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Stanford University

Spring Quarter 2020: “The Romans” (undergraduate lecture course; by Zoom)

Autumn Quarter 2019: ‘Income and wealth inequality from the Stone Age to the present’ (introductory seminar)

Autumn Quarter 2019: ‘Human Biology Core 2B’ (sophomore lecture course; with K. Preston et al.)

Autumn Quarter 2019: ‘Ancient state formation’ (graduate seminar; with I. Morris)

Spring Quarter 2019: “The Romans” (undergraduate lecture course)

Autumn Quarter 2018: ‘Income and wealth inequality from the Stone Age to the present’ (introductory seminar)

Autumn Quarter 2018: ‘Human Biology Core 2B’ (sophomore lecture course; with K. Preston et al.)

Autumn Quarter 2018: ‘Ancient inequalities’ (graduate seminar; with I. Morris)

Autumn Quarter 2017: ‘Human Biology Core 2B’ (sophomore lecture course; with R. Klein et al.)

Spring Quarter 2017: “The Romans” (undergraduate lecture course)

Autumn Quarter 2016 and Winter Quarter 2017: ‘Ancient state and society’ (graduate seminar; with J. Ober)

Autumn Quarter 2016: ‘Human Biology Core 2B’ (sophomore lecture course; with R. Klein et al.)

Autumn Quarter 2015: ‘Human Biology Core 2B’ (sophomore lecture course; with R. Klein et al.)

Spring Quarter 2015: ‘Inequality: the last 100,000 years’ (freshman seminar)

Spring Quarter 2015: ‘The Romans’

Spring Quarter 2015: ‘Ancient and modern slavery’

Autumn Quarter 2014: ‘Human Biology Core 2B’ (sophomore lecture course; with R. Klein et al.)

Spring Quarter 2014: ‘The Romans’

Spring Quarter 2014: ‘Ancient empires: Han and Rome’ (graduate seminar; with Mark Lewis)

Autumn Quarter 2013: ‘Human Biology Core 2B’ (sophomore lecture course; with R. Klein et al.)

Spring Quarter 2013: ‘The Romans’

Winter Quarter 2013: ‘German for classicists’ (graduate course)

Autumn Quarter 2012: ‘Roman emperors’ (graduate seminar)

Autumn Quarter 2012: ‘Human Biology Core 2B’ (sophomore lecture course; with R. Klein et al.)

Spring Quarter 2012: ‘The Romans’

Spring Quarter 2012: ‘From community to empire: understanding the premodern state’ (freshman seminar)

Autumn Quarter 2011: ‘The shape of the ancient world’ (graduate seminar)

Spring Quarter 2010: ‘The Romans’

Spring Quarter 2010: ‘Ancient numismatics’ (graduate proseminar)

Winter Quarter 2010: ‘Ancient war’ (graduate seminar; with I. Morris)

Spring Quarter 2009: ‘The Romans’

Spring Quarter 2009: ‘Ancient Empires II’ (IHUM)

Winter Quarter 2009: ‘Inscribed lives: Roman epigraphy in context’ (graduate seminar; with G. Parker)

Autumn Quarter 2007: ‘The first great divergence: Europe and China 200-800 CE’ (graduate seminar; with I. Morris)

Spring Quarter 2007: ‘Ancient empires II’ (IHUM)

Spring Quarter 2007: ‘Ancient and modern slavery’ (freshman seminar)

Winter Quarter 2007: ‘The Romans’

Winter Quarter 2007: ‘Rome, Europe, and China: convergence and divergence’ (sophomore dialogue)

Winter Quarter 2007: ‘The remaking of Classics’ (graduate seminar; with G. Ceserani)

Spring Quarter 2005: ‘Ancient empires II’ (IHUM)

Spring Quarter 2005: ‘Ancient and modern slavery’ (freshman seminar)

Winter Quarter 2005: ‘The Romans’

Winter Quarter 2005: ‘Ancient numismatics’ (graduate proseminar)

Spring Quarter 2004: ‘Ancient empires II’ (IHUM)

Spring Quarter 2004: ‘Roman history II: The empire’

Winter Quarter 2004: ‘Roman history I: The republic’

Autumn and Winter Quarters 2003/04: ‘Ancient state formation’ (graduate seminar; with I. Morris)

Spring Quarter 2003: ‘Roman history II: The empire’

Winter Quarter 2003: ‘Roman empire and community’ (graduate seminar)

Winter Quarter 2003: ‘Roman history I: The republic’

Spring Quarter 2000: ‘Ancient slavery’ (graduate seminar)

Winter Quarter 2000: ‘Roman history I: The republic’

