Eric W. Robinson is an American historian of

ancient Greece Ancient Greece ( el, Ἑλλάς, Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity ( AD 600), that comprised a loose collection of cult ...

, specializing in early democracy. He is currently a professor at

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. Campuses Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI. *Indiana Universit ...

. In 1986, he graduated with a BA from

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

. After studying under noted historian

Donald Kagan Donald Kagan (; May 1, 1932August 6, 2021) was a Lithuanian-born American historian and classicist at Yale University specializing in ancient Greece, notable for his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War. He formerly taught in the Depart ...

as an undergraduate, he received his Ph.D. from the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

in 1994. From 1999 to 2006, Robinson was an associate professor at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

, where he won the Roslyn Abramson Award for outstanding undergraduate teaching. Robinson has written and edited several works, including ''The First Democracies: Early Popular Government Outside Athens'', ''Oikistes: Studies in Constitutions, Colonies, and Military Power in the Ancient World Offered in Honor of A. J. Graham'', ''Ancient Greek Democracy: Readings and Sources'', and ''Democracy Beyond Athens: Popular Government in the Greek Classical Age''.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers Harvard University faculty Indiana University faculty Place of birth missing (living people) Scholars of ancient Greek history University of Pennsylvania alumni Yale University alumni Historians from Indiana American male non-fiction writers {{US-historian-stub