Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer

Classics professor at UChicago and Director of IFK

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Research Expertise

History and Philosophy of Science

Political Science and International Relations

Literature and Literary Theory

History

Cultural Studies

Linguistics and Language

Language and Linguistics

Classics

About

Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer works on Roman imperial literature, the history of rhetoric and philosophy, and on the reception of the western classical tradition in contemporary China. She is the author of 5 books on the ancient novel, Neronian literature, political theatricality, and Stoic philosophy, the most recent of which is Persius: A Study in Food, Philosophy, and the Figural (Winner of the 2016 Goodwin Award of Merit). She has also edited or co-edited 7 wide-ranging essay collections (two of them Cambridge Companions) and the “Seneca in Translation” series from the University of Chicago. Bartsch’s new translation of Vergil’s Aeneid was released from Random House in 2021; in 2022, she is publishing a monograph on the contemporary Chinese reception of ancient Greek political philosophy. Bartsch has been a Guggenheim fellow, edits the journal KNOW, and has held visiting scholar positions in St. Andrews, Taipei, and Rome. Starting in academic year 2015, she has led a university-wide initiative to explore the historical and social contexts in which knowledge is created, legitimized, and circulated.

Publications

Plato’s Republic in the People’s Republic of China

KNOW: A Journal on the Formation of Knowledge / Mar 01, 2019

Bartsch, S. (2019). Plato’s Republic in the People’s Republic of China. KNOW: A Journal on the Formation of Knowledge, 3(1), 167–191. https://doi.org/10.1086/701869

The Ancient Greeks in Modern China: History and Metamorphosis 237

Receptions of Greek and Roman Antiquity in East Asia / Nov 13, 2018

Bartsch, S. (2018). The Ancient Greeks in Modern China: History and Metamorphosis 237. Receptions of Greek and Roman Antiquity in East Asia, 237–257. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004370715_013

Les facettes d’un tyran

Critique / Jan 01, 2017

Bartsch, S., Balibar, F., & Roger, Ph. (2017). Les facettes d’un tyran. Critique, n° 846(11), 919. https://doi.org/10.3917/criti.846.0919

The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Nero

Nov 09, 2017

Bartsch, S., Freudenburg, K., & Littlewood, C. (Eds.). (2017). The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Nero. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107280489

Introduction: Angles on an Emperor

The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Nero / Nov 09, 2017

Bartsch, S., Freudenburg, K., & Littlewood, C. (2017). Introduction: Angles on an Emperor. The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Nero, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107280489.002

The Aeneid as ‘Weaker Text’ and Fulgentius’ Radical Hermeneutics

Complex Inferiorities / Nov 08, 2018

Bartsch, S. (2018). The Aeneid as ‘Weaker Text’ and Fulgentius’ Radical Hermeneutics. Complex Inferiorities, 225–244. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198814061.003.0013

Roman Literature: Translation, Metaphor & Empire

Daedalus / Apr 01, 2016

Bartsch, S. (2016). Roman Literature: Translation, Metaphor & Empire. Daedalus, 145(2), 30–39. https://doi.org/10.1162/daed_a_00373

Jamie Romm. Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero. New York: Knopf, 2014. 336 pp.

Critical Inquiry / Jun 01, 2015

Bartsch-Zimmer, S. (2015). Jamie Romm. Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero. New York: Knopf, 2014. 336 pp. Critical Inquiry, 41(4), 897–898. https://doi.org/10.1086/681792

Philosophy, Physicians, and Persianic Satire

Selfhood and the Soul / Mar 02, 2017

Bartsch, S. (2017). Philosophy, Physicians, and Persianic Satire. Selfhood and the Soul, 273–302. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198777250.003.0014

Seneca

The Cambridge Companion to Seneca / Feb 16, 2015

Bartsch, S., & Schiesaro, A. (2015). Seneca. The Cambridge Companion to Seneca, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1017/cco9781139542746.001