Autumn Quarter 1999: ‘History and historiography’ (graduate survey)

Autumn Quarter 1999: ‘History of Greece’

Universität Zürich

March 2017: ‘Steuern und Staatlichkeit in der Antike’

Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

August/September 2015: Kosmos Summer School ‘Globalized Classics’ (with A. Winterling)

New York University Abu Dhabi

Spring Semester 2011: ‘Before globalization: understanding premodern world history’ (introductory undergraduate seminar)

Columbia University

Autumn Semester 2010: ‘The ancient state: theories, models and comparisons for historians’ (graduate seminar)

University of Chicago

Autumn Quarter 2002: ‘Roman state and society’ (graduate seminar)

Autumn Quarter 2002: ‘Ancient Mediterranean History I’ (introductory undergraduate course)

Spring Quarter 2002: ‘Ancient slavery’ (mixed undergraduate/graduate course)

Spring Quarter 2002: ‘Ancient empires and imperialism’ (advanced undergraduate course)

Autumn and Winter Quarters 2001/02: ‘Greek society and economy’ (graduate seminar; with J. Hall)

Autumn Quarter 2001: ‘History of Western Civilization I’ (introductory undergraduate course)

Spring Quarter 2001: ‘Roman historiography’ (mixed undergraduate/graduate course)

Spring Quarter 2001: ‘Roman historiography’ (reading and research course)

Winter Quarter 2001: ‘Life and death in the ancient world’ (mixed undergraduate/graduate course)

Autumn and Winter Quarters 2000/01: ‘The Roman household: family, gender and slavery’ (graduate seminar; with R. Saller)

Autumn Quarter 2000: ‘History of Western Civilization I’ (introductory undergraduate course)

University of Innsbruck

Summer Semester 1999: lecture course ‘Living and dying in the ancient world’ (for undergraduates and graduates)

Summer Semester 1999: lecture course ‘Ancient slavery’ (for undergraduates and graduates)

Summer Semester 1999: discussion class ‘The ancient economy: problems and models’ (for advanced undergraduates and graduates)

Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris

May/June 1998: seminar ‘New perspectives in Roman demography’

University of Graz

Summer Semester 1998: lecture course ‘Sex and hunger, disease and death: the foundations of life in the ancient world’ (for undergraduates and graduates)

University of Cambridge

Lent Term 1999: lecture course ‘Ancient history: problems and methods’ (with K. Hopkins; for 1st and 2nd year undergraduates)

Michaelmas Term 1998: lecture course ‘Slavery’ (with P. Cartledge; for 2nd year undergraduates)

Michaelmas Term 1998: participation in lecture course ‘The transformation of the Roman world, 284-476’ (with P. Garnsey et al.; for 2nd year undergraduates)

Michaelmas Term 1998: panel organizer for graduate seminar ‘Oikos: families in ancient Greece’ (for graduates)

Easter Term 1998: supervisions on Roman history (for 3rd year undergraduates)

Lent and Easter Terms 1998: lecture course ‘The ancient economy’ (with R. Duncan-Jones and H. Parkins; for 2nd year undergraduates)

Lent Term 1998: lecture course ‘Ancient history: problems and methods’ (with K. Hopkins; for 1st and 2nd year undergraduates)

Lent Term 1998: supervisions on Roman history (for 2nd year undergraduates)

Lent Term 1998: graduate seminar ‘The ancient economy twenty-five years after The ancient economy’ (with H. Parkins; for graduates)

1997/98: Examiner, Preliminary Examination for the Classical Tripos (for 1st year undergraduates)

Michaelmas Term 1997: participation in lecture course ‘The transformation of the Roman world, 284-476’ (with P. Garnsey et al.; for 2nd year undergraduates)

Easter Term 1997: supervisions on ‘The city of Athens’ (for 3rd year undergraduates)

Lent Term 1997: lecture course ‘Ancient history: problems and methods’ (with K. Hopkins; for 1st and 2nd year undergraduates)

Lent Term 1997: lecture course ‘The ancient economy’ (with H. Parkins; for 2nd year undergraduates)

Easter Term 1996: lecture course ‘The ancient economy’ (with P. Garnsey; for 2nd year undergraduates)

University of Vienna

Winter Semester 1993/94: lecture course on the history of women in antiquity (with E. Specht et al.; for undergraduates)

Summer Semester 1993: seminar on Athenian ostracism (with P. Siewert; for graduates)

Summer Semester 1992: seminar on Athenian ostracism (with P. Siewert; for graduates)

Winter Semester 1991/92: lecture course on the history of women in antiquity (with E. Specht et al.; for undergraduates)