Adam Serfass arrived at Kenyon in 2002, and, for his first three years at the college, was jointly appointed in the Department of Classics and the Integrated Program in Humane Studies (IPHS). Serfass now teaches full-time in Classics, and offers courses in Greek and Latin as well as in ancient history. His research focuses on the diffusion of Christianity in late antiquity, especially in Italy and Egypt. In 2005, Serfass was awarded a Whiting Teaching Fellowship and in 2007, he received Kenyon's Junior Trustee Award for Teaching Excellence.

Education

Ph.D. Stanford University
B.A. Williams College

Selected Publications

"Wine for Widows: Papyrological Evidence for Christian Charity in Late Antique Egypt." In Wealth and Poverty in Early Church and Society, ed. Susan R. Holman, 88-102. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2008.

"On the Meaning of Strotes in P.Oxy. XVI 1951." Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 161 (2007): 253-259.

"Slavery and Pope Gregory the Great." Journal of Early Christian Studies 14 (2006): 77-103.

Courses Taught

Currently Offered
CLAS 112 - Roman History
CLAS 471 - Senior Seminar in Classics
GREK 202 - Intermediate Greek: Homer's Odyssey
LATN 301 - Advanced Latin: Augustine's Confessions

Previously Offered
ARHS/CLAS 291 - Sacred Space from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
CLAS 111 - Greek History
CLAS 255 - Rhetoric in Antiquity
GREK 301 - Advanced Greek: Herodotus
LATN 202 - Intermediate Latin: Vergil
LATN 302 - Advanced Latin: Horace's Odes