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Ladislaus (Lou) J. Bolchazy,Ph.D.

SPECIAL INTEREST

• Ancient World
• Slavic Art
• Slovak Books and Art
• Slavic and WWII history

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Classics
     SUNY, Albany, NY, 1973.
M.A. Classics
     NYU, 1967.
B.A. Philosophy
     St. Joseph's College and Seminary, Yonkers, NY, 1963.
A.A. Classics
     Divine Word College and Seminary, Conesus, NY, 1960.

LANGUAGES

• English
• Slovak (native)
• German
• French
• Classical and Medieval Latin
• Classical Greek

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Loyola U. of Chicago
     Chicago, IL, Adjunct Prof. '79-'95
Loyola U. of Chicago
     Chicago, IL, Visiting Asst. Prof. '76-'77
Millersville State University
     Millersville, PA, Visiting Asst. Prof. '75-'76
La Salette College and Seminary
     Altamont, NY, Asst. Prof. '71-'75
Siena College
     Loudonville, NY, Instructor '66-'67
Iona Prep.
     New Rochelle, NY, Latin/English '64-'65
Sacred Heart High School
     Yonkers, NY, Latin/English '62-'64
Lincoln High
     Yonkers, NY, Summers '62-'65

Permanent New York State Teaching Certificate in Latin
     (Hunter College).

OTHER EXPERIENCE

President
     Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc., '78-
Former Owner
     U.S. Graphics (Commercial Printing, Typography, Art), '77-'85

PUBLICATIONS

1. Books
2. Hospitality in Early Rome. Ares Publishers, Chicago, 1977.
3. A Concordance to the "Utopia" of St. Thomas More. Georg Olms, Hildesheim, 1978.
4. A Concordance to Ausonius (In Collaboration with Prof JoAnn Sweeney and Mr. M. Antonetti). Georg Olms, Hildesheim,1982.
5. Hospitality in Antiquity (Reprint of Hospitality in Early Rome). Ares Publishers, Chicago, 1996.

1. Articles
2. "From Xenophobia to Altruism: Categories of Homeric and Roman Hospitality": The Ancient World, Vol. 1, no. 1 (1978) 45-64.
3. "Scholarship, Research and the Search for Alexander": The Ancient World, Vol. 4, nos. 3-4 (1981) 67-89.
4. "Scholarship, Research and the search for Alexander": The Ancient World, Vol. 5, nos. 1-2 (1982) 3-9.
5. "Studies on Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World in the USSR": The Ancient World, Vol. 13, nos. 3-4 (1986) 67-72.
6. "Tables and Indices for the Catalogue and Supplements of The Search for Alexander Exhibition": The Ancient World, Vol. 14, nos. 3-4 (1987) 115-118.
7. "Detecting the Real Sherlock Holmes: A Stylometric Comparison of Doyle and Meyer": The Classical Bulletin, Vol. 65 (1989) 105-110.

1. Papers
2. "Human Chauvinism and the Alienable Rights of Fish: Might Makes Right in Thucydides and Plato." The American Classical League Institute, 1977.
3. "The Law of Hospitality in Ancient Greek Culture: From Xenophobia to Altruism." The Illinois Classical Conference, 1977. A Banquet Lecture.
4. "Some Validated Test Items for Quantitative Stylometric Analysis." A paper presented at the APA session on Computer Applications in Classics, 1977.
5. "Plato's Callicles and Thrasymachus in Thucydides: Might Makes Right and Athenian Imperialism." NEH Summer Seminar, Cornell University 1976.
6. "Guest-Friendship in Homeric Cultures." APA Seminar: Greek Concepts of Friendship, 1975.

• Radio Series
• "Myth Is Truth." Fourteen programs in Comparative Mythology broadcast by WLUC, Loyola University, 1977, and by WRRG, Triton College, 1978.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

Founder and President
     Ancient World Society, Inc.
Founder and President
     Slovak-American International Cultural Foundation, Inc.
Co-Editor
     The Ancient World. 1978 -.
Co-Editor
     The Classical Bulletin. 1989 -.

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