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Professor
Greek papyrology
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Most of my teaching is in Greek and Roman history, particularly the Greek Archaic Age, the Hellenistic period and the early Roman empire. For final year students I often offer Jewish or Egyptian topics. In Greek and Latin I have taught Homer, Herodotus and Polybius, Livy, Sallust and Tacitus, as well as basic language courses.
I am primarily a Greek papyrologist and historian of the Hellenistic period. My research spans a fault line between east and west that runs from Asia Minor down the east coast of the Mediterranean and on into Egypt. Major interests include the Hellenistic kingdoms of Asia Minor, particularly Pontus; Jewish history; the history of Egypt after Alexander the Great; Greek papyrology; Polybius of Megalopolis; Appian of Alexandia. I have been closely associated with our Centre for Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, which has been in receipt of Irish government funding.