Representative Publications: Recent Articles:
Jay Bregman
I teach all the courses offered by the department on the ancient classical
Mediterranean world and its culture, with particular attention to the transition
from the ancient to the medieval world, and Greek religions of that era, known
as late antiquity. Currently I teach the introductory survey of European
Civilization I (HTY 105), two one semester advanced level courses on Greece and
Rome (HTY 401,402), and alternating every other year a one semester course on
Classical Mythology and the Greek and Roman influences on N. American
civilization (HTY 433, 434). I have taught Senior Seminars and the End of the
Ancient World, Conflict of Religions in Later Antiquity, Who Are the Greeks?,
The Classical Tradition and Philosophy of History. I also have a background in
Music and Musicology and I teach a course every Spring Semester on the History
of Jazz (HTY 484)
My research has focused on the religious transformation of the Hellenic world in
the centuries leading up to and following the Christianization of the Roman
Empire. More recently on the influence of thet late antique "philosophical
religion", Neoplatonism, on American thought, especially New England
Transcendentalism and its offshoots. I have attended five National Endowment for
the Humanities Summer Seminars in the areas of my expertise. I am on the board
of directors of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies and a member
of the American Academy of Religion and the Association of Ancient Historians
207-581-1918
330 Stevens Hall
jay.bregman@umit.maine.edu
University
of Maine History Department. 
