- Sessional Instructor
University of Calgary
Department of Classics and Religion
Amber Porter
- +1 (403) 210-8426
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Research Interests
Currently Teaching
| W2024 - GRST 205 - Introduction to Greece and Rome | ||||||||||
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| P2024 - GRST 209 - Classical Mythology & Literature | ||||||||||
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| S2024 - GRST 211 - Technical Terms of Medicine and the Life Sciences | ||||||||||
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Teaching Office
Office hours are held in Social Sciences - SS 502.
Publications
Porter, Amber J. "Compassion in Soranus' Gynecology and Caelius Aurelianus' On Chronic Diseases." In Homo Patiens: Approaches to the Patient in the Ancient World, edited by G. Petridou and C. Thumiger, 285-303. Leiden: Brill, 2016.
Porter, Amber J. "Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Understand and Express Empathy and Compassion?" In The Art of Compassion, edited by E. Kyprianidou, 23-46. Athens: Nissos Publications, 2019.
Dissertation Title
Empathy and Compassion in the Medicine and Literature of the First and Second Centuries AD (U of C, 2014)
Degrees
- PhD - Greek and Roman Studies
University of Calgary, 2014 - MA - Classical Studies
University of Western Ontario, 2005 - BA Honours - Greek and Roman Studies
Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2003 - BSc - Psychology
Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2001
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