​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Lecturer

BAHons (German), MPhil (Ancient Studies), Stellenbosch

Email: amydaniels@sun.ac.za

About

I am a professional educator with a passion for social history and Latin. The following principles guide my teaching and research practice: service with integrity, leadership by example, and respect for human dignity. Combined with a passion for learning and a light-hearted approach to interacting with my students, I hope to spur others on to love of people, difference, language, history and culture, in all their beautiful complexity and variety.​

Areas of Specialisation

• Augustine of Hippo

• Reception of Classical Antiquity

• Classics in South African Higher Education
  
  

Courses Taught in 2021

• ​​​Latin 178 (Beginning Latin)

• Latin 214 (Intermediate Grammar)

• Ancient Cultures 144 (Introduction​ to the Ancient World II: Greece and Rome)
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Current & Recent Projects

• PhD project on Augstine of Hippo and martyrdom discourse

• Lingua Musica: The ​application of classical aural training techniques in teaching Latin

• DiaLogical Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-697939557​​
  
  

Awards

• First-year Academy awards in recognition of excellence by top-achieving students (2017-2019)

• Early Career Research Grant (2017-2018, Stellenbosch University)

• Department of Ancient Studies, Stellenbosch University bursary (2010 - 2011)

• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) bursary for German (2008)

• Leipzig University Herder Institute Summer course bursary (2008)

• Stellenbosch University Merit Bursary (2006 - 2008)

• Golden Key Honour Society (inducted 2006)