About
Daniel Walden is an assistant professor in the Honors College. Prior to working at UTulsa he was a lecturer in Classical Studies at the University of Michigan, where he took his Ph.D. in 2021. His research interests include Greek epic poetry, ancient conceptions of personal identity, comparative Indo-European poetics, political philosophy, liturgical language, and the reception of classical antiquity among gay communities.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Michigan
Dissertation: To Sing the Deeds of Men: Epithet and Identity in Homeric Epic - A.B., Columbia University
Research interests and areas of expertise
- Archaic Greek poetry
- Comparative and historical linguistics
- Indo-European language family
- Comparative poetics
- Latin oratory and rhetoric
- Roman law
- Gay and lesbian studies
- Classical reception