Bruce Russell
MA in Classics candidate (Ancient Philosophy)
Email: bruce.russell@dal.ca
Why Dal?
Top-notch faculty in an amazing city.
What inspires me
I’m inspired when I look to the ancient world and see lessons that are still relevant today. 3,000 years ago, Homer, in Book 24 of the Iliad showed the reconciliation between mortal enemies, Priam and Achilles. They are united by their common humanity: Achilles doesn’t see the enemy king; he sees his own father. Priam doesn’t see the man who slew so many of his sons, but rather he gazes “in wonder upon Achilles, so like the gods in beauty.” Perhaps more than ever, we today need to be able to move beyond our differences and, like Priam and Achilles, find joy in one another, despite our differences.
Teaching (teaching assistant)
Introductory Latin (CLAS 1800/2810), Fall/Winter 2012-13, 2013-14
The Roots of Greek Civilization (CLAS 2214), Fall 2012
The Classical Greek World (CLAS 2215), Winter 2013
I also taught an advanced high school Latin class at my alma mater, Armbrae Academy in 2012.
Publications
- “Poema Epicum Canadense,” Pseudo-Dionysius XV (2013): 62.
- “De Fato et Factis Troianorum in Libro Secundo Aeneidos,” Pseudo-Dionysius XIV (2012): 16-7.
Awards and honours
2013 Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship
2012 Presented paper “On the Battles of Cannae and Hadrianople” at the Atlantic Classical Association’s Annual Meeting, Charlottetown, PEI. 19-20 October, 2012
2012 Nicole Knox Award, Dalhousie University
2009-2013 Academic All-Canadian
2009 Almon-Welsford Testimonial Prize for Latin, University of King’s College