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Andrew Wolpert
Associate Professor of Classics
Office: 125B Dauer Hall
Tel: 352-273-3702
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


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Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D., Committee on the Ancient Mediterranean World, University of Chicago, 1995
  • M.A., Classical Studies, University of Michigan, 1990
  • B.A., Greek, Franklin and Marshall College, 1987

Dissertation

  • "Rebuilding the Walls of Athens: Democratic Ideology, Civic Discourse and the Reconciliation of 403 B.C.," directed by Ian Morris.

Employment

  • Associate Professor of Classics, University of Florida, 2006-
  • Associate Professor of Classics and History, University of Wisconsin, 2003-2005
  • Assistant Professor of Classics and History, University of Wisconsin, 1998-2003
  • Assistant Professor of the Classics, Harvard University, 1996-1998

Fellowships and Awards

  • Humanities Enhancement Research Fellowship, University of Florida, 2007
  • Vilas Research Associate, University of Wisconsin, 2004-2005
  • Resident Fellow, Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Wisconsin, Fall 2000
  • Clark Grant, Harvard University, 1998
  • Loeb Faculty Research Grant, Harvard University, 1997
  • Ryerson Fellowship in Archaeology, University of Chicago, 1995
  • Whiting Dissertation Fellowship in the Humanities, University of Chicago, 1994-1995
  • University of Chicago Century Scholarship, 1990-1994
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Franklin and Marshall College, 1987
  • Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Franklin and Marshall College, 1987
  • Steinman Prize for Excellence in Greek, Franklin and Marshall College, 1987

Publications

Books

  •  Legal Speeches of Democratic Athens: Sources for Athenian Social and Cultural History, with Konstantinos Kapparis (Cambridge, Hackett Publichsing Company, forthcoming).
  • The Jury in Democratic Athens (in progress).
  • Remembering Defeat: Civil War and Civic Memory in Ancient Athens (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002).

Articles and Book Chapters

  • "The Violence of the Thirty Tyrants of Athens," in Ancient Tyranny, edited by Sian Lewis (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006) 213-23.
  • "Addresses to the Jury in the Attic Orators," American Journal of Philology 124 (2003) 537-55.
  • "Lysias 18 and Athenian Memory of Civil War," Transactions of the American Philological Association 132 (2002) 109-126.
  • "Genealogy of Diplomacy in Classical Greece," Diplomacy and Statecraft 12 (2001) 71-88.
  • "Lysias 1 and the Politics of the Oikos," Classical Journal 96 (2001) 415-24.

Reviews

  • A Companion to Greek Rhetoric, edited by Ian Worthington, and The Attic Orators edited by Edwin Carawan, Classical Review 58 (2008) 378-381.
  • A Companion to the Classical World edited by Konrad Kinzl, New England Classical Journal 35 (2008) 41-4.
  • Athenian Legacies: Essays on the Politics of Going on Together by Josiah Ober, Classical Journal 103 (2007) 101-3.
  • Rhetoric of Conspiracy in Ancient Athens by Joseph Roisman, Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2007.03.14), with Victoria Pagán.
  • Demosthenes, Speeches 18 and 19 by Harvey Yunis, Classical Outlook 83 (2006) 152.
  • The Discovery of Freedom in Ancient Greece by Kurt Raaflaub, The Review of Politics 67 (2005) 159-61.
  • Lysias by Stephen Todd, Classical Outlook 78 (2001) 91.
  • The Litigious Athenian by Matthew Christ, Classical Philology 95 (2000) 490-94.

Encylopaedia Entries

  • "Battle of Aegospotami," "Critias," "Lysias," and "The Thirty," in Thomas J. Sienkewicz, ed., Encyclopedia of the Ancient World (Pasadena: Salem Press, 2001).

Papers

  • "Ethical Arguments in Athenian Homicide Cases," Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Minneapolis, April 2, 2009.
  • The Rule of Law in Classical Athens," Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, January 9, 2009.
  • "Relevance in Athenian Law," Florida State Univerity, February 28, 2008.
  • "The Use and Abuse of Classics," American Philological Association, San Diego, January 7, 2007.
  • "The People’s Justice: Law, Litigation, and the Jury in Classical Athens," and panel chair of “Legal Consciousness in the Ancient World," the International Academy of Law and Mental Health, Université René Descartes (Paris V), Paris, July 7, 2005.
  • "Democratizing Slavery," 29th Conference of the Groupement International de recherches sur l’esclavage ancien (GIREA), University of Crete, Rethymno, November 5, 2004.
  • "Democracy, Diversity, and Community," Conference on "Diversity and Learning: Democracy's Compelling Interest," Association of American Colleges and Universities, Nashville, October 23, 2004.
  • "The Violence of the Thirty Tyrants," Conference on Tyrants, Kings, Dynasts and Generals: Modes of Autocracy in the Classical Period (500-320), University of Wales, Cardiff, July 8, 2003.
  • "Trauma, Memory, and Law in Classical Athens," XIIth Congress of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 10, 2002.
  • "The Jury in Classical Athens," University of Iowa, November 8, 2001.
  • "Law and Anarchy in Early Fourth-Century Athens," American Philological Association, San Diego, January 5, 2001.
  • "Rhetoric of Collectivity and Continuity in Attic Oratory," Conference on "Greek and Roman Rhetoric," School of Speech and Department of Classics, Northwestern University, February 12, 2000.
  • "Lysias 1 and the Politics of Space," American Philological Association, Dallas, December 30, 1999.
  • "Deconstructing Theramenes," Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Cleveland, April 16, 1999.
  • "The Genealogy of Diplomacy in Classical Greece," Workshop on the "Evolution of Diplomacy," Conference on the 350th Anniversary of the Treaty of Westphalia, University of Twente, Netherlands, July 17, 1998. 
  • "Civil War in Athenian Memory," Department of Classics, University of Washington, January 23, 1998.
  • "Law without Theory," American Philological Association, Chicago, December 30, 1997.
  • "Negotiating the Athenian Reconciliation," Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Durham, United Kingdom, March 24, 1997.
  • "The Democratic Resistance of 403 B.C. in Attic Oratory," Department of the Classics, Harvard University, January 9, 1996.
  • "Monumentalizing Compromise: Public Memorials Commemorating the Restoration of the Athenian Democracy," American Philological Association, San Diego, December 28, 1995.
  • "Regaining Control of Athens: Representations of the Demos under the Restored Democracy," American Philological Association, Atlanta, December 29, 1994
  • "Lysias 26 Reconsidered: The Dokimasia under the Restored Democracy," Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Iowa City, April 17, 1993.

Teaching

University of Florida (2006-)

  • CLA 6930: Vice in Ancient Greece, Spring 2009
  • CLA 3433: Athenian Democracy, Fall 2008
  • CLA 6930 (Distance Learning): Athenian Democracy, Fall 2008
  • GRW 6386: Thucydides, Spring 2008
  • GRW 3501: Plato, Fall 2007
  • LNW 6935: Proseminar, Fall 2007
  • GRW 6930: Demosthenes, Spring 2007
  • CLA 3930: Athenian Democracy (Honor's Course), Spring 2007
  • CLA 6930: Graduate Seminar (The Athenian Democracy), Fall 2006
  • GRW 4700: Greek Orators, Fall 2006

University of Wisconsin (1998-2005)

  • Classics 273: First Year Seminar (Democracy: Ancient and Modern), Fall 2004
  • Classics 320: Greek Civilization, Fall 2002
  • Classics/History/Legal Studies 477: Athenian Law and Society, Spring 2003, 2005
  • Classics/History/Religious Studies 517: Ancient Religion and the Early Church, Spring 1999
  • Classics 591: Senior Seminar (Work and Leisure in Ancient Greece), Spring 2004
  • Classics/History 801: Graduate Seminar (Athenian Law and Society, Spring 1999; Modern Trends in Ancient History, Spring 2000; Athenian Democracy, Fall 2002)
  • Greek 104: Elementary Greek, Spring 2000
  • Greek 303: Intermediate Greek (Plato), Fall 1998
  • Greek 306: Intermediate Greek (Homer), Spring 2002
  • Greek 531: Herodotus, Fall 1999
  • Greek 532: Thucydides, Fall 2001
  • Greek 551: Attic Orators (Demosthenes), Fall 2003
  • History 110: History of the Ancient Mediterranean, Fall 1999
  • History 303: History of Greek Civilization, Fall 1998, 2001, 2002
  • History 600: Senior Seminar (Athenian Democracy, Spring 2001; Athenian Law and Society, Spring 2002; Peloponnesian War, Spring 2003)
  • History 680/690: Senior Thesis Colloquium, Spring 2004, 2005

