Ann Bergren Explained

Birth Date:	1942 10, df=yes
Birth Place:	Lincoln
Death Place:	Venice
Alma Mater:	Harvard University
Discipline:	Classics Architecture
Workplaces:	University of California, Los Angeles Southern California Institute of Architecture

Ann Bergren (7 October 1942 – 10 May 2018)^[1] was Professor of Greek literature, Literary Theory, and Contemporary Architecture at University of California, Los Angeles.^{[2] [3]} She is known for her scholarship on Ancient Greek language, gender, and contemporary architecture.

Career

Bergren completed her PhD 'The poetics of a formulaic process: etymology and usage of PEIRAR in Homer and archaic poetry' at Harvard University in 1973 under the supervision of Gregory Nagy.^{[4] [5]} Her dissertation was published as a book by the American Philological Association in 1975.^[6] From 1979 she was a member of the department of Classics at UCLA, and she was the first woman in the department to be awarded tenure.^[7]

She also developed an interest in architecture, and in 1999 earned a Masters in Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She was a faculty member at the Southern California Institute of Architecture.^[8]

A collection of her essays was published by the Center for Hellenic Studies in 2008.^{[9] [10]}

She frequently taught in the summer program at B.A.S.E (Beijing Architectural Studio Enterprise) in the Caochangdi District, Beijing.^[11]

She gave a series of lectures on her project on the Liu Garden in Suzhou at the distinguished China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China; she came in response to an invitation from Pritzker Award-winning architect Wang Shu.^[12]

Awards and fellowships

Bergren was awarded the Society for Classical Studies Awards for Excellence in Collegiate Teaching in 1988.^[13] In the same year she also received a UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award.^[14] She was a fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. in 1976-77.^{[5] [15]}

She also commissioned prizewinning architecture: an extension to her home designed by Morphosis Architects constructed in 1986 won the 1986 National AIA Honor Award and the 1985 Los Angeles AIA Merit Award.^[16]

Selected publications

• The Etymology and Usage of Peirar in Early Greek Poetry. American Philological Association. 1975. ^[17]
• 'Allegorizing Winged Words: Similes and Symbolization in "Odyssey" V.' Classical World, 74(2), 109-123. 1980.
• 'Sacred apostrophe: Re-presentation and imitation in the homeric hymns.' Arethusa, 15(1), 83-108. 1982.^[18]
• 'Language and the female in early Greek thought.' Arethusa, 16(1), 69-95. 1983.
• '"The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite": Tradition and Rhetoric, Praise and Blame.' Classical Antiquity, 8(1) 1-411989.^[19]
• 'Artemisia, Aristotle, and the View from L.A.' in eds. Linder and Bergren, Scogin Elam and Bray: Critical Architecture. Rizzoli. 1992.
• 'The (Re)Marriage of Penelope and Odysseus Architecture Gender Philosophy.' Assemblage, 21, 7-23. 1993.^[20]
• 'Female Fetish Urban Form.' in eds. Diana Agrest et al., The Sex of Architecture. Harry N. Abrams. 1996.
• 'Jon Jerde and The Architecture of Pleasure.' Assemblage, 37, 1998.^[21]
• "The Easier Beauty of Animate Form." Architectural Record 188(11), 78-82. 2000.
• Weaving Truth: Essays on Language and the Female in Greek Thought, Hellenic Studies Series 19. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies. 2008. ^[22]

External links

• Classicalstudies.org memoriam for Ann Bergren
• Sciarc.edu memoriam for Ann Bergren

Notes and References

1. Web site: BERGREN, Ann Louise Taylor.
2. Web site: Weaving Truth — Ann Bergren Harvard University Press. www.hup.harvard.edu. en. 2018-09-05.
3. News: Emeriti - Department of Classics - UCLA. Department of Classics - UCLA. 2018-09-05. en-US.
4. Bergren, A. L. (1973). The poetics of a formulaic process: etymology and usage of PEIRAR in Homer and archaic poetry. Diss. OCLC 76980158.
5. News: About Ann Bergren. 2018-05-18. Classical Inquiries. 2018-09-05. en-US.
6. Book: Ann., Bergren. Weaving truth : essays on language and the female in Greek thought. 2008. Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University. 9780674023727. Washington, D.C.. 171614127.
7. News: In Memoriam: Ann Bergren. 2018-05-16. Society for Classical Studies. 2018-09-05.
8. Web site: In Memoriam Ann Bergren, 1942-2018 - SCI-Arc. sciarc.edu. 2018-09-05.
9. Web site: Ann Bergren, Weaving Truth: Essays on Language and the Female in Greek Thought. chs.harvard.edu. en. 2018-09-05.
10. Gastaldi. Viviana. February 2010. Review of: Weaving Truth: Essays on Language and the Female in Greek Thoughts. Hellenic Studies; 19. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 1055-7660.
11. Web site: In Memoriam: Ann Bergren. 16 May 2018.
12. Web site: In Memoriam: Ann Bergren. 16 May 2018.
13. News: Awards for Excellence in Collegiate Teaching: Previous Winners. 2011-04-13. Society for Classical Studies. 2018-09-05.
14. Web site: Distinguished Teaching Award Recipients UCLA Academic Senate. senate.ucla.edu. en. 2018-09-05.
15. Web site: Programs - Fellowships - Previous Fellows. chs.harvard.edu. en. 2018-09-05.
16. Web site: Venice III. Morphosis. 9 May 2018.
17. Penney. J. H. W.. 1979. Review of The Etymology and Usage of ΠΕΙΡΑΡ in Early Greek Poetry. The Classical Review. 29. 2. 324–325. 3063248. 10.1017/s0009840x00233611. 162853816 .
18. In a special issue of Arethusa in honor of J. P. Vernant, edited by Bergen and Froma Zeitlin. Peradotto, J. (1982). Introduction. Arethusa, 15(1), 9-10.
19. Bergren. Ann L. T.. 1989-04-01. "The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite": Tradition and Rhetoric, Praise and Blame. Classical Antiquity. en. 8. 1. 1–41. 10.2307/25010894. 0278-6656. 25010894.
20. Bergren. Ann. 1993. The (Re)Marriage of Penelope and Odysseus Architecture Gender Philosophy. Assemblage. 21. 7–23. 10.2307/3171212. 3171212.
21. Bergren. Ann. 1998. Jon Jerde and the Architecture of Pleasure. Assemblage. 37. 9–35. 10.2307/3171353. 3171353.
22. Hemmings . Jessica . Jessica Hemmings . July 2010 . Weaving Truth: Essays on Language and the Female in Greek Thought, Ann Bergren . Textile . en . 8 . 2 . 248–250 . 10.2752/175183510x12791896965691 . 1475-9756 . 170797887.