Lecturer
BAHons (German), MPhil (Ancient Studies), Stellenbosch
Email: amydaniels@sun.ac.za
Currciulum Vitae
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
Courses Taught in 2024
Ancient Cultures Honours: North Africa and the Intellectual tradition (Augustine of Hippo's De Civitate Dei
Latin 214: Cornelius Nepos' Vita Hannibalis: presenting an African hero to African students
Ancient Cultures 214/314: Romen women (The construction of Agrippina the Younger; Vestal Virgins; women at the periphery: sex workers and enslaved women)
Ancient Cultures 144: Pompeii: Life in an ancient Roman city
Current & Recent Projects
PhD project on Augstine of Hippo's anti-Donatist maryr sermons
Augustine's martyr sermons as vehicles of vicarious posttraumatic growth
Centering the African: Latin teaching about Hannibal
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)
