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Thomas has authored two books on the subject of [[literacy]] in Ancient Greece, and two on Greek Historiography:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://classics.uc.edu/literacy/speakers.html|title=Constructing Literacy|website=classics.uc.edu|access-date=2017-08-02}}</ref> |
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*''Oral Tradition and Written Record in Classical Athens'', Cambridge University Press (1989); called "rich and invigorating" by the ''[[London Review of Books]]''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/v11/n16/peter-parsons/writing-it-down|title=Writing it down|last=Parsons|first=Peter|date=1989-08-31|work=London Review of Books|access-date=2017-08-02|pages=6|issn=0260-9592}}</ref> |
*''Oral Tradition and Written Record in Classical Athens'', Cambridge University Press (1989); called "rich and invigorating" by the ''[[London Review of Books]]''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/v11/n16/peter-parsons/writing-it-down|title=Writing it down|last=Parsons|first=Peter|date=1989-08-31|work=London Review of Books|access-date=2017-08-02|pages=6|issn=0260-9592}}</ref> |
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*''Literacy and Orality in Ancient Greece'', Cambridge University Press (1992)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=O'Toole|first=James M.|date=1994|title=Review of Literacy and Orality in Ancient Greece|jstor=40293860|journal=The American Archivist|volume=57|issue=3|pages=572–574}}</ref> |
*''Literacy and Orality in Ancient Greece'', Cambridge University Press (1992)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=O'Toole|first=James M.|date=1994|title=Review of Literacy and Orality in Ancient Greece|jstor=40293860|journal=The American Archivist|volume=57|issue=3|pages=572–574}}</ref> |
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*''Herodotus in Context: Ethnography, Science and the Art of Persuasion,'' Cambridge University Press (2000)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rihll|first=T. E.|date=2004-06-01|title=Rosalind Thomas: Herodotus in Context: Ethnography, Science, and the Art of Persuasion|journal=Isis|volume=95|issue=2|pages=286–287|doi=10.1086/426217|issn=0021-1753}}</ref> |
*''Herodotus in Context: Ethnography, Science and the Art of Persuasion,'' Cambridge University Press (2000)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rihll|first=T. E.|date=2004-06-01|title=Rosalind Thomas: Herodotus in Context: Ethnography, Science, and the Art of Persuasion|journal=Isis|volume=95|issue=2|pages=286–287|doi=10.1086/426217|issn=0021-1753}}</ref> |
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* 'Polis Histories,Collective Memories and the Greek World', Cambridge University Press (2019). |
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Aside from these, she has published many chapters in edited volumes, including but not limited to ''Cambridge Companion to Greek Law'' (ed. M. Gagarin & D. Cohen, 2005), ''Cambridge Companion to Herodotus'' (ed. J. Marincola and C. Dewald, 2006) and ''Fourth Century Greek Historiography: A Reevaluation'' (ed. N. Luraghi and R. Vattuone, 2012).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/rosalindthomas.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108061027/https://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/rosalindthomas.html|archive-date=8 November 2017|title=Rosalind Thomas - Classics|website=www.classics.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-07-26}}</ref> |
Aside from these, she has published many chapters in edited volumes, including but not limited to ''Cambridge Companion to Greek Law'' (ed. M. Gagarin & D. Cohen, 2005), ''Cambridge Companion to Herodotus'' (ed. J. Marincola and C. Dewald, 2006) and ''Fourth Century Greek Historiography: A Reevaluation'' (ed. N. Luraghi and R. Vattuone, 2012).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/rosalindthomas.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108061027/https://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/rosalindthomas.html|archive-date=8 November 2017|title=Rosalind Thomas - Classics|website=www.classics.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-07-26}}</ref> |
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Rosalind Thomas FBA is a Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Balliol College, Oxford University and professor of Ancient Greek history. She focuses on ancient literacy, oral tradition and performance culture as well as Greek law and society, Greek historiography, Greek relations with the Persians, and the Greek polis.[1][2] She was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy in 2020.[3]
Publications
Thomas has authored two books on the subject of literacy in Ancient Greece, and two on Greek Historiography:[4]
- Oral Tradition and Written Record in Classical Athens, Cambridge University Press (1989); called "rich and invigorating" by the London Review of Books[5]
- Literacy and Orality in Ancient Greece, Cambridge University Press (1992)[6]
- Herodotus in Context: Ethnography, Science and the Art of Persuasion, Cambridge University Press (2000)[7]
- 'Polis Histories,Collective Memories and the Greek World', Cambridge University Press (2019).
Aside from these, she has published many chapters in edited volumes, including but not limited to Cambridge Companion to Greek Law (ed. M. Gagarin & D. Cohen, 2005), Cambridge Companion to Herodotus (ed. J. Marincola and C. Dewald, 2006) and Fourth Century Greek Historiography: A Reevaluation (ed. N. Luraghi and R. Vattuone, 2012).[1]
She was a Program in the Ancient World Fellow at Princeton University in 2013.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Rosalind Thomas - Classics". www.classics.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ^ "New fellows and Academic Visitors at Balliol 2004/05 | Balliol College, University of Oxford". www.balliol.ox.ac.uk. 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
- ^ ""The 2020s will be the decade of the humanities and social sciences", says new British Academy President". The British Academy. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ^ "Constructing Literacy". classics.uc.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
- ^ Parsons, Peter (1989-08-31). "Writing it down". London Review of Books. p. 6. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
- ^ O'Toole, James M. (1994). "Review of Literacy and Orality in Ancient Greece". The American Archivist. 57 (3): 572–574. JSTOR 40293860.
- ^ Rihll, T. E. (2004-06-01). "Rosalind Thomas: Herodotus in Context: Ethnography, Science, and the Art of Persuasion". Isis. 95 (2): 286–287. doi:10.1086/426217. ISSN 0021-1753.
- ^ "PAW Fellows | Ancient World". ancientworld.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