Harvard University (1995-1998)

  • Classical Greek E-1B (Extension School): Elementary Greek, Spring 1998
  • Classics 158: Ancient Greek World, Fall 1996
  • Classics 159: Work and Leisure in Ancient Greek World, Spring 1998
  • Classical Philology 283: Greek Law and Society, Spring 1997
  • Greek 3: Intermediate Greek (Plato), Fall 1996
  • Greek 107: Thucydides, Fall 1997
  • History E-1065 (Extension School): Ancient Greek World, Fall 1997

Services

Professional

  • Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Local Planning Committee, Gainesville, 2006; Madison, 2005
  • Association of Ancient Historians, Chair of the Program Committee, Madison, 2000
  • Referee for Blackwell Press, Cambridge University Press, Classical Antiquity, Classical Philology, Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, University of Michigan Press, Oxford University Press

University of Florida (2006-)


University Services

  • CLAS Curriculum Committee, 2009-2011
  • CLAS Graduate Committee, 2007-
    • Graduate Awards Committee, 2007-2009
    • Graduate Travel Committee, 2007-2008
  •  Phi Beta Kappa Membership Committee, 2006-
  • Secretary of the Gainesville Society of AIA, 2006-2008
  • Student Conduct Committee, 2006-

Departmental Services

  • Curriculum Committee, 2007-
  • Graduate Admissions Committee, 2007-
  • Graduate Coordinator, 2007-

University of Wisconsin (1998-2005)


University Services

  • General Education Committee, 2004-2005
  • Faculty Appeals Committee, 2003-2005
  • Faculty Commission on Compensation and Economic Benefits, 1999-2002
  • Curriculum Planning Tools Committee, 2003-2004
  • Undergraduate Research Awards Subcommittee, Humanities, Spring 2002

Department of Classics

  • Archaeology Search Committee, 1999-2000
  • Capstone Seminar, Organizer, Spring 2000, 2001
  • Curriculum Committee, 2001-2003
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies, 2002-2003
  • Graduate Admissions and Fellowships Committee, 1998-2000, Fall 2001
  • Library Committee, 1999-2000
  • Undergraduate Prizes and Awards Committee, 2001-2003

Department of History

  • Associate Chair, 2003-2005
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies, 2003-2005
  • Graduate Admissions and Fellowships Committee, 2000-2001
  • Graduate Council, 1999-2001
  • Joint Committee on Teaching, Chair, 2003-2005
  • Joint Committee on Teaching Assistants, 2001-2003
  • Lectures Committee, 2001-2005
  • Representative for Faculty Senate, 1998-2002
  • Roman History Search Committee, 2002-2003
  • Undergraduate Council, Member 2001-2003; Chair, 2003-2005

Harvard University, Department of Classics (1996-1998)

  • Assistant Head Tutor, Fall 1996
  • Bowdoin Prize Committee, 1996-1998
  • Curriculum Committee, ex officio, 1996-1998
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies, 1997-1998
  • Lowell Prize Committee, 1996-1998

Public Talks, Outreach, and Community Services

  • Member-at-Large, Coventry Homeowners Association, 2006-
  • "War, Democracy, and Empire in Classical Greece," Humanities Forum on Empire, Madison Public Library, Central Branch, November 30, 2004.
  • "Voyage to Antiquity," Tour of Greece and Turkey, Wisconsin Alumni Association, September 29-October 9, 2004.
  • "Ancient Olympics "for "Live at 5," WISC-TV, Madison, WI, August 18, 2004
  • "The Spartans," Huddle with the Faculty: Wisconsin vs Michigan State (pre-game talk), Wisconsin Alumni Association, November 15, 2003.
  • "Law Courts of Athens," Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society, University of Wisconsin, November 11, 2003.
  • "Ancient Greek Democracy," University of the Air, Wisconsin Public Radio, June 9, 2002.  
  • "Freedom and Democracy: Lessons from Antiquity," Humanities Forums on the Constitution, Deerfield Library, February 5, 2002; Madison Rotary Club (and subsequently televised), February 6, 2002.


   
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