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Associate Professor,
Department of History, University of North Florida, 2006-present
Assistant Professor,
Department of History, University of North Florida, 2000-2006
Visiting Assistant
Professor, Department of History, University of North Florida, 1999-2000
Instructor,
Department of Classics, University of Pennsylvania, 1997-1999
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Core I:
Western Civilization to 1648
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Ancient
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Ancient
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The Ancient
Near East
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Alexander the
Great
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From Homer to
Herodotus:
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Greek and
Roman Mythology
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Slavery,
Ancient and Modern (Honors)
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Freedom and
Slavery
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Persuasion and
Power: Ancient and Modern Rhetoric
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The Seven
Wonders of the Ancient World
Ph.D. in Ancient History,
Dissertation: "Multiple
Geographies: The Greek View of
Readers: A.J. Graham, J.D. Muhly,
J. McInerney
M.A. in Ancient History,
M.Phil. in Classical
Archaeology,
Thesis:
"The Development of Gold Jewellery at Lefkandi on the
Supervisors:
Mervyn Popham, Sir John
Boardman
B.A. summa cum
laude, College Scholar in Ancient Mediterranean History,
Senior
thesis: "Relations Between Cyprus and
Supervisors:
John Coleman, David Owen
Regular Member,
Latin/Greek
Institute, The
UNF
Summer Research Grant, 2004
UNF
Summer Research Grant, 2001
Chimicles
Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 1998-9
Dissertation
Fellowship,
Fulbright
Fellowship,
William
Penn Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 1990-4
Telluride-Lincoln
Fellowship,
Andrew
W. Mellon Fellowship (honorary), 1988
Phi
Beta Kappa, 1988
Harry
Caplan Travel Scholarship, Classics Department,
Contacts between
Greek geography,
travel and exploration
Greek colonization in
the Archaic Period
Ethnicity and culture in the Greek historical tradition
Archaeology and social history
Publications
“Dedications to Greek Sanctuaries by Foreign Kings in the Eighth Through Sixth Centuries BCE,” Historia 55/2 (2006), 129-152
“Cross-cultural contacts among mercenary communities in Saite and Persian Egypt,” Mediterranean Historical Review, Vol. 18, No. 1 (June 2003), 1-31
“The Social Status of Mercenaries in Archaic
Review of E. Dusinberre, Aspects
of Empire in Achaemenid Sardis (
Review of J. Mikalson, Herodotus and Religion in the Persian Wars (Chapel Hill:
Review of W. Burkert, Savage
Energies: Lessons of Myth and Ritual in Ancient
Review of P. Briant (ed.), Irrigation
et drainage dans l’Antiquité,
qanāts et canalizations souterraines
en Iran, en Égypte et en Grèce,
séminaire tenu au Collège de France sous la
direction de Pierre Briant (Paris 2001) in Bryn
Mawr Classical Review 2002.05.34
The Masks of Odysseus: Survival and Identity in Early Greece, book in preparation
Various entries for the Biographical Encyclopedia of
Ancient Natural Scientists, Paul Keyser and Georgia Irby-Massie, eds. (
Entry on “Skulax of Caruanda” for Brill’s New Jacoby, Ian Worthington, ed. (
“Misunderstandings Between
Friends:
“Sojourner in the
Land: A Comparative Perspective on the Resident Alien in Late Period Egypt,” paper delivered at the conference “Walls of
the Ruler: Fortifications, Police Beats, and Military Checkpoints in Ancient
Egypt,”
“The Function of
the Early Periploi”,
paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the
“Did a Greek Invent the First True Alphabet?,”
Annual Meeting of the Association of Ancient Historians,
“Geographical Ekphrasis in the Odyssey,”
Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Midwest and South,
“Dedications to Greek Sanctuaries by Foreign Kings in the
Seventh and Sixth Centuries BCE,” American Philological Association Annual
Meeting,
“Herodotus and the
Measurement of Distance,” American Philological Association Annual Meeting,
“Greeks in Mixed
Communities in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Early Iron Age,” Association of
Ancient Historians Annual Meeting,
"The Mercenary
in Archaic
"Strabo and
Homer," American Philological Association Annual Meeting,
Trench supervisor,
American School Excavations at
Chief excavator:
Charles K. Williams III
Assistant surveyor,
Corinth Computer Project, June-August 1992, 1993
Chief investigator:
David Romano
Volunteer,
excavations at Tel
Participating
institutions:
Chief excavators:
David Ussishkin, John Woodhead
Assistant Editor,
Jewish Quarterly Review, April-August 1997
Editorial Consultant,
Time-Life Books, June-August 1997
Lab assistant
(volunteer),
Research assistant
for Mervyn Popham,
Curriculum Committee,
General Education
Council, UNF, 2003-5
Coordinator,
Classical Civilization minor, UNF, 1999-
Member, Core
Committee, Department of History, UNF, 1999-
UNF Head Librarian
Search Committee, 2002-03
Member, Graduate
Committee, Department of History, UNF, 2002-03
Member of Telluride
Association, a foundation dedicated to promoting educational projects for
high-school and college students, 1986-
Ancient: Ancient
Greek, Latin, Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic and Phoenician
Modern: French,
German, Modern Greek
Dale Clifford,
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of History, University of North
Florida, 4567 St. Johns Bluff Road S., Jacksonville, FL 32224
James D. Muhly, Director Emeritus,
Jeremy McInerney, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, 201
Logan Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
David G. Romano,
Senior Research Scientist, Mediterranean Section, University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA
19104-6324