College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of Classics The University of Iowa

Craig GibsonCraig Gibson

Associate Professor
Editor, Syllecta Classica

The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242-1418
E-mail: craig-gibson@uiowa.edu

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Craig A. Gibson is associate professor of Classics, and has been with the department since 1999. Courses he teaches include Gender & Sexuality in the Ancient World, Ancient Law and Society, and courses in Latin and Greek literature at all levels. Greek and Roman oratory and rhetoric, ancient scholarship, and later Greek literature are his main areas of expertise. Much of his research focuses on later Greek rhetorical education and the ancient reception of Demosthenes, which was also the subject of his first book, Interpreting a Classic: Demosthenes and his Ancient Commentators (2002). His new translation of Libanius' Progymnasmata is forthcoming from the Society of Biblical Literature (2008). He is currently working on several articles dealing with progymnasmata and historical declamation. Professor Gibson received a B.A. in Classics from Rhodes College and a Ph.D. in Classical Studies from Duke University.