Alexandros Kozák
Ham Tea House
Berkeley, CA
USA
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Education
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University of California, Berkeley (1997-2000). M.A. in Greek (2000).
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University of Cambridge, England. Postgraduate study in Classics (1996-1997).
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Harvard University (1994-1996). A.B. summa cum laude in Classics. Honors thesis: The Myth of Hypsipyle in Greek and Latin Poetry
Work Experience
Recent
- Author at mauriceelwin.com (2021-present).
- Freelance web designer and developer (2015-present).
- Author at elsiecarlisle.com (2014-present).
- Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, San Francisco
- Assistant Chanter (2011-2012; 2016-present).
- Web Developer (2009-2012).
- Operations (2009-2010).
- BizXchange
- Trade Department
- Corporate Account Manager (BizX Media Group; 2008-2009).
- Corporate Trade Broker (BizXchange & BizX Media Group; 2007-2008).
- Operations
- Office Coordinator (2007).
- Director of First Impressions (2006-2007).
- Trade Department
Teaching Positions
- Graduate Student Instructor at the University of California, Berkeley (2000-2004).
- Instructor, Latin 100 ("Republican Prose," advanced reading course; 2004).
- Teaching Assistant, Classics 28 ("The Classic Myths"; Prof. Anthony Bulloch; 2003).
- Teaching Assistant, Classics 10B ("Introduction to Roman Civilization"; Prof. Trevor Murphy; 2002).
- Instructor, Latin 2 ("Elementary Latin"; 2001).
- Instructor, Latin 40 ("Latin Prose Composition"; 2001).
- Instructor, Greek 1 ("Elementary Greek"; 2000).
- Instructor, Latin 10 ("Intensive Elementary Latin"; 2000).
- Pew Charitable Trust Associate (teaching assistant) at Gettysburg College
(1993-1994).
- Latin 204 ("Roman Poetry"; 1994).
- Latin 102 ("Elementary Latin II"; 1993).
- Latin 101 ("Elementary Latin I"; 1993).
Related Experience
- Review panelist for the 2001-2002 Medusa Mythology Examination.
- Research assistant to Prof. Donald J. Mastronarde (University of California, Berkeley; commentary on Euripides' Medea; 1999).
- Proctor, Harvard University Summer School (1995).
- Latin and Greek proofreader for the Patrologia Latina Database at Chadwyck-Healey (now ProQuest; 1994).
- Research assistant to Prof. Laurence Marschall (Gettysburg College; book on meteorite and comet impacts and other catastrophic events; 1994).
- Private Latin language tutor at Gettysburg College (1992-1994).
- Research assistant to Prof. Leslie Cahoon (Gettysburg College; text of and commentary on medieval Latin hymns; 1992-1994).
Awards
- University Regents Fellowship (Berkeley; 2003).
- Andrew W. Mellon graduate scholarship for modern foreign language study (German; 2000).
- Berkeley Fellowship for Graduate Study (1997-2002).
- Laurence Studentship (Cambridge; for postgraduate study in Classics; 1996-1997).
- Cambridge Overseas Trust Bursary (1996-1997).
- Latin Orator at Harvard Commencement 1996 (David Taggart Clark Prize; oration "De moribus Harvardianis").
- Society for Values in Higher Education, Fellow (1996).
- Harvard Undergraduate Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society (1996).
- Honorary 1996 Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies.
- Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize (Harvard; for outstanding undergraduate honors thesis; 1996).
- Raymond Weir Smyth Prize (Harvard; for outstanding undergraduate honors thesis; 1996).
- Bowdoin Undergraduate Latin Prize (Harvard; for a Latin version of a passage from Mark Twain's "Ghost Story" into the style of Pliny; 1996).
- William King Richardson Scholarship (Harvard; for distinction in Greek and Latin sight-reading and composition; 1996).
- Arthur Deloraine Corey Fellowship (Harvard Classics Department fellowship for graduate study; 1996-1997).
- Bowdoin Undergraduate Greek Prize (Harvard; Greek version of a passage from William James's Varieties of Religious Experience into the style of Plato; 1995).
- George Emerson Lowell Scholarship Prize (Harvard; for excellence in the classics, based on an examination which tests competence in the translation and composition of Greek and Latin and in exposition of classical literature; Greek, 1995).
- John Osborne Sargent Prize (Harvard; best metrical translation of Horace's Odes 2.13; 1995).
- John Harvard Scholarship (for academic achievement of the highest distinction; 1994-1995).
Publications
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Monarch of the Microphone: A Maurice Elwin Discograpy. Zenodo, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4939404.
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"Introduction to the Book of Jonah." The Book of Jonah. Philoxenia Press, Berkeley, CA [forthcoming].
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"Ovid Turns 2040! (March 20, 1998)." Classical Outlook 75.3 () 114. (Selection reprinted in Love and Transformation - An Ovid Reader: Teacher's Guide by Richard A. LaFleur [Prentice Hall, 1998; 9]).
Papers Presented
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"Holy Fools in the Byzantine Empire." Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, San Francisco, CA, September 10, 2017.
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"What If the Fall Had Never Happened?" Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, San Francisco, CA, March 6, 2016.
Memberships
- The City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society.
- The Association for Recorded Sound Collections.
- The City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society.
- The Classical Association of the Middle West and South.
- Society for Classical Studies.
Volunteer Work
- Teacher, "Introduction to Orthodoxy." Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, San Francisco, CA (2007-present).