Angelos Chaniotis
As of July 1, 2010
ANCIENT HISTORY
Professor
School of Historical
Studies

Angelos Chaniotis is internationally regarded for his original and wide-ranging research in the social, cultural, religious, legal, and economic history of the Hellenistic world and the Roman East.  The author of four books and some 150 articles and book contributions, and editor of fourteen volumes, he works in innovative ways on a wide variety of topics: war, memory, identity, emotions, the communicative aspects of rituals, and the strategies of persuasion in the ancient world. Significant questions and dialogues in the field have grown out of his pioneering contributions, which have helped to advance understanding of previously unexplored aspects of the ancient world.  Dr. Chaniotis will join the Institute Faculty on July 1, 2010.

Ph.D. University of Heidelberg, 1984; Habilitation in Ancient History, University of Heidelberg, 1992; University of Heidelberg, Assistant Professor, 1987-92, Associate Professor, Ancient History, 1992-94; New York University, Visiting Professor, Classics and Alexander S. Onassis Center for Hellenic Studies, 1993, Associate Professor, Greek History, 1994-97, Acting Chair, Department of Classics, 1996, Professor, Greek History and Director of Graduate Studies, 1997; University of Heidelberg, Professor and Chair, Ancient History, 1998-2001, Vice Rector for International Relations, 2001-06; All Souls College, University of Oxford, Senior Research Fellow in Classics, 2006-present; Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, 2010-; Member, Academia Europea, German Archaeological Institute, Archeological Institute of America, Centre d'Étude de la Religion Grecque Antique, and Association Internationale d'Épigraphie Grecque et Latine.