James I. Porter joins the Rhetoric department

James I. Porter has been appointed Professor in History and Theory of Rhetoric and will join the department in July of 2015. Prof. Porter has published widely on classical literature and aesthetics, and on Nietzsche. His new book on the Sublime in the Ancient world will be published by Cambridge University Press. Prof. Porter has held appointments at the University of Michigan and University of California, Irvine, as well as visiting positions at Stanford and Princeton.