Faculty
Raymond L. Capra
Classical Studies Program Coordinator
Queens Hall, Room 345F2
Phone: 718-997-5426
rcapra@qc.cuny.edu
PhD, Fordham University, 2010
Research
Dr. Capra’s research is two-fold, focusing on Greek Literature and on the culture and history of Greco-Roman Spain. He is interested in ancient and medieval poetry and how it has shaped cultural perceptions of its own period and those of the modern era. His research on Greco-Roman Spain deals with urbanization and the relationship between cultural production and identity. He is presently working on a book about the development of ancient Tarraco (modern day Tarragona, Catalunya).
Teaching
Dr. Capra teaches Ancient Greek and Latin language and literature in addition to Classics courses taught in English, most frequently CLAS 150 ‘Greek and Latin Classics in Translation.’ He is the instructor for courses on Ancient Greek and Roman Religion, Ancient Epic and Tragedy, as well as the capstone class for Classics (CLAS 300) which is an intensive study of a particular aspect of Classical Studies.
Selected Publications
The Life of St. Neilos the Younger of Rossano. English translation and facing edited Greek text, with introduction and notes in collaboration written with Dr. Ines Murzaku and Fr. Doug Milewski, Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library: Harvard University Press 2018.
“Ceramiclasts in the Bios of San Neilos,” in Greek Monasticism in Southern Italy: The Life of Neilos in Context. Crostini and Murzaku, eds., Routledge (New York) 2018:258-266.
“Chariot Racing in Hispania Tarraconensis: Urban Romanization and Provincial Identity,” in Urban Dreams and Realities in Antiquity: Remains and Representations of the Ancient City. A. Kezemis, ed., Brill (Leiden)2014:370-392.
“On the Poetics of Dioscoros of Aphrodito: the Encomium on Duke Kallinikos (P. Cair. Masp. III 67315),” in Shifting Cultural Frontiers in Late Antiquity. Brakke, Deliyannis, and Watts, eds., Ashgate (Kalamazoo) 2012:129-138.