Warren Huard
Instructor, University of Winnipeg (Department of Classics)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Education
- PhD (May 2018)
- The Ohio State University, Department of Classics
- dissertation: "Herakles and Dionysos in Archaic Greece," supervised by Sarah Iles Johnston
- MA (October 2012)
- McGill University, Department of History and Classical Studies
- thesis: "Hero Cult in Pausanias," supervised by Bill Gladhill
- BA (May 2009)
- McGill University, Department of History and Classical Studies
Conference Presentations
- “Herakles in the Dionysian Context of Bacchylides 16”: presented on May 7, 2019 at the annual conference of the Classical Association of Canada, hosted by the Department of Classics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
- "Dionysos and the Olbios Herakles of Hes. Th. 954": presented on October 19, 2018 at the annual meeting of the Atlantic Classical Association, hosted by the Department of Classics at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- "Herakles and the Order of Zeus in Hesiod’s Theogony": presented on September 14, 2018 at the conference "Ex arches: looking back at the myths of origin" at the Department of Classics at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
- "The Association of Herakles and Dionysos in Homer": presented on May 10, 2017 at the annual conference of the Classical Association of Canada, hosted by the Department of Classics at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
- "Euripides’ Heracles: Becoming a Beast and a God": presented on March 28, 2015 at the graduate colloquium "Beauty in the Beast: Mutants, Monsters, and Monstrosities in the Ancient World" at the Department of Classics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
Research Interests
- mythological characters in archaic Greek epic poetry and figured pottery
- apotheosis and eschatology in ancient Greek religion
- the reception of Herakles/Hercules in the West