Esther Eidinow Explained

Esther Eidinow
Honorific Suffix:FBA
Discipline:Ancient History
Alma Mater:University of Oxford
Thesis Title:Exploring risk among the ancient Greeks: prolegomena and two case studies
Thesis Year:2003
Doctoral Advisor:Robert Parker
Workplaces:University of Nottingham
University of Bristol

Esther Eidinow FBA (born 1970) is a British ancient historian and academic. She specialises in ancient Greece, particularly ancient Greek religion and magic.[1] [2] She has been Professor of Ancient History at the University of Bristol since 2017.

Career

Eidinow was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) for a thesis entitled Exploring risk among the ancient Greeks: prolegomena and two case studies. Her doctoral research was completed at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Robert Parker in 2003.[3] A monograph based on the thesis, Oracles, Curses and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks was published in 2007, and praised for its 'analytic rigor' and accessibility.[4]

From 2011 to 2012, Eidinow was a Solmsen Fellow at the Institute for Research in the Humanities of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[5] Between 2017 and 2018 she was a visiting fellow at the Davis Center for Historical Studies of Princeton University.[6] Since 2017, she has held the Chair in Ancient History at the University of Bristol.[7] She was previously a lecturer at Newman University College and at the University of Nottingham.[8] [9] She was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2015, and was described as "an original and powerful new voice in the field of ancient Greek history".[10] In July 2024 she was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy.[11]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Professor Esther Eidinow. Explore Bristol Research. University of Bristol. 22 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Esther Eidinow. Delphi Economic Forum. 22 January 2018. 23 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180123190517/http://www.delphiforum.gr/speakers/esther-eidinow. dead.
  3. Web site: Eidinow . Esther . Exploring risk among the ancient Greeks: prolegomena and two case studies . Search Oxford Libraries Online . Bodleian Libraries . 22 June 2018 . 2003 .
  4. Web site: Kachuck . Aaron . Review of: Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks . Bryn Mawr Classical Review . January 2008.
  5. Web site: Esther Eidinow. Institute for Research in the Humanities. University of Wisconsin-Madison. 22 January 2018. 30 June 2015.
  6. Web site: Esther Eidinow. Department of History. Princeton University. 22 January 2018.
  7. Web site: New Professor of Ancient History. Department of Classics and Ancient History. University of Bristol. 22 January 2018. 8 June 2017. 5 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180705233009/https://www.bristol.ac.uk/classics/news/2017/new-professor-of-ancient-history.html. dead.
  8. Web site: New book by Esther Eidinow. Department of Classics. The University of Nottingham. 22 January 2018.
  9. Web site: esther eidinow. LinkedIn. 22 January 2018.
  10. Web site: Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2015. The Leverhulme Trust. 22 January 2018. 2015. 1 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161201061139/https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Awards_made/2015-PLP-citations.pdf. dead.
  11. Web site: 2024-07-18 . The British Academy welcomes 86 new Fellows in 2024 . live . British Academy.

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