Senecan Selves*

The Cambridge Companion to Seneca / Feb 16, 2015

Bartsch, S. (2015). Senecan Selves*. The Cambridge Companion to Seneca, 187–198. https://doi.org/10.1017/cco9781139542746.018

Rhetoric and Stoic Philosophy

The Oxford Handbook of Rhetorical Studies / Feb 03, 2014

Bartsch, S. (2014). Rhetoric and Stoic Philosophy. The Oxford Handbook of Rhetorical Studies, 214–224. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199731596.013.017

Persius, Juvenal, and Stoicism

A Companion to Persius and Juvenal / Sep 21, 2012

Bartsch, S. (2012). Persius, Juvenal, and Stoicism. A Companion to Persius and Juvenal, 217–238. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118301074.ch10

Ethical Judgment and Narratorial Apostrophe in Lucan’s Bellum Civile

Götter und menschliche Willensfreiheit

Bartsch, S. (n.d.). Ethical Judgment and Narratorial Apostrophe in Lucan’s Bellum Civile. Götter Und Menschliche Willensfreiheit, 87–97. https://doi.org/10.4000/books.chbeck.1439

Lucan and Historical Bias

Brill's Companion to Lucan / Jan 01, 2011

Bartsch, S. (2011). Lucan and Historical Bias. Brill’s Companion to Lucan, 303–316. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004217096_016

Introduction: Eight Ways of Looking at an Ekphrasis

Classical Philology / Jan 01, 2007

Bartsch, S., & Elsner, J. (2007). Introduction: Eight Ways of Looking at an Ekphrasis. Classical Philology, 102(1), i–vi. https://doi.org/10.1086/521128

“Wait a Moment, Phantasia”: Ekphrastic Interference in Seneca and Epictetus

Classical Philology / Jan 01, 2007

Bartsch, S. (2007). “Wait a Moment, Phantasia”: Ekphrastic Interference in Seneca and Epictetus. Classical Philology, 102(1), 83–95. https://doi.org/10.1086/521134

Lucan

A Companion to Ancient Epic

Bartsch, S. (n.d.). Lucan. A Companion to Ancient Epic, 492–502. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470996614.ch36

Narrative

The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel / May 15, 2008

Whitmarsh, T., & Bartsch, S. (2008). Narrative. The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel, 237–258. https://doi.org/10.1017/ccol9780521865906.014

Ars and the Man: The Politics of Art in Virgil's Aeneid

Classical Philology / Oct 01, 1998

Bartsch, S. (1998). Ars and the Man: The Politics of Art in Virgil’s Aeneid. Classical Philology, 93(4), 322–342. https://doi.org/10.1086/449404

Education

University of California Berkeley

Ph.D, Classics / December, 1992

Berkeley, California, United States of America

Harvard University

Ph.D. Program, Classics / June, 1988

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Princeton University

BA, Classics / June, 1987

Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Experience

University of Chicago

Co-Founder and Inaugural Director, Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge / July, 2015 — Present

Helen A. Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor of Classics / January, 2012 — Present

affiliated in the Program in Gender Studies

Ann L. and Lawrence B. Buttenwieser Professsor of Classics and Professor in the Committee on the History of Culture / 2009 — 2011

affiliated in the Program in Gender Studies

Ann L. and Lawrence B. Buttenwieser Professsor of Classics and Professor in the Committee on the History of Culture / 2005 — 2008

Chair, Committee on the History of Culture / 2006 — 2008

(a Ph.D granting program)

Chair, Department of Classics / 2001 — 2004

Professor of Classics and of The Committee on the History of Culture / 1998 — 2005

Visiting Associate Professor of Classics / January, 1998 — June, 1998

Brown University

W. Duncan MacMillan II Professor of Classics / 2008 — 2009

University of California, Berkeley

Associate Professor of Classics and Rhetoric / 1995 — 1998

Assistant Professor of Classics and Rhetoric / 1992 — 1995

Acting Assistant Professor of Classics and Rhetoric / 1991 — 1992

Links & Social Media

Academic website

ORCID

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