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Princeton University
Ph.D.,
Classics
(1997)
Princeton University
M.A.,
Classics
(1994)
Queen's University
M.A.,
Classics
(1991)
Harvard University
A.B.,
Classics
(1990)
Publication Summary
Books:
- Exile, Ostracism and Democracy: The Politics of Expulsion in Ancient Greece. Princeton University Press, 2005.
- Politics and Popular Culture in Ancient Greece. (under contract with Princeton University Press; revised manuscript submitted, June 2010).
Articles & Book Chapters:
- "From Aristocratic to Democratic Ideology and Back Again: The Thrasybulus Anecdote in Herodotus' Histories and Aristotle's Politics." Classical Philology 94 .4 (1999) 361-372.
- "Exile, Ostracism and the Athenian Democracy" California Studies in Classical Antiquity 19.2 (2000) 232-263.
- "Athenian Democratic Ideology and Herodotus' Histories" American Journal of Philology 122.3 (2001) 333-362.
- "Herodotus on Greek History, 525-480 " in Irene de Jong, Egbert Bakker and Hans van Wees eds. A Companion to Herodotus edited by. (Leiden, 2002) 521-549.
- "Revelry and Riot in Archaic Megara: Democratic Disorder or Ritual Reversal?" Journal of Hellenic Studies 125 (2005) 73-92.
- "Herodotus, political history and political thought" in C. Dewald and J. Marincola eds. The Cambridge Companion to Herodotus. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 224-241
- "Land, Labor and Economy in Solonian Athens: Breaking the Impasse between History and Archaeology" J.H. Blok and A.P.M.H. Lardinois eds., Solon of Athens: New Historical and Philological Approaches, Leiden: Brill, 2006. 334-350.
- "Street Theater and Popular Justice in Ancient Greece" Past and Present 201(2008) 3-50.
- "The Uses and Abuses of Tyranny" for R.Balot ed. The Blackwell Companion to Ancient Political Thought. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. 231-246.Sara Forsdyke -CV 3
- "Civic Institutions" in G. Boys-Stones, B. Graziosi and P.Vasunia eds. The Oxford Handbook of Hellenic Studies. Oxford, 2009. 197-210.
- “Exile” in M. Gagarin et al. eds. Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. Oxford University Press, 2009.
- "Pigs, Asses and Swine: The Cultural Politics of Cleisthenes of Sicyon" in N.Fisher and H. van Wees eds. Competition in the Ancient World. Wales Classical Press (in press)
- “Change and Continuity: The Impact of Democracy on Communal Life” in J.P.Arnason, K.Raaflaub and P. Wagner eds. The Greek polis and the invention of democracy: a politico-cultural transformation and its interpretations. Blackwell. (in press).
Book Reviews:
- Dominguez Monedero (A.J.) Solón de Atenas. Barcelona: Critica..in Classical Review 53 (2003) 123-125.
- Frank. A. A Democracy of Distinction. Aristotle and the Work of Politics. University of Chicago Press, 2005. Classical Philology 101 (2006) 171-177.
- B.M. Lavelle Fame, Money and Power. The Rise of Peisistratos and "Democratic" Tyranny at Athens. University of Michigan Press. 2005. POLIS. The Journal of the Society for Greek Political Thought. 23 (2006) 173-79.
- Lionel Scott: Historical Commentary on Herodotus Book 6. (Supplementa 268), Leiden / Boston / Tokyo: Brill Academic Publishers 2005, xiii + 716. Sehepunkte.
- Rezensionsjournal für die Geschichtswissenschaften.9 (2006).
- Matthew Christ The Bad Citizen in Classical Athens. Cambridge, 2006 (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)
- Gabriel Herman Morality and Behavior in Democratic Athens. A Social History.
- Cambridge. Sehepunkte. Rezensionsjournal für die Geschichtswissenschaften, 2007.
- Polly Low Interstate Relations in Classical Greece: Morality and Power. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Classical Review 58 (2008) 515-518.
- Simon Goldhill and Robin Osborne eds. Rethinking Revolutions through ancient Greece.
- Cambridge University Press, 2006. Journal of Hellenic Studies 128 (2008) 213-214.
- Brendan Nagle The Household as the Foundation of Aristotle’s Polis. Cambridge University Press, 2007. Phoenix 63 (2009) 180-183.
- A.M.Bowie ed. Herodotus Histories Book VIII. Cambridge, 2007. Gnomon 82 (2010) 155-156.Sara Forsdyke -CV 4
- Josiah Ober Democracy and Knowledge. Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens.
- Princeton University Press, 2008. Journal of Hellenic Studies 2010 (in press)Sian Lewis Ancient Greek Tyranny. For POLIS. The Journal of the Society for Greek Political Thought (in progress)
Conference and Invited Papers:
- January 2011: “Women in Ancient History Graduate Programs in the U.S.A.” Panel on Women in Ancient Historical Studies, American Philological Society Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas.
