Curriculum Vitae

 

Name:                                      Dijkstra, Jitse H.F.

Address:                                  Department of Classics and Religious Studies

University of Ottawa

70 Laurier Avenue East
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada, K1N 6N5
tel.: + 1(613) 562 5800 (ext. 1325)
fax: + 1 (613) 562 5991
e-mail: jdijkstr@uottawa.ca

                                               

Education and Positions Held

1995-1999                                                              Classics, University of Groningen: MA, 1999

1997-2000                                                              Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Groningen

1999-2000                                                              Teacher’s Degree Classics, University of Groningen

2000-2004                               Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen: PhD, 2005

2001-                                       Member of the excavations at Aswan & Elephantine by the Swiss Institute for Architectural and Archaeological Research Cairo

2002                                        Assistant Researcher, Dutch-Flemish Institute, Cairo

2003                                        ASP Summer Institute for Papyrology, Yale University

2004-2005                               Lecturer in Greek and Latin, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen

2005-2009                               Assistant Professor, Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa

2009-                                       Associate Professor (Tenured), Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa

           

Honours and Rewards

2002                                                                                Scholarship Stichting Philologisch Studiefonds

2003                                                                                Scholarship Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven

2004                                                                                Reward Dutch Research Institute for Classical Studies (OIKOS) for finishing dissertation within 4 years

2007                                        Brill Fellowship at the Scaliger Institute, Leiden

2008                                        Professor of the Year Award, Students Association Classics, Ottawa

 

Professional Offices and Service

Organiser Groningen Colloquium on the Novel (1996, 1997)

Organiser Groningen Workshop on Hellenistic Poetry (1996, 1998)

Member editorial board Palaistra, student magazine classics (1997-1998)

Member editorial board Memento, Dutch classical annual: member (1998-1999)

Member editorial board Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie (TMA) (1998-1999); 

 President (2000-2003)

Organiser PhD-Masterclass ‘Portraying the Public’, Athens (2003)

Guest editor of Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie 30 (2003), with the theme ‘Egyptian

 Archaeology’

Organiser workshop ‘The Encroaching Desert: Egyptian Hagiography and the Medieval

 West’, Groningen, with Dr. M. van Dijk (2005)

Vice-President American Institute of Archaeology, Ottawa chapter (2005-7)

Member Faculty of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Studies (2005-)

Member Board of Directors, Canadian Institute in Greece (2007-)

President American Institute of Archaeology, Ottawa chapter (2007-)

 

University and Related Service

Member Education Committee Classics, Groningen (1996-1997); vice-President (1998)

PhD student member of the board of the national Dutch Research Institute for Classical

 Studies (OIKOS: 2001-2003)

Member Committee Internationalisation, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies,

 Groningen (2003-2004)

Member Committee Research, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, Groningen

 (2003-2004)

Co-ordinator Top Master ‘Theology and Religious Studies: Symbols and Traditions’,

 Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, Groningen (2004)

Member Faculty Council, Faculty of Arts, University of Ottawa (2005-2006)

Member Ontario Graduate Scholarship Selection Panel (2005-2006)

Library representative Classics, Ottawa (2005-2007)

Associate Chair Department of Classics and Religious Studies (2007-)

Member Teaching Personnel Committee (2007-)

Chair Ontario Graduate Scholarship Selection Panel (2007-2008)

 

Memberships

Member Association Internationale de Papyrologues (AIP; 2001-)

Associate Member Dutch Research Institute for Classical Studies (OIKOS; 2005-)

Member American Institute of Archaeology (AIA; 2005-)

Member Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap Ex Oriente Lux (2005-)

Member Société des Études Anciennes du Québec (2005-)

Member Association pour l’Antiquité Tardive/Association for Late Antiquity 

 (2005-)

Member of the Classical Association of Canada (CAC; 2005-)

Member of the American Society of Papyrologists (ASP; 2007-)

 

Teaching Experience

 

Primary School, Single Class

Ancient Egypt, Chelsea, Québec (2006)

 

High School

Greek and Latin, Emmen (1998-1999)

Greek and Latin, Zwolle (1999-2000)

 

Academic, Single Classes

Christianising the Roman Empire, Groningen (2002)

Graeco-Roman Egypt, Cairo (2002)

Petitions in the Dioscorus Archive, Leiden (2003)

Christianity in the Papyri, Groningen (2003)

Introduction to Papyrology (Ottawa, 2006, 2007)

 

Academic, Courses (semester)

THB100GE8: Introduction to Ancient Religions: Greek Religion, Groningen (2003)

LQX002M10: Ancient History Seminar: Jews, Pagans and Heretics in a Christian World.

 The Religious Multiformity of Late Antiquity, Groningen (2003, with Dr. J.W. Drijvers)

THB100GE8: Introduction to Ancient Religions: Greek Religion, Groningen (2004)

THVOGR/LAT: Greek and Latin for Theologians, Groningen (2005)

CLA 2110: Archaeological Methods and Techniques, Ottawa (Fall 2005, Winter 2007,

 Fall 2007)

CLA 3000: Archaeological Field Work I, Ottawa (Summer 2006, Winter/Summer 2007,

 Winter/Summer 2008)

CLA/HIS 3110A: Topics in Ancient History. Religions in the Graeco-Roman World,

 Ottawa (Fall 2005)

CLA/HIS 3110B: Topics in Ancient History. Greek Temples, Ottawa (Winter 2008)

CLA/HIS 3110C: Topics in Ancient History. Religious Violence in the Roman World,

 Ottawa (Winter 2006)

CLA 3900: Archaeological Field Work II, Ottawa (Fall 2006, Fall 2007)

CLA/HIS 4150B: Ancient History Seminar. Egypt in Late Antiquity, Ottawa (Winter

 2006)

CLA 5902: Research and Methodology II, Ottawa (Winter 2006, Winter 2007, Winter

 2008)

CLA 5925: Introduction to an Ancient Language: Coptic, Ottawa (Fall 2007)

LCL 4150B: Greek Authors. The Orator Lysias: A Defense against Murder (Speeches 1

 and 7), Ottawa (Winter 2007)

LCL 4150B: Greek Authors. Herodotus, Book I, Ottawa (Winter 2008)

Coptic Study Group, Ottawa (2006/2007)

 

Excavation Experience

Uffington Castle (England, 1995)

Halos (Greece, 1996)

Satricum (Italy, 1997)

Nijmegen (The Netherlands, 1998)

Francavilla Marittima (Italy, 2000)

Aswan & Elephantine (Egypt, 2001, 2002, 2003)

 

Public Lectures

23rd International Congress of Papyrology (Vienna, 2001)

Knowledge, Learning and Cultural Change (Groningen, 2001)

Seminar for Eastern Christianity (Leiden, 2002)

10th International Congress for Nubian Studies (Rome, 2002)

Dutch-Flemish Institute (Cairo, 2002)

Cultures of Conversion (Groningen, 2003)

24th International Congress of Papyrology (Helsinki, 2004)

7th Egyptological Tempeltagung (Leuven, 2005)

Scholar’s Symposium of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities (Toronto,

 2005)

American Institute of Archaeology/Institute for Mediterranean Studies (Ottawa, 2006)

Seminar for Eastern Christianity (Leiden, 2007)

2nd Brill/Scaliger Lecture (Leiden, 2007)

25th International Congress of Papyrology (Ann Arbor, 2007)

Ancient Societies Workshop (Chicago, 2008)

1st Annual Coptic Studies Symposium (Toronto, 2008)