generalship at
Gaugamela and Hydaspes" by C. J. Donewald
-- Alexander the Great symposium, January 18-19, 2002,
Calgary, Alberta; invited paper, "Hephaistion, Alexander's
Diplomatic-Logistical Wizard?"
-- Annual Meeting, Association of Ancient Historians, May
2001, Lubbock, TX; Session 2: Makedonica panel, "Hephaistion,
Alexander's Diplomatic-Logistical Wizard?"
-- "'What's your name again?' A Mystery at Alexander's Court."
October 12, 2000, University of Nebraska at Omaha,
history colloquium
-- Annual Meeting, American Philological Association, December
1999, Dallas, TX: "An Atypical Affair? Alexander the
Great, Hephaistion Amyntoros, and the nature of their
relationship"
-- Spring Meeting of the Classical Association of Atlantic
States, spring 2000, "An Atypical Affair? Alexander the
Great, Hephaistion Amyntoros, and the nature of their
relationship" (accepted, but
never presented for reasons of scheduling conflicts)
-- Annual Meeting, American Philological Association,
December, 1998, Washington, DC: "Some New Thoughts on the
Death of Alexander the Great" (with Eugene N. Borza).
Teaching Experience
Associate Professor,
The University of Nebraska, Omaha (tenured) -
fall 2000 to present
| World Civilization 1 |
Greek History &
Civilization |
Greek I (language) |
| Greek Myth & Religion |
Alexander the Great & the
Macedonian Origin |
Rome & the Early Church |
| Pre-Islamic Persia & Mesopotamia | Gender, Ethnicity &
Sexuality in Ancient Greece (grad seminar) |
Greek Battle Experience (grad seminar) |
| Historical Methods (pre-printing press) | Ancient Macedonia (grad seminar) | Etruscans (grad seminar) |
| Greek Civilization |
Roman Civilization |
Classical Mythology |
| Jewish and Christian
Foundations |
Hebrew Bible |
World Religions |
At the University of
Nebraska, Omaha:
--Missouri Valley History Conference Coordinator (2012-13)
--Book Exibit Coordinator, Missouri Valley History
Conference (2010-11)
--Faculty Senate (2006-09)
--Faculty Senate: Academic and Curricular Affairs standing
subcommittee, chair, spring 2009
-- Martin Fund, Newsletter & Recruitment Committees
(history)
-- Member, Native American Studies faculty
--Coordinator, Richard Dean Winchell Lecture Series, History
Department (2001-04)
-- Department of History website designer and maintainer
(2004-present)
--Ad hoc committee on ancient foreign language acquisition
Nationally:
-- American Philological Association
-- Archaeological Institute of America
-- Association of Ancient Historians
-- The Women's Classical Caucus
Honor Societies:
-- Eta Sigma Phi, Phi Alpha Theta, Phi Kappa Phi
Service to the Community and Profession
-- Reviewer or consultant for reviews on Oliver Stone's Alexander: