Angelos Chaniotis ( el, Άγγελος Χανιώτης; born November 8, 1959) is a Greek historian and Classics scholar, known for original and wide-ranging research in the cultural, religious, legal and economic history of the

Hellenistic period In Classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in ...

and the Roman East. His research interests also include the history of

Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, ...

and Greek

epigraphy Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the w ...

. Chaniotis is a Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the

Institute for Advanced Study The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), located in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States, is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent schola ...

in Princeton. He is a member of the

German Archaeological Institute The German Archaeological Institute (german: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, ''DAI'') is a research institute in the field of archaeology (and other related fields). The DAI is a "federal agency" under the Federal Foreign Office of Germany ...

and was a member of the Editorial Board of the Classical Studies journal ''

Mnemosyne In Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion, Mnemosyne (; grc, Μνημοσύνη, ) is the goddess of memory and the mother of the nine Muses by her nephew Zeus. In the Greek tradition, Mnemosyne is one of the Titans, the twelve divine chil ...

''.

Education and career

Chaniotis got his B.A. at the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

in 1982. He got his Ph.D. at

Heidelberg University } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

in 1984 and received

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at that same institution in 1992. He was a visiting professor at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, th ...

in 1993–1998. He was a visiting professor at

Oxford University Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

from 2010 to 2013 and senior research fellow at

All Souls College, Oxford All Souls College (official name: College of the Souls of All the Faithful Departed) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become fellows (i.e., full members of ...

, from 2006 to 2010. He taught at Heidelberg University from 1987 to 2006 and was the chair of that school's Department of Ancient History from 1998 to 2006. In 2008 he joined the faculty as an ancient history and classics professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study. Chaniotis is the co-director of the Lyktos Archaeological Project.

Awards

In 2000 the German state of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

awarded Chaniotis one of its State Research Prizes. In 2015 the

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (german: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung) is a foundation established by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany and funded by the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry of Education and Rese ...

awarded him one of eleven Anneliese Maier Research Awards. In 2014 the government of

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wi ...

awarded him the Commander's Cross of the Order of the Phoenix.

Works

* ''Age of Conquests: The Greek World from Alexander to Hadrian'', London: Profile Books and Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2018, * ''War in the Hellenistic World : a Social and Cultural History'', Malden, MA : Oxford (Eng.) 2005, * ''Die Verträge zwischen kretischen Poleis in der hellenistischen Zeit'', Stuttgart : Steiner, 1996,(habilitation thesis) * ''Das antike Kreta'', München : Beck, 2004, (In German) * ''Historie und Historiker in den griechischen Inschriften : epigraphische Beiträge zur griechischen Historiographie'', Steiner, Stuttgart, 1988, (doctoral dissertation) (In German) * ''Heidelberger Althistorische posts and Epigraphic Studies''. Vol. 24, Steiner, Stuttgart 1996, ; Books edited * ''Unveiling emotions. Vol. I: Sources and methods for the study of emotions in the Greek world'', Stuttgart : F. Steiner, 2012, * ''Unveiling emotions. Vol. II: Sources and methods for the studEmotions in Greece and Rome: texts, images, material culture'', Stuttgart : F. Steiner, 2012, * ''From Minoan farmers to Roman traders: sidelights on the economy of ancient Crete'', Stuttgart : F. Steiner, 1999,

References

External links

Home page of Angelos Chaniotis at the Institute for Advanced Study

Home page of Angelos Chaniotis at All Souls College, Oxford
A Digital Repository of Classical Studies maintained Heidelberg University Library
Curriculum vitae of Angelos Chaniotis at the Institute for Advanced Study
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