Professor

220 Blegen Library
513-556-1951
getzel.cohen@uc.edu

Professional Summary

Getzel Cohen teaches courses on ancient Greece, epigraphic and papyrological sources for Greek history as well as advanced seminars on Hellenistic Asia and Ptolemaic Egypt. His current research centers on the Hellenistic period (336 to 31 B.C.), in particular the settlements of Hellenistic Asia and Ptolemaic Egypt. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Leuven (Belgium), Visiting Member of the Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Munich, a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton and Visiting Professor at the École pratique des hautes études at the Sorbonne. He has lectured at, among other institutions, University College London and Cambridge University, the University of Leiden, the University of Trier, the University of Fribourg, the Centre Gustave Glotz (Paris) and the Hebrew University.

He is the Founding Director of the University of Cincinnati Excavation at Troy. From 1990-1999 he was a trustee of the Archaeological Institute of America. Presently he is the director of the Tytus Visiting Scholars Program at the University of Cincinnati. He is also the director of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies in Cincinnati.

He is the author of The Seleucid Colonies. Studies in Founding, Administration and Organization (Wiesbaden, 1973), The Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands and Asia Minor (Berkeley, 1995) as well as numerous articles on Greek history. He is also the co-author (with E. Van 't Dack et al.) of The Judean-Syrian-Egyptian Conflict of 103-101B.C. (Brussels, 1989).

Education

PhD, Princeton University, 1970.

Research Interests

Greek history, papyrology, ancient historiography.

Invited Presentations

(2006). Macquarie University.

(2006). University of Newcastle (Australia).

(2006). University of Western Australia.

(2003). Institute for Advanced Study

(2003). Ecole Nomale Supérieure.

(2002). Wright State University.

(2002). University College London.

(2002). University of Lyon.

(2002). Tel Aviv University.

(2001). University of Fribourg.

(2000). University of Leiden.

(1998). Centre Gustave Glotz, Sorbonne.

(1990). Hebrew University.

(1988). Hebrew Union College.

(1984). Eighth International Classical Studies Congress, Dublin.

(1981). Cambridge University.

(1981). Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik, Munich.

(1981). Universität Trier.

(1981). Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

(1980). University of London.

(1979). Seventh International Classical Studies Congress, Budapest.

Colloquia

(1982). Leuven International Colloquium. Leuven.

Lectures

(2003). Coming of Age in Ancient Greece. .

(1999). Greed, Bribes & Scandals: the Ancient Olympics. .

(1998). Gladiators: Sports and Entertainment in the Roman World. .

(1996). The Ancient Olympics: Athletes, Games & Heroes. .

(1996). Myth, Man & Metal: Bronze Sculpture of Ancient Greece and Rome. .

(1995). Pandora's Box: The Roles of Women in Ancient Greece. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.