Paul Cartledge

Paul Cartledge
Born	24 March 1947 (1947-03-24)
Nationality	British
Fields	Ancient history
Institutions	Clare College, Cambridge
Alma mater	New College, Oxford
Doctoral advisor	Sir John Boardman
Known for	Ancient Sparta

Paul Anthony Cartledge (born 24 March 1947) is the first A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University, having previously held a personal chair in Greek History at Cambridge.

Biography

Cartledge was educated at St Paul's School and New College, Oxford where, with his contemporaries Robin Lane Fox and Terence Irwin, he was a student of G. E. M. de Ste. Croix. He completed his doctoral thesis in Spartan archaeology at the same institution, under the supervision of Professor Sir John Boardman. He lectured at the New University of Ulster in 1972-73, at Trinity College Dublin from 1973 to 1978, and at the University of Warwick in 1978-79. In October 1979 he moved to Cambridge University where he is a fellow of Clare College.

He is a world expert on Athens and Sparta in the Classical Age and has been described as a Laconophile. He was chief historical consultant for the BBC TV series The Greeks and the Channel 4 series The Spartans, presented by Bettany Hughes. He is also a holder of the Gold Cross of the Order of Honour and an Honorary Citizen of (modern) Sparta. Besides the Leventis Professorship, he holds a visiting Global Distinguished Professorship at New York University, funded by the Greek Parliament. He sits on the European Advisory Board of Princeton University Press.

Bibliography

• Aristophanes And His Theatre of the Absurd (1989) Duckworth. ISBN 1853991147.
• Nomos : Essays in Athenian Law, Politics and Society (1991) Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521370221 .
• Spartan Reflections, a collection of essays new and revised (Duckworth 2001) ISBN 0-7156-2966-2.
• Sparta and Lakonia (2nd edn. 2002).
• Hellenistic and Roman Sparta (rev. edns 2002) (with A. Spawforth).
• The Greeks: A Portrait of Self and Others (2nd ed, 2002), the product of research into Greek self-definition.
• Kosmos: essays in Order, Conflict and Community in Classical Athens (coauthor Paul Millett) (2002) Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521525934
• The Spartans: An Epic History (2nd ed, 2003).
• Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past (2004).
• Helots and Their Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures (2004) Center for Hellenic Studies. ISBN 0674012232.
• Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World (2006). The Overlook Press. ISBN 1585675660.
• Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice (2009). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521454551
• Ancient Greece: A History in Eleven Cities, (2009) Oxford University Press

References

• "Ancient History at Cambridge". Faculty of Classics. University of Cambridge. http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/faculty/staff-bios/academic-research-staff/paul_cartledge/. Retrieved 2008-01-19. 

External links

• Dan Vergano (March 6, 2007). "This is Sparta? The history behind the movie '300'". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2007-03-05-300-history_N.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-21.  Interview with Paul Cartledge.
• 'Forever Young: why Cambridge has a Professorship of Greek Culture' An inaugural lecture by Professor Paul Cartledge to mark the establishment of the A G Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture, Monday 16 February 2009 at Mill Lane Lecture Theatre, Cambridge
• The myths of 'ancient Greece' dispelled, as explained by Paul Cartledge

Academic offices
Preceded by None: new position	A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University 2008 -	Succeeded by incumbent