Magister Benji

​Hi, All! :)

I’m Benji, one of your teachers for GLA MMXXV. I’ve been an RA these past couple of years, and truly, I consider it an honor to be able to work with you all more formally in the classroom this time around. I expect to learn as much, if not more, from you as you will me.

I come from the suburbs of Pittsburgh and attended Washington and Lee University, where I studied Classics, Art History, and Archaeology. While completing my degree, I split my time between Lexington, Oxford, Rome, Graz, and Athens. After finishing school, I moved back to Athens to complete my Post-Bacc and work in archaeology labs specializing in ceramic petrology and comparative osteologies. Currently, I am a teacher in Austria—this year I work at high schools, next year at a university. I plan to attend graduate school after returning to the US; my recent research interests include pastoral and didactic poetry, Greek dialect, as well as reception studies. <— Big hint for my class, another blog post soon to come. :)

Outside of work, I love to travel, hike, read, and find new music. Feel free to comment some song recommendations down below! We always wind down in the evenings by writing letters to our communities back home, and the soundtrack for these epitsulae sessions is often student curated. So, take some time now; jot down some favorites before you forget, and we’ll be able to enjoy them together. Lately, I’ve been listening to the entries for the Eurovision Song Contest—which Austria just won! My favorites are Portugal(!), Italy, Ukraine, Latvia, and Lithuania. 

I’m absolutely thrilled to come together once again. See you all soon!
Benji.