Victoria Pedrick
Title: Associate Dean of Academic Affairs; Associate Professor of Classics
Expertise: Homeric epics, Greek tragedy
Room Number: A123 Office Phone: +974-457-8282
Dr. Victoria Pedrick is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and also an associate professor of Classics at Georgetown University. She received her Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Cincinnati and has taught in the College of Georgetown University for many years. She teaches reading courses in both Greek and Roman authors as well as courses on ancient myth, on archaic epic, and on aspects of daily life such the lives of women and children. Her research specialties include the Homeric epics, Greek tragedy and fifth-century Athenian culture; she has written articles on both the Iliad and Odyssey as well as on Sophocles and Catullus. She recently co-edited The Soul of Tragedy: Essays on Athenian Drama; her book Euripides, Freud and the Romance of Belonging appeared from The Johns Hopkins University Press in 2007.
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Upcoming SFS-Qatar Events
- Dec 1, 5:30pm: Faculty Film Series - Daughter of Keltoum
- Dec 6, 6pm-8pm: Monthly Dialogue: Kai-Henrik Barth
- Jan 11, 6pm-7:30pm: Monthly Dialogue: Robert Lieber
SFS-Qatar News
- Georgetown University in Qatar Offers Pre-College Series to Hoya Hopefuls
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar just concluded the Georgetown Pre-College Series (GPS) which gave prospective undergraduates a taste of college life and a unique opportunity to gain valuable information on the admissions process. (November 22, 2009) - Students Get Hands-On Lesson in Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution
On November 13 and 14, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Qatar) and Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) hosted a crisis simulation exercise for students at Education City. (November 22, 2009) - Student Gets Education at International Finance Conference
This October, Georgetown student Miodrag Stamboldziev (SFS ’11) was able to put his international relations education to use while attending the Annual Meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Istanbul, Turkey. (November 08, 2009)
