Erich S. Gruen
Erich S. Gruen | |
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| Born | May 7, 1935 Classical history |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Notable students | Kenneth Sacks Josephine Crawley Quinn |
| Notable works | The Last Generation of the Roman Republic |
Erich Stephen Gruen (president of the American Philological Association in 1992.
Biography
Born in
Oxford University, and a PhD from Harvard University in 1964. Gruen was a varsity lightweight rower at Columbia and valedictorian of his 550-man graduating class.[2][3] From 1957 to 1960, he was a Rhodes Scholar at Merton College, Oxford.[4]
His earlier work focused on the later
Hellenistic period and on Judaism
in the classical world.
Gruen taught what was purportedly his final undergraduate lecture course, The
San Quentin State Prison in the late 2000s. At Berkeley, his students have included Kenneth Sacks
.
In 1969–70 and 1989–90, Gruen was the recipient of a
Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art in 1998.[5]
Books
- Roman politics and the criminal courts, 149–78 BC. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 1968. JSTOR 299430.))
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link - Last generation of the Roman republic. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 1974. LCCN 72-89244.
- The hellenistic world and the coming of Rome. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 1986. ISBN 978-0-520-05737-1.
- Culture and national identity in Republican Rome. Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 1994. ISBN 978-0-8014-8041-6. (Reviewed by Forsythe, Gary (1994). Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 1994.02.11.))
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link - Heritage and hellenism: the reinvention of Jewish tradition. Hellenistic Culture and Society. University of California Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-520-23506-9.
- Diaspora: Jews amidst Greeks and Romans. Harvard University Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-674-03799-1. (Reviewed by Robinson, Tom (2002). Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 2002.10.33.))
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link - Rethinking the other in antiquity. Martin Classical Lectures. Princeton University Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-691-14852-6.
- Construct of identity in hellenistic Judaism. De Gruyter. 2016. ISBN 978-3-11-037555-8.
References
- Andreas W. Daum, Hartmut Lehmann, James J. Sheehan(eds.), The Second Generation: Émigrés from Nazi Germany as Historians. With a Biobibliographic Guide. New York: Berghahn Books, 2016, pp. 24, 34, 36, 375-76.
- ^ "Sydni Scott '22CC Earns Rhodes Scholarship". Columbia University Athletics. November 30, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ "Clipped From Lubbock Evening Journal". Lubbock Evening Journal. August 6, 1957. p. 12. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 490.
- ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 1219. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
External links
- Gruen's Home page Archived 2017-03-02 at the Wayback Machine at the UCB History Department web site
- CV of Erich S. Gruen
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