Dr. James P. Sickinger

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies (Fall)

Research and Teaching Specializations

• Greek History/Literature
• Greek Epigraphy
• Greek Law and Rhetoric
• Archaeology and Topography of Athens

Background

Sickinger received an A.B. in Classics from Trinity College (Hartford, CT) and a Ph.D. in Classical Philology from Brown University. He studied at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens  as both a regular and associate member. He has taught at Florida State University  since 1993. He has written on a range of topics in Greek epigraphy, history, and literature; is the author of Public Records and Archives in Classical Athens (Chapel Hill 1999); and is co-editor, with G. Bakewell, of Gestures. Studies in Ancient Literature, History, and Philosophy Presented to A.L. Boegehold (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2003). He serves as a contributing editor to Brill's New Jacoby.

His research has been supported by the Fulbright Foundation (1989), the Samuel Kress Foundation (1994), and the National Endowment from the Humanities (1996, 2001). From 2002 to 2005 he was the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Classical Studies at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Recent Publications and Lectures

• "Nothing to Do with Democracy: Formulae of Disclosure and the Athenian Epigraphic Habit." In Greek Epigraphy and History. Essays in honour of P.J. Rhodes, edited by L. Mitchell, pp. 87-102. Swansea: Classical Press of Wales, 2009.
• "Official Letters on Stone." Paper presented at the Colloquium, "Documents in Ancient Society: The Letter." The American Academy, Rome, Italy. Sept. 2008.
• "Publication of Legal Decisions in Classical Athens." Paper presented at the First International Meeting of Young Historians of Greek Law. Athens, Greece. Sept. 2008.
• "Indeterminacy in Greek Law: Statutory Gaps and Conflicts." In Symposion 2007: Vorträge zur griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte, edited by E. Harris and G. Thür, pp. 99-112. Vienna: Austrian Academy, 2008.

Recent Courses

• Athens and Sparta
• Attic Orators
• Ancient Warfare
• Greek Epigraphy
• Athenian Empire