Roger Shaler Bagnall (born August 19, 1947 in Seattle) is an American

classical scholar Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

. He was a professor of classics and history at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

from 1974 until 2007, when he took up the position of first Director of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) 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 ...

. Born in

Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region ...

, Bagnall studied at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

(B.A., 1968) and

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...

(M.A., 1969; Ph.D., 1972). He has published several works on the history of

Ancient Greece Ancient Greece ( el, Ἑλλάς, Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of Classical Antiquity, classical antiquity ( AD 600), th ...

and Ancient Egypt, as well as

papyrology Papyrology is the study of manuscripts of ancient literature, correspondence, legal archives, etc., preserved on portable media from antiquity, the most common form of which is papyrus, the principal writing material in the ancient civilizations ...

. He was elected a Fellow of the

American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (abbreviation: AAA&S) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, a ...

in 2000 and a member of the

American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and communit ...

in 2001. In 2003, he won the Mellon Distinguished Achievement Award.

References

External links

ISAW Faculty Biography Page for Roger Bagnall

Finding aid to the Roger Bagnall papers at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Selected works

Books

* With Raffaella Cribiore (2006)
Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800
'. Ann Arbor, MI:

University of Michigan Press The University of Michigan Press is part of Michigan Publishing at the University of Michigan Library. It publishes 170 new titles each year in the humanities and social sciences. Titles from the press have earned numerous awards, including ...

Publications

Bagnall, R., Aravecchia N., Cribiore R., Davoli P., McFadden, S., & Kaper, O. E. (2015) ''An Oasis City'', New York: NYU Press
1947 births American classical scholars Classical scholars of Columbia University Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Living people Classical scholars of New York University Educators from Seattle American papyrologists University of Toronto alumni Yale University alumni Scholars of ancient Greek history American expatriates in Canada Florida State University faculty Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy {{US-historian-stub Members of the American Philosophical Society