- April 2010: “Were Greek slaves a class?” Midwestern Consortium of Historians and Political Theorists. 5th Annual Meeting, Ohio State University
- April 2009: “Slaves Tell Tales: The Culture of Subordinate Groups in Ancient Greece” Midwestern Consortium of Historians and Political Theorists of Ancient Greece. 4Th Annual Meeting, University of Michigan.
- February 2009: “Slaves Tell Tales: The Culture of Subordinate Groups in Ancient Greece” Department of History, University of California, San Diego.
- November 2008: “The Use and Abuse of Thucydides: The Invasion of Sicily and The Iraq War” Symposium “Invasion: The Use and Abuse of History” University of Michigan.
- October 2008: “What Ever Happened to Ancient Studies?” Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan.
- March 2008: “Slaves Tell Tales: The Culture of Subordinate Groups in Ancient Greece” Utrecht University, Netherlands.
- January 2008: “Slaves Tell Tales: The Culture of Subordinate Groups in Ancient Greece.” Cambridge University, UK.
- May 2007: “Symbols and Rituals: Normative Consensus or Shared Emotions in the Athenian Democracy?” Midwestern Consortium of Ancient Greek Historians, University of Toronto.
- January 2007: “Pigs, Asses and Swine: Tyrannical Manipulation or Peer-Polity Interaction” Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, San Diego, CA.
- September 2006: “Pigs, Asses and Swine: Cleisthenes of Sicyon and Inter-Polis Competition” panel Competition in the Ancient World at The Fourth Celtic Conference in Classics, Lampeter, Wales, U.K.
- May 2006: "Street Theater and Popular Justice in Ancient Greece" Midwestern Consortium of Ancient Greek Historians, Northwestern University.
- February 2006: "Street Theater and Popular Justice in Ancient Greece" Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan.Sara Forsdyke -CV 5
- January 2006: "Street Theater and Popular Justice in Ancient Greece" Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, Montreal, Canada.
- February 2005: "Revelry and Riot in Archaic Megara: Democratic Disorder or Ritual Reversal?" Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- April 2004: "Pigs, Asses and Swine: The Cultural Politics of Cleisthenes of Sicyon" Organized Panel: Studies in Herodotean Tyrants Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Midwest and South. St.Louis, MO.
- Dec. 2003: "Land, Labor and Economy in Solonian Athens: Breaking the Impasse between History and Archaeology" Solon: New Historical and Philological Perspectives, Soeterbeeck, Netherlands.
- April 2003: Invited Speaker, Democrazia ed antidemocrazia nel mondo Greco, Chieti, Italy. (invitation declined, due to childbirth)
- Jan 2003: "Land, Labor and Economy in Solonian Athens: Breaking the Impasse between History and Archaeology", Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, New Orleans.
- Dec.2002: "Feasting the Poor at Megara and the Symbolic Element in History (or "Was there a democracy in Archaic Megara?)" Department of Classical Studies, University of Michigan.
- Nov 2002: "Teaching Translation" Roundtable Discussion sponsored by Contexts for Classics, University of Michigan.
- Nov 2002: "Land, Labor and Economy in Solonian Athens: Breaking the Impasse between History and Archaeology" Symposium on Solon, University of Michigan.
- Nov 2002: "Solon's Reforms: Success or Failure?" University of Indiana.
- Sept. 2002: Response to Paul Cartledge "Exemplars of Western Civilization? What the Spartans Have Done for Us." War and Democracy, Inaugural Platsis Symposium, University of Michigan, Sept 22, 2002.
- April 2002: "Peisistratus, the Agora and the Development of Urban Space in Archaic Athens", Annual Meeting of the Association of Ancient Historians, Savannah, Georgia.
- January 2002: "Herodotus on Periander of Corinth: Panhellenic Myth or Athenian
- Democratic Ideology?" At-Large Panel: Herodotean Historiography: Civic Tradition, Ideology and Authorial Narrative Patterning, Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, Philadelphia.
- May, 2001: "Curse Tablets, Scapegoating and Ostracism in Athens" Symposium: Ritual and Politics: An Exploration of the Ritual Aspects of Ostracism in Democratic Athens, University of Chicago.
- April 2001: "Athens and Empire: Tyrant City or Just Power?" Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Midwest and South.
- October 2000: "A Just Power? Practice and Ideology in the Administration of the Athenian Empire" Ancient Society Workshop, University of Chicago.
- May 1999: "Exile in Archaic and Classical Greece: Reality and Representation" Ancient Society Workshop, University of Chicago
- April 1999: "From Aristocratic to Democratic Ideology and Back Again: Thrasybulus in Herodotus and Aristotle." Conference on Democracy and Tyranny, Northwestern UniversitySara Forsdyke -CV 6
- Dec. 1998: "Exile, Ostracism and the Athenian Democracy" Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, Washington, D.C.
- April 1998: "Reading Herodotus’ Histories: From Political Context to Political Meaning" Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Midwest and South.
- April 1997: "The Thrasybulus Anecdote in Herodotus' Histories and the Justification of Democratic Rule" Spring Meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States
- October 1996: "From Solon's Law on Stasis to Cleisthenes' Law of Ostracism", Fall Meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States
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