Williams College Classics Department: Kerry Christensen

Kerry Christensen
Garfield Professor of Ancient Languages
Classics Department Chair

Classics Department
Stetson Hall D28
Williams College
Williamstown, MA 01267
(413) 597-2248 (office)
(413) 597-4305 (fax)

kchriste@williams.edu

Teaching

At Williams, each of the Classics faculty teaches a wide range of courses, and we take turns teaching many of the courses in our curriculum. We value this broad interaction with the field of Classics and with our students; in addition this breadth enriches the more focused work of our research.

Courses Recently Taught

Greek and Latin

Introduction to Greek
Advanced Greek: Poetry and Revolution in Ancient Greece
Intermediate Latin: Catullus and Cicero
Advanced Latin: Livy and Tacitus

History and Culture

Greek History
Roman History
Leadership, Government, and the Governed in Ancient Greece

Research

Areas of Interest

Greek social and political history of the archaic era
Greek and Roman civic identity
Ancient historiography
Greek cult and ritual

Professor Christensen’s research incorporates into her study of ancient Greek history models and insights from anthropology and cultural and linguistic theory. She is particularly interested in how responses to crisis helped shape or alter civic, social and religious institutions. Her current research includes an article on the concept of ktema and ktemata in Athenian thought and another on the iconography of an eye-cup by Kodros.

Selected Scholarship

Review of Thucydides’ War Narrative. A Structural Study, by Carolyn Dewald. NECJ 30.3 (2007).
“The Theseion: a Slave Refuge at Athens.” American Journal of Ancient History 9 (1984).
“Solon’s Mania: Forms of Public Discourse in Archaic Athens.” Bryn Mawr Classics Colloquia, 1987-88. Bryn Mawr College.
“Kleisthenes, Ajax, and the Athenian Incorporation of Salamis.” 1994 APA/AIA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
“Ajax, Salamis, and Kleisthenes’ Political Reforms at Athens.” Forthcoming.
Athens and the Conquest of Salamis: Crisis, Competition and Innovation in the Saronic Gulf. In progress.

Education

Ph.D. (1993) Princeton University
Regular member (1984-1985) and summer session (1983), American School of Classical Studies at Athens
M.A. (1983) Princeton University
B.A. (1981) Swarthmore College

Updated 1/21/08


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		Kerry Christensen Garfield Professor of Ancient Languages Classics Department Chair Classics Department Stetson Hall D28 Williams College Williamstown, MA 01267 (413) 597-2248 (office) (413) 597-4305 (fax) kchriste@williams.edu Teaching At Williams, each of the Classics faculty teaches a wide range of courses, and we take turns teaching many of the courses in our curriculum. We value this broad interaction with the field of Classics and with our students; in addition this breadth enriches the more focused work of our research. Courses Recently Taught Greek and Latin Introduction to Greek Advanced Greek: Poetry and Revolution in Ancient Greece Intermediate Latin: Catullus and Cicero Advanced Latin: Livy and Tacitus History and Culture Greek History Roman History Leadership, Government, and the Governed in Ancient Greece Research Areas of Interest Greek social and political history of the archaic era Greek and Roman civic identity Ancient historiography Greek cult and ritual Professor Christensen’s research incorporates into her study of ancient Greek history models and insights from anthropology and cultural and linguistic theory. She is particularly interested in how responses to crisis helped shape or alter civic, social and religious institutions. Her current research includes an article on the concept of ktema and ktemata in Athenian thought and another on the iconography of an eye-cup by Kodros. Selected Scholarship Review of Thucydides’ War Narrative. A Structural Study, by Carolyn Dewald. NECJ 30.3 (2007). “The Theseion: a Slave Refuge at Athens.” American Journal of Ancient History 9 (1984). “Solon’s Mania: Forms of Public Discourse in Archaic Athens.” Bryn Mawr Classics Colloquia, 1987-88. Bryn Mawr College. “Kleisthenes, Ajax, and the Athenian Incorporation of Salamis.” 1994 APA/AIA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. “Ajax, Salamis, and Kleisthenes’ Political Reforms at Athens.” Forthcoming. Athens and the Conquest of Salamis: Crisis, Competition and Innovation in the Saronic Gulf. In progress. Education Ph.D. (1993) Princeton University Regular member (1984-1985) and summer session (1983), American School of Classical Studies at Athens M.A. (1983) Princeton University B.A. (1981) Swarthmore College Updated 1/21/08