Andrew Wolpert
Associate Professor of Classics
Office: 125B Dauer Hall
Tel: 352-392-2075 ext. 266
Fax: 352-846-0297
wolpert@ufl.edu
Mailing Address
125 Dauer Hall
Department of Classics
University of Florida
Post Office Box 117435
Gainesville, FL 32611-7435
Andrew Wolpert is a Greek historian who has written primarily on classical Athens, with particular attention to questions concerning democratic discourse and ideology, Athenian political culture, law and society. In Remembering Defeat: Civil War and Civic Memory in Ancient Athens (Βaltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002), he examines the social and cultural impact of the civil war of 404-403 on Athens. Drawing widely from recent research on social memory, Wolpert considers how the Athenians confronted the troubling memories of defeat and civil war. He suggests that the Athenians constucted conflicting and contradictory images of the past that threatened to disrupt the reconciliation. Presently, he is working on a book about the Athenian jury, which explores how the jury was represented in oratory, drama, and philosophy. While most studies focus on court rules and procedures, institutional developments, or litigants' strategies of self-presentation, Wolpert aims to increase our understanding of the jury as a corporate entity so as to better appreciate the role of the ordinary citizen within the democratic process.
