Claire Taylor

Position title: Professor & John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Chair of Ancient Greek History

Phone: 608.263.2339

Address:
Office: 5122 Mosse Humanities
Mailbox: 5015 Mosse Humanities
Office Hours: TBA

Biography

I am an historian of the ancient Greek world, specializing in the social, political and economic history of fifth- and fourth-century BCE Athens. My research focuses on the lived experience of marginalized peoples and the evidence they left behind. My main project examines poverty in fourth-century Athens, but I have also published work on ancient graffiti, political participation and female friendship.

Education

Ph.D., University of Cambridge
M.A., King’s College London
B.A., University of Nottingham

Books

Claire Taylor. Poverty, Wealth, and Well-Being: Experiencing Penia in Democratic Athens. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017.
Claire Taylor (Co-editor), and Kostas Vlassopoulos (Co-editor). Communities and Networks in the Ancient Greek World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Claire Taylor (Co-editor), and J.A. Baird (Co-editor). Ancient Graffiti in Context. London & New York: Routledge, 2012.

Selected Publications

‘Women’s social networks and female friendship in the ancient Greek world’, Gender & History 23.3 (2011): 704-21.
‘Migration and the demes of Attica’, in Demography and Society in the Graeco-Roman World. New Approaches and Insights, edited by Claire Holleran & April Pudsey, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2011): 117-134.
‘Lead letter days: Writing, communication, and crisis in the ancient Greek world’, [co-authored with Esther Eidinow], Classical Quarterly, 60.1 (2010): 30-62.
‘From the whole citizen body? The sociology of election and lot in Athenian democracy’, Hesperia 76.2 (2007): 323-346.
‘A new political world’, in The Anatomy of Cultural Revolution. Athens 430-380 BC edited by R. Osborne. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2007): 72-90.

History Courses

History 110 – The Ancient Mediterranean
History 200 – Historical Studies: Athens C. 550-450 BCE: The Making of a City – Syllabus 2022 (pdf)
History 201 – The Historian’s Craft: Athenian Democracy – Syllabus 2022 (pdf)
History 303 – A History of Greek Civilization – Syllabus 2021 (pdf)
History 600 – Advanced Seminar in History: Citizens and Slaves in the Ancient Greek World – Syllabus 2020 (pdf)
History 801 – Seminar in Ancient History: Manumission in the Ancient Greek and Roman World – Syllabus 2022 (pdf)