Over the four weeks I spent in residence at the CHS, I worked on my current book project, tentatively titled Between Athens and Jerusalem: Identity and Institutions in the Achaemenid Mediterranean. This project investigates the development and (re)negotiation of both Athenian and Judean identity during the 6th-4th centuries BCE, seeing… Read more
Abstract The past three decades have been particularly fruitful for the study of ancient Greek slavery and magic alike. Discussions of slavery have expanded beyond legalistic and terminological issues and enslaved people are now understood to have led complex (occupational, social, and familial) lives. [1]… Read more
My project at the Center for Hellenic Studies was devoted to the study of Stoic theories of passion and, in particular, to the role of Posidonius in reshaping Stoic moral psychology. The work carried out during my fellowship constitutes a substantial portion of my forthcoming monograph, Posidonian Psychology in Galen’s… Read more
Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2024–25 Introduction The Middle Helladic (MH) period (ca. 2000–1700 BCE) on the Greek mainland has traditionally been portrayed as a “Dark Age,” [1] wedged between the flourishing Early Helladic II and the palatial societies of Late Helladic III. Read more
Early Career Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2024–25 Introduction The political culture of the imperial Graeco-Roman East employed a series of written and visual media so as to articulate group power and individual distinctiveness. Commissioned by and for local elites, publicly decreed statues, and their inscribed bases, served as lynchpins of… Read more
