Classics Professor Robert Ketterer named Newberry Scholar-in-Residence

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Robert Ketterer
Robert Ketterer

University of Iowa Professor Robert Ketterer was named a 2015-16 Scholar-in-Residence at the Newberry, an independent research library in Chicago. He will use the Newberry collections to study how narratives from ancient history were adapted in 17th and 18th century operas to reflect European relations with the Ottoman Empire.

Ketterer is a professor in the Department of Classics, part of the UI College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. His research interest is in Greek and Roman drama and its reception in the classical tradition, with a special interest in early Italian opera.

The Newberry’s Scholar-in-Residence program selects postdoctoral scholars in the humanities each year to conduct research in the library’s collection. Privileges of the program include reserve space for materials, extended access to the Newberry, and opportunities to present work-in-progress to the Newberry’s scholarly community. 

The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers about 70 majors across the humanities; fine, performing and literary arts; natural and mathematical sciences; social and behavioral sciences; and communication disciplines. About 15,000 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students study each year in the college’s 37 departments, led by faculty at the forefront of teaching and research in their disciplines. The college teaches all Iowa undergraduates through the college's general education program, CLAS CORE. About 80 percent of all Iowa undergraduates begin their academic journey in CLAS. The college confers about 60 percent of the university's bachelor's degrees each academic year.