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John Van Sickle is Professor of Classics at Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY), with additional affiliations in Classical Studies and Comparative Literature at the CUNY Graduate School. His career includes visiting positions at Vanderbilt University, University of the South, and the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome, along with prestigious fellowships at the American Academy in Rome, Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center, and Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies.
Education includes an A.B. in Latin Literature from Harvard College (1958), M.A. in Greek from University of Illinois (1959), Ph.D. in Classical Philology from Harvard University (1966), and postdoctoral work at Johns Hopkins University (1969) and Harvard (1975).
Research focuses on the pastoral tradition and its evolution from Theocritus to Virgil, with emphasis on poetic sequencing, metaphor as cognitive process, and horticultural symbolism. His work explores the intersection of nature and culture in bucolic poetry, particularly in Virgil's Bucolics, while examining Derek Walcott's engagement with classical traditions.
Publications demonstrate sustained focus on Virgilian intertextuality, analyzing how the Bucolics reconfigure Greek models within Roman contexts. Recent work examines pastoral motifs in postcolonial literature and ecological readings of ancient texts.
Scientific awards include:
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
- Fulbright Professorship for Virgil Bimillennium
- Distinguished Teaching Award from Brooklyn College
- Faculty Fellowship at Wolfe Institute for Humanities
- Multiple Fulbright and postdoctoral fellowships
Administrative roles include committee service for CUNY's doctoral programs and editorial work for classical journals. While no specific labs are mentioned, he has led collaborative projects on poetic books and digital scholarly resources.
