N. 8 – 2009 – Saastamoinen-CV
Ari I.
Saastamoinen
Post Doctoral Researcher,
University of Manitoba, Department of Classics, 365, University College, 220,
Dysart Road, Winnipeg Manitoba, CANADA R3T2M8. e-mail: saastami@cc.umanitoba.ca
Home address: 585, River
Avenue, ap. 803, 585, River Avenue, ap. 803, Winnipeg Manitoba, CANADA R3L2S9.
SPECIAL INTERESTS
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Latin Epigraphy
·
Latin Literature
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Roman Cultural History (Roman North Africa).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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University of
Manitoba, Department of Classics, Post
Doctoral Researcher
·
University of Helsinki, Department of Classics: Lecturer in Latin 2002 – 2004.
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University of Helsinki, Department of Systematic Theology: Lecturer in
Latin 2003 – 2004.
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Käpylä High School of Science: Latin Teacher 1999 – 2001;
2003 – 2004; 2006 – 2008.
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University of Helsinki, Department of Classics, CIL X2 – project: Research Assistant 1996 – 2001.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Department of
Classics, University of Helsinki, 2008. Doctoral dissertation: The Phraseology and Structure of Latin
Building Inscriptions in Roman North Africa, 704 pages. Directors: Prof. O. Salomies and Prof.
H. Solin. Readers: Prof.
G.-L. Gregori, Sapienza - Università di Roma I and Prof. C. Badel,
Université de Haute Bretagne-Rennes II. The opponent: Prof. M.
Horster, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.
- M.A.,
Department of Classics, University of Helsinki, 1999. M.A thesis: APohjois-Afrikan rakennuspiirtokirjoitusten
stilistisestä kehityksestä@, 289 pages. [On the Stylistic Development of
North African Building Inscriptions].
- In Finland, registering
B.A. is optional; I could have done so in 1996.
LANGUAGES
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Ancient: Latin, reading knowledge of Classical Greek
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Modern: Finnish (mother tongue), English, French, Swedish; reading
knowledge of Italian and German; some knowledge of Modern Standard Arabic and
Modern Colloquial Arabic
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Afrikan loistavat kaupungit. Helsinki
University Press, 262 pages, to be published in the autumn 2009. [A sourcebook
in Finnish on North African Cultural History].
The Phraseology and Structure
of Latin Building Inscriptions in Roman North Africa. Helsinki 2008. A doctoral
dissertation; 704 pages; downloadable part: http://www.helsinki.fi/hum/kla/htm/projects.htm.
Q. Tullius Cicero et al., Aura popularis eli kuinka vaalit voitetaan.
Suomentaneet ja selitysosuudella varustaneet Laura Lahdensuu ja Ari
Saastamoinen. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Tammi, [Olympos 14], Helsinki 2007. [A Finnish translation and commentary on ancient texts
dealing with elections and voting].
P. Vergilius Maro, Paimenlauluja. Suomentaneet ja selitysosuudella
varustaneet Laura Lahdensuu ja Ari Saastamoinen. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Tammi [Olympos 8], Helsinki 2004. [A Finnish
translation and commentary on Virgil’s Eclogues].
Technology, Ideology, Water: from Frontinus to the
Renaissance and beyond, ed. C. Bruun, A.
Saastamoinen, [Acta Instituti Romani Finlandiae 31], Rome 2003.
Articles
‘The Common People in North African
Building Inscriptions’, in
L’Africa romana XVIII (2010, in press).
‘Some Observations on the Authorship of Latin
Building Inscriptions’, in
L’Africa romana XVII, ed. J. Gonzáles, P. Ruggeri, C. Vismara, R.
Zucca, Roma 2008, 237-252.
‘On the Local Characteristics of Roman Building
Inscriptions in the Roman North Africa’, in L’Africa Romana XVI, ed. A. Akerraz, P. Ruggeri, A. Siraj, C.
Vismara, Roma 2006, 1913-1927.
‘On the Problem of Recognising African Building
Inscriptions’, in L’Africa
Romana XV, ed. M. Khanoussi, P. Ruggeri, C. Vismara, Roma 2004, 1331-1342.
‘The Literary Character of Frontinus’
De aquae ductu’, in Technology, Ideology, Water: from Frontinus to
the Renaissance and beyond, ed. C. Bruun, A. Saastamoinen [Acta Instituti
Romani Finlandiae 31], Rome 2003, 15-39.
‘On the Problem of Recognising African Building
Inscriptions’, Arctos 36 (2002),
79-96.
‘Some Stylistical Criteria for the Dating of
Roman Building Inscriptions in North Africa’, in L’Africa Romana XIV, ed. M. Khanoussi, P. Ruggeri, C.
Vismara, Roma 2002, 1839-1850.
´Some Remarks on the Development of the Style
of Roman Building Inscriptions in the Roman North Africa’, in
L’Africa Romana XIII, ed. M. Khanoussi, P. Ruggeri, C. Vismara, Roma
2000, 1685-1693.
Popularising
articles in Finnish
’Vaalityötä Pompejissa’, Tieteen Kuvalehti 2/2008, 60-61 [= Illustreret
Videnskab = Science Illustrated], translated versions published simultaneously
in Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia, Norway, Netherlands, Sweden,
and United States in January 2008. [Ancient Electoral Campaigns].
‘Hiljaiseloa Tangerissa’, Helsingin Sanomat 24.2.2007, D2. [Quiet Days
at Tangier].
‘Viljava
Thugga’, Helsingin Sanomat 13.9.2003, E5. [Richness of Thugga].
’Antiikin sponsori rakensi kaupunkiaan’, Tiede 1/2003, 26-29. [Ancient Sponsor as a
Constructor of His Hometown].
Reviews
R. H. Rodgers (ed.),
Frontinus: De aquaeductu urbis
Romae, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2004. Classics Ireland 13
(2006), 131-134.
J. Bodel (ed.), Epigraphic Evidence. Ancient
history from inscriptions, Routledge, 2001. Arctos 38 (2004),
242-244.
A. Kivimäki - P. Tuomisto, Rooman keisarit,
Karisto 2000. Helikon (3/2001), 12-14.
Work in Progress
The Phraseology of Latin
Building Inscriptions in Roman North Africa. - A book based on my thesis, approx. 500 pages, to be published in Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum series
[Helsinki] in 2010.
‘Notes on two
inscriptions found in Téboursouk, Tunisia’. - An article under
preparation.
‘Erasures and recarvings
in Building Inscriptions in Roman North Africa’ - An article under
preparation.
‘Lexical Peculiarities in
the Late Antique Building Inscriptions’ - An article under preparation.
Papers
‘The Common
People in North African Building Inscriptions’, (December 13th, 2008, L=Africa Romana XVIII -congress in Olbia, Italy).
‘Some Observations on the Authorship of Latin
Building Inscriptions’,
(December 14th, 2006, L’Africa Romana XVII
–congress in Seville, Spain).
‘On the Local Characteristics
of Roman Building Inscriptions in the Roman North Africa’, (December 17th,
2004, L=Africa Romana XVI
–congress in Rabat, Morocco).
=On the Problem of Recognising African Building Inscriptions= , (December 14th,
2002, L=Africa Romana XV –congress in Tozeur, Tunisia).
=Some Stylistical Criteria for the Dating of Roman Building
Inscriptions in North Africa=, (December 8th, 2000, L=Africa Romana XIV -congress in Sassari, Italy).
=The Commentarius and Frontinus= De aquae
ductu=, (May 23th, 2000, Da Frontino all=epoca barocca -congress at Rome, Italy).
´Some Remarks on the Development of the Style
of Roman Building Inscriptions in the Roman North Africa.=, (December 12th,
1998, L=Africa Romana XIII -congress in Djerba, Tunisia).
Presentations
March 7, 2009, a paper entitled ‘Bloody
Spectacles as Benefactions: An Epigraphic Approach’ in CACW Conference
“Violence in Greek and Roman Antiquity”, Winnipeg, Canada.
January 23rd, 2009, A guest lecture on
Roman Epigraphy in the University of Manitoba, Canada.
November 24th, 2008, Visual Landscapes of
Late Antique North Africa Seminar, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
March 7th, 2008, An interview related my
thesis for conducted by The Finnish Broadcasting Company.
November 10th, 2007, The XVI Finnish Seminar
on Late Antiquity in Tvärminne, Finland.
October 14th, 2004, The XIII Finnish
Seminar on Late Antiquity in Tvärminne, Finland.
February 12th, 2004, Seminar for
postgraduates, organised by the Department of Classics at University of
Helsinki.
November 3rd, 2003, Seminar for
postgraduates, organised by the Department of Classics at University of
Helsinki.
September 27th, 2002, Seminar for
postgraduates, organised by the Department of Classics at University of
Helsinki.
February 15th, 2001, Seminar for
postgraduates, organised by the Department of Classics at University of
Helsinki.
December 12th, 2000, Meeting of The
Classical Association of Finland.
November 8th, 1997, The VI Finnish Seminar
on Late Antiquity in Tvärminne, Finland.
Memberships in Professional Organizations
- Archaeological
Institute of America 2008-
- Association Internationale d’Épigraphie
Grecque et Latine, 2001-
- The Classical Association of Finland, 1989-
Fellowships/Grants
2008 University of Manitoba: Post-doctoral Fellowship
(one year).
2008 University of Helsinki: travel grant.
2008 Kone foundation: A grant to support writing a
source book on Cultural History of Africa.
2007 Suomen tietokirjailijat ry [Finnish Association
of Professional Non-fiction Writers]: A grant to support writing a source book
on Cultural History of Africa.
2006 University of Helsinki: travel grant.
2006 Reinhold Ekholm – foundation: fellowship
for Dissertation Research (three months).
2005 University of Helsinki: fellowship for
Dissertation Research (three months).
2004 University of Helsinki: travel grant.
2004 Finnish Cultural Foundation: fellowship for
Dissertation Research (one year).
2003 Reinhold Ekholm – foundation: fellowship
for Dissertation Research (eight months).
2002 University of Helsinki: travel grant.
2002 Reinhold Ekholm – foundation: fellowship
for Dissertation Research (one year).
2001 Reinhold Ekholm – foundation: fellowship
for Dissertation Research (one year).
2000 University of Helsinki: travel grant.
2000 The Finnish Institute at Rome: fellowship to
study Frontinus at Rome.
1998 The Finnish Institute at Rome: fellowship to
participate in an advanced course in Classics at Rome.
1994 – 1997 University of Helsinki: Four grants
for research travels / field courses in Italy, Greece and Tunisia.
REFERENCES
Christer Bruun, Professor of
Classics, Department of Classics,
University of Toronto,
97, St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario
CANADA M5SE8
416-946-5162
Mika Kajava, Professor of
Greek, Department of Classics
University of Helsinki
PL
4, Yliopistonkatu 5
00014 University of Helsinki
FINLAND
+358-9-19124131
mika.kajava@helsinki.fi
Olli Salomies, Professor of
Latin, Department of Classics
University of Helsinki
PL
4, Yliopistonkatu 5
00014 University of Helsinki
FINLAND
+358-9-19124131
Lea Stirling, Canada Research
Chair in Roman Archaeology, Department of Classics
University
of Manitoba
Winnipeg,
MB
CANADA
R3T2N2
204-474-7357