James P. Sickinger

Curriculum Vitae

Dept. of Classics
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1510

Phone: 850-644-1091
Fax: 850-644-4073
Email: jsicking@fsu.edu

EDUCATION

• Brown University, Providence, R.I. Ph.D. in Classical Philology. 1992
• Trinity College, Hartford, Ct. A.B. in Classics with Honors in Classics and General Scholarship. Phi Beta Kappa. 1986

POSITIONS HELD

• Assistant to Associate Professor, Department of Classics, Florida State University, 1993-
• Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Classical Studies. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Athens, Greece. 2002-2005.
• Instructor, Department of Languages, University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI. 1992-92.
• Visiting Lecturer, Department of Classics, Brown University, 1993.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

• Gertrude Smith Professor and Director of the Summer Session. American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1996.
• Trench Supervisor. Athenian Agora Excavations. Athens, Greece, 1994, 1995.
• Trench Supervisor. Ancient Corinth, Greece, 1991.

AWARDS AND GRANTS
External

• NEH Summer Stipend. Project Title: "Literacy and Ostracism: New Finds from the Athenian Agora " ($4500), 2001.
• NEH Fellowship for College Teachers and Independent Scholars, Project Title: "Inscriptions and Democracy in Classical Athens" ($30,000), 1996-97.
• Kress Foundation-Athenian Agora Fellow. Athenian Agora Excavations, Athens, Greece ($3600), 1995.
• Doreen C. Spitzer Fellow. American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1991-92.
• Eugene Vanderpool Fellow. American School of Classical Studies, 1990-91.
• Heinrich Schliemann Fellow (Honorary). American School of Classical Studies, 1989-90.
• Fulbright Research Fellowship to Greece, 1989/90.
• Hill Scholarship. American School of Classical Studies, 1998.
• Terry Fellowship. Trinity College, 1986-88.
• University Fellowship. Brown University, 1986.
• Phi Beta Kappa. Trinity College, 1985.
• Translation Prizes in Greek and Latin. Trinity College, 1983-1986.

At FSU

• Summer COFRS Award. Florida State University ($12,000). 2006.
• Developing Scholar Award. Florida State University. 2001.
• Arts and Humanities Program Enhancement Grant. FSU Research Foundation ($10,000) 2001.
• Grant for developing Web-based materials for Classical Mythology. Council of Instruction, Florida State University ($5,000), 2000.
• University Teaching Award. Florida State University, 2000.
• Teaching Incentive Award. Florida State University, 1999.
• Grant to Develop Web-Assisted and Web-Based Courses. Florida State University ($5,000), 1999.
• Summer COFRS Award. Florida State University. Project Title: "Law and Rhetoric in Athenian Lawcourts" ($6000), 1998.
• First-Year Assistant Professor Summer Research Award. Florida State University ($6000), 1994.

PUBLICATIONS
Book:

• Public Records and Archives in Classical Athens. Studies in the History of Greece and Rome. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999.

Edited Book:

• Gestures. Studies in Ancient Literature, History, and Philosophy in Honor of A.L. Boegehold. Edited by G. Bakewell and J.P. Sickinger. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2003.

Editor:

• Brill’s New Jacoby: new text, translation, and commentary of F. Jacoby, Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker, Parts I-III (856 fragmentary authors). Editor-in-Chief, I Worthington. E.J. Brill Academic Publishers (I have editorial responsibility for the local historians of Aetolia, Argos, and Athens).

Articles and Book Chapters:

• "Ostraka from the Athenian Agora." In The Athenian Agora: New Perspectives on an Ancient Site, edited by J. McK. Camp II and C.A. Mauzy, pp. 77-86. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern 2009.
• "Indeterminacy in Greek Law: Statutory Gaps and Conficts." In Symposion 2007: Vorträge zur griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte, edited by E. Harris and G. Thür, pp. 99-112. Vienna: Austrian Academy, 2008.
• "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.
• "Didymos von Alexandreia (340);" "Asklepiades von Nikaia (339);" "Seleukos (341);" "Horismoi (375);" "Kallikrates-Menekles (370);" "Nikandros of Thyateira (343)." In Brill's New Jacoby. Edited. by I. Worthington. Brill Online, 2008.
• "The Bureaucracy of Democracy and Empire" In Cambridge Companion to the Age of Pericles, edited by L.J. Samons, II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 196-214.
• "Rhetoric and the Law." In A Companion to Greek Rhetoric, edited by I. Worthington. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2006, pp. 286-302.
• "The Laws of Athens: Publication, Preservation." In The Law and the Courts in Ancient Greece, edited by E. Harris and L. Rubinstein. London: Duckworth, 2004, pp. 94-119.
• "Archon Dates, Atthidographers, and the Sources of Ath. Pol. 22-26." In Gestures. Studies in Ancient Literature, History, and Philosophy in Honor of A.L. Boegehold. Edited by G. Bakewell and J.P. Sickinger. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2003, pp. 338-350.
• "Literacy, Orality, and Athenian Legislative Practice." In Epea and Grammata. Oral & Written Communication in Ancient Greece. Edited by I. Worthington and J.M. Foley. Leiden: Brill, 2002, pp. 147-69.
• "Literacy, Documents, and Archives in the Ancient Athenian Democracy." American Archivist 62 (1999): 229-46.
• "A Security Horos in the Collection of the American School." Hesperia (1995) 333-36.
• "Inscriptions and Archives in Classical Athens." Historia 43 (1994) 286-96.
• "A Note on Wasps 349." Classical Quarterly n.s. 41 (1991) 329-332.

Reviews:

• M. Gagarin, Writing Greek Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2008), in New England Classical Journal 26 (2009).
• C. Pébarthe, Cité, démocratie et écriture. Histoire de l’alphabétisation d’Athènes à l’époque classique (Paris: De Boccard 2006), in Journal of Hellenic Studies 128 (2008): 226.
• M.H. Hansen, The Return of the Polis. The Use and Meanings of the Word polis in Archaic and Classical Sources. Papers from the Copenhagen Polis Centre 8. Historia Einzelschriften, 198 (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag 2007), in POLIS 25 (2008): 167-70.
• P.J. Rhodes and R. Osborne, Greek Historical Inscriptions 404-323 BC (Oxford: OUP 2003) in AJA 109 (2005): 314-5.
• M. Brosius (ed.). Ancient Archives and Archival Traditions: Concepts of Record-keeping in the Ancient World (Oxford: OUP, 2003) in New England Classical Journal 31 (2004): 141-143.
• C. Carey (trans.), Aeschines (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000), in The Historian 64 (2002): 807-808.
• S.B. Pomeroy, S.M. Burstein, W. Donlan, and J.T. Roberts, Ancient Greece. A Political, Social, and Cultural History (New York and Oxford, 1999). in International Journal of the Classical Tradition 8 (2002): 448-50.
• V. Hunter, Policing Athens. Social Control in the Attic Lawsuits, 420-320 BC. (Princeton, 1994) in AJP 116 (1995): 659-62.
• R. Thomas, Literacy and Orality in Ancient Greece (Cambridge 1992), in CP 89 (1994): 273-78.

Encyclopedia Articles:

• "Alcibiades." In Magill’s Guide to Military History. Edited by J. Powell. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2001, p. 35.
• "Athenian Empire." In Magill’s Guide to Military History. Edited by J. Powell. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2001, pp. 140-43.
• "Dionysius the Elder." In Magill’s Guide to Military History. Edited by J. Powell. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2001, p. 434.
• "Dionysian Wars." In Magill’s Guide to Military History. Edited by J. Powell. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2001, pp. 432-34.
• "Iphicrates," In Magill’s Guide to