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TEXAS STATE VITA
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ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
NAME
Dr. PIERRE F. CAGNIART
TITLE
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (HISTORY DEPARTMENT)
EDUCATION
Law
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Licence and Maîtrise (Equivalent to a J.D.): University of Reims (France) (1973)
Diplôme d’ Etudes Supérieures de Doctorat : University of Paris-Panthéon
(Histoire des Institutions) 1976.
Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (M.C.J.): University of Texas Law School
(1992)
History
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Maîtrise: University of Paris- Sorbonne (1977)
Ph.D.: University of Texas at Austin (1986)
Thesis:
- La Ratification des traités de Paix par le Peuple Romain de 280 à 146 av. J.C. (1
(1977)976)
- Les Relations Internationales de Rome de la troisième Guerre de Macédoine à la
mort de L. Cornelius Sylla
Dissertation: The Life and Career of Lucius Cornelius Sulla through his Consulship in
88 B.C. A Study in Character and Politics (1986)
EXPERIENCE
History Department (Texas State University – San Marcos)
- Assistant Professor from 1988 to 1994
- Associate Professor since 1994
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TEACHING
COURSES TAUGHT
HIST 2310: Western Civilization to 1715
HIST 2320: Western Civilization from 1715 to the Present
HIST 4303: Greek History
HIST 4304: Roman History
HIST 4318A: Roman Private Life
HIST 4388: Problems in History
HIST 5361: Historiography and Philosophy of History
HIST 5308E: Latin Literature and Roman History
HIST 5390: History Research
HIST 5399A&B: Thesis (supervision)
HONORS 1390D: The Greek Experience
XI.
SERVICE
University
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Senate Faculty Liaison
The Jim and Elizabeth Camp Scholarship Committee
Presidential Upper Level Scholarly Selection Committee (Chair)
SWT Scholarship Interview Day
Distinguished Teaching Professorship in the Humanities Committee.
University Lecture Committee
Student Commencement Speaker Committee.
Departmental
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Taylor Murphy Scholarship Committee (Chair)
Emmie Craddock Scholarship Committee
Alan Brigger Scholarship Committee (Chair)
Dennis and Margaret Dunn Scholarship Committee
Fitzpatrick-Clayton-Kissler Scholarship Committee
IV: SCHOLARLY/CREATIVE
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Textbook
Contributing Editor of World History, Continuity and Change (W.T. Hanes, ed.) Holt,
Rinehart and Winston, 1997
Journal Articles
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“L. Cornelius Sulla’s Quarrel with C. Marius at the Time of the German
Invasions (104-101 B.C.)”, Athenaeum 67 (1989) 139-149.
“L. Cornelius Sulla in the Nineties: A Reassessment”, Latomus 50 (1991) 285303
“Victori receptaculum, victo perfugium. Note à propos des camps de marche de
l’armée romaine”, Les Etudes Classiques 60 (1992) 217-234
“Studies on Caesar’s use of Cavalry during the Gallic War, 58-50 B.C.”, The
Ancient World 23 (1992) 71-85
“Strategy and Politics in Caesar’s Spanish Campaigns, 49-B.C. A Variation on a
Theme by Clausewitz”, The Ancient World CCVI (1995) 29-44
“L’armée et le soldat dans le théatre de Plaute. L’antimilitarisme de Plaute”,
Latomus . Revue d’Etudes Latines LVIII (1999) 753-779
“The Philosopher and the Gladiator”, Classical World XCIII (2000) 607-618
“Seneca’s Attitude Towards Sport and Athletics”, The American Journal of
Ancient History 14.4 (2000) 162-170
Book Reviews
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Boedeker, Deborah and K. A. Raaflaub, Democracy, Empire, and the Arts in Fifth
Century Athens, Harvard University Press, 1999. In History. Reviews of New
Books 27.4 (Summer 1999) 184
A. Lintott, The Cnstitution of the Roman Republic, Oxford University Press,
1999. In History. Reviews of New Books, 28.1 (Fall 1999) 38-39
T. Corey Brennan, The Praetorship in the Roman Republic, New York, Oxford
University Press, 2 vol., 972 pp., 2000. In History. Reviews of New Books, 30.1
(Fall 2001) 36-37.
Invited Talk
“Around A. Gopnik’s Paris to the Moon and Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast”, Le
Cercle Français, Texas State University (April 27, 2002).
“Narrative Discourse and Historical Representation”, Philosophy Dialogue Series, Texas
State University (November 11, 2003)
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Other
Preparation for a new Graduate History Seminar on “Historiography and Philosophy of
History” (Taught for the first time in the Fall of 2003)
Preparations for a course in the Honors Program to be offered in two consecutive
semesters: 1) Speculative Philosophy of History; 2) Critical Philosophy of History (To be
offered for the first time in the Fall of 2004)
Preparation for a new Graduate Seminar on “Roman History and Civilization The Golden
Age of Rome (1st and 2nd centuries A.D.). To be offered for the first time in the Summer
of 2004.
Professional Organization
The Association of Ancient Historians