Faculty Profile
Marc Mastrangelo
Professor of Classical Studies (1997)
Contact Information
Kaufman Hall
717-245-1387
Bio
Prof. Mastrangelo's publications have focused on Early Christian Latin poetry, Greek tragedy, and Greco-Roman intellectual history. He is a co-editor of The Unknown Socrates (Bolchazy-Carducci, 2002) and the author of two books: The Roman Self in Late Antiquity (Johns Hopkins, 2008) and Prudentius' Psychomachia: Introduction, Translation, and Notes (Routledge, 2022). His most recent publications include: "Nostalgia, Memory, and Emotion In Augustine's Confessions," in Memory and Emotions in Antiquity (de Gruyter, 2024) and "Early Christian Reception of Epicureanism: Didactic and Psychagogic Resonances," (Illinois Classical Studies, 2025). His current book project focuses on the relationship between morals and politics in Greek and Roman literature. Prof. Mastrangelo teaches courses at all levels of Classical language and civilization. He is co-founder of Dickinson Classics Online, which publishes resources for Chinese students and scholars of the ancient Greek and Latin classics, and the Humanities Collective at Dickinson. He has been Visiting Professor in Anglophone Studies at the University Jean Jaures, Toulouse in 2014-15 and is a Fellow at the Guangqi Center for International Scholars at Shanghai Normal University. From 2026 to 2028 he is Faculty Resident Director of the Dickinson-In-England program and Visiting Professor in the School of History and Art History at the University of East Anglia.
Education
- B.A., Amherst College, 1985
- M.A., Wadham College, Oxford University, 1988
- M.A., Brown University, 1995
- Ph.D., 1996
2026-2027 Academic Year
Fall 2026
INTD 390 Roman and British Imperialism
This seminar is offered at selected Dickinson Centers abroad to encourage students to reflect broadly on their site-specific experiences. The experiential and the theoretical dimensions of out-of-class experiences such as internships and service learning reinforce and enrich one another, providing students with a window onto the workings of their host society. Through readings, class discussions, writing assignments, and presentations, this seminar provides a rigorous academic context for evaluating and understanding the experiential components of the course. Offered only at selected Dickinson Centers abroad programs. Contact the Center for Global Study and Engagement for the list of programs offering this course.