Roger Fisher
Associate Professor
Office: Founders College, 308
Phone: (416)736-2100 Ext: 23221
Email: rfisher@yorku.ca
Roger Fisher holds a Ph.D in History (1987) from McMaster and a J.D. (1989) from Osgoode Hall Law School. He has an M.A. (McMaster) and a B.A. (University of Ottawa) in Latin and Greek. His scholarship focuses on law, history, literature and culture from classical antiquity to the modern world, with a secondary interest in children and childhood in legal history and in contemporary Canadian law. His book, Antigone v. Creon: Sophocles's Antigone as a Courtroom Drama, was published in 2014 (Irwin Law). He has over thirteen academic refereed publications in addition to book reviews and papers delivered at international and national conferences.
Degrees
Ph.D. (History), McMaster UniversityJ.D., Osgoode Hall Law School
M.A. (Classics), McMaster University
B.A. (Classical Studies: Greek and Latin), University of Ottawa
Professional Leadership
Past President, American Association of Neo-Latin Studies
Community Contributions
Contributor of calendars of English court records to The Anglo-American Legal Tradition (http://aalt.law.uh.edu/)
Research Interests
“Law Latin and English Law,” Brill's Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World, The Renaissance Society of America Texts and Studies Series, Philip Ford †, Jan Bloemendal and Charles Fantazzi (eds.), Chapter 59, 791-806, Leiden: Brill, 2014 [awarded “Outstanding Academic Title, 2014” by Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libaries]. Cited in Philip Hardie, [Review] TLS, Feb. 13, 2015, 25-6.
Antigone v. Creon: Sophocles's Antigone as a Courtroom Drama, Toronto: Irwin Law http://www.irwinlaw.com/titles/antigone-v-creon
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2024 | AP/HUMA4166 3.0 | M | Pandemic Narratives and the Law | SEMR |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2024 | AP/LA1010 3.0 | A | Word Power | ONLN |
| Summer 2024 | AP/LA1010 3.0 | B | Word Power | ONLN |
| Summer 2024 | AP/HUMA3109 3.0 | A | Law & Culture in the Ancient World | ONLN |
Roger Fisher holds a Ph.D in History (1987) from McMaster and a J.D. (1989) from Osgoode Hall Law School. He has an M.A. (McMaster) and a B.A. (University of Ottawa) in Latin and Greek. His scholarship focuses on law, history, literature and culture from classical antiquity to the modern world, with a secondary interest in children and childhood in legal history and in contemporary Canadian law. His book, Antigone v. Creon: Sophocles's Antigone as a Courtroom Drama, was published in 2014 (Irwin Law). He has over thirteen academic refereed publications in addition to book reviews and papers delivered at international and national conferences.
Degrees
Ph.D. (History), McMaster UniversityJ.D., Osgoode Hall Law School
M.A. (Classics), McMaster University
B.A. (Classical Studies: Greek and Latin), University of Ottawa
Professional Leadership
Past President, American Association of Neo-Latin Studies
Community Contributions
Contributor of calendars of English court records to The Anglo-American Legal Tradition (http://aalt.law.uh.edu/)
Research Interests
All Publications
“Law Latin and English Law,” Brill's Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World, The Renaissance Society of America Texts and Studies Series, Philip Ford †, Jan Bloemendal and Charles Fantazzi (eds.), Chapter 59, 791-806, Leiden: Brill, 2014 [awarded “Outstanding Academic Title, 2014” by Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libaries]. Cited in Philip Hardie, [Review] TLS, Feb. 13, 2015, 25-6.
Antigone v. Creon: Sophocles's Antigone as a Courtroom Drama, Toronto: Irwin Law http://www.irwinlaw.com/titles/antigone-v-creon
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2024 | AP/HUMA4166 3.0 | M | Pandemic Narratives and the Law | SEMR |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2024 | AP/LA1010 3.0 | A | Word Power | ONLN |
| Summer 2024 | AP/LA1010 3.0 | B | Word Power | ONLN |
| Summer 2024 | AP/HUMA3109 3.0 | A | Law & Culture in the Ancient World | ONLN |
