Cecelia Luschnig papers
Content Description
The materials include newsletters, lectures series, student contest winners, and photographs from Eta Sigma Phi, the Classical Studies honors society from 1975-2003. Other newsletters in the collection include the Latin Teachers Newsletters sent from UI Faculty, and Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest. There are also materials from a visiting lecturer Bella Vivante and from an NEH Grant titled "Institute for Idaho Higher Education." It... also includes course materials from courses taught throughout her career and a selection of publications she completed.
See moreDates
- Creation: 1974-2015
Creator
- Luschnig, Cecelia (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
One of the top United States scholars on the Greek playwright, Euripides, Cecelia Luschnig was also a passionate classics educator. She created 14 different courses and was one of seven college teachers honored with the American Philological Association Award for Excellence in Teaching. She also received the Phi Kappa Phi University of Idaho Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award.
Cecelia was president of the Classical Association of the Pacific... Northwest for a year and edited its bulletin for a decade. She advised Eta Sigma Phi, the U of I chapter, and developed its lecture series that continued for 28 years.
Cecelia published around two dozen books, as "C.A.E. Luschnig." Her first book on Greek language had a Facebook fan page. Her scholarly work continued into retirement, and before she passed, she was writing another non-fiction book and two novels.
Extent
1.5 Cubic Feet (2 records box)
Language of Materials
English
Latin
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Abstract
Course materials, publications, translations, and other professional papers collected by Cecelia Luschnig, professor of Classical Studies at the University of Idaho.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials received from Cecelia Luschnig in 2019 (UA 2019-07).
Cultural context
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Guide to Cecelia Luschnig papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Ariana Burns
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Greek and Latin study guides
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository