William John Dominik

William J. Dominik was awarded his PhD in Classics from Monash University (Australia) in 1989. Presently he is Visiting Professor (Professor Visitante) in Classical Studies at the University of Juiz de Fora (Brazil), Integrated Researcher (Investigador Integrado) in Classical Studies at the University of Lisbon, and Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Otago (New Zealand). Dominik has lectured widely in Classics and the Humanities, especially at the University of Otago, where he served as Professor and Chair of Classics; at the University of Natal (South Africa), where he also served as Professor and Chair of Classics; and at the University of Lisbon, where he has served as a Visiting Professor and Integrated Researcher (Investigador Integrado) in Classical Studies; he has also held visiting professorships and/or other positions at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Federal University of Bahia (Brazil), University of Oxford, University of Edinburgh, University of Cambridge, University of Leeds, Texas Tech University, and Monash University for periods ranging from 6 months to 3 years. Dominik is the author or editor of 364 publications (counting revised editions, reprints and contracted publications) in 19 countries, including 26 books, on Roman literature and rhetoric, the classical tradition and reception, lexicography and other topics. He was also the Founding Editor and Manager of the twenty-year (1992–2011) international Classics series Scholia (South Africa / New Zealand), which published 862 contributions by 392 scholars and academics at 193 universities in 36 countries and was distributed in printed form throughout 49 countries; in addition, he served as Editor/Co‑editor of Latin Literature and Culture for The Literary Encyclopedia (England). Dominik has delivered 167 papers (including posters) at 65 universities and before 10 professional societies in 18 countries, including the Third Biennial Constantine Leventis Memorial Lecture at the University of Ibadan (Nigeria), a Royal Society of New Zealand National Identity Symposium presentation, an Oxford Philological Society lecture, the keynote speech at the Thirty-fifth Biennial Conference of the Classical Association of South Africa: Old Age, a keynote address at the Federal University of Bahia Inaugural Classics Colloquium (Brazil), the Inaugural Seminar at the Federal University of Sergipe Postgraduate (Master’s Degree) Program in History (Brazil), and other invited lectures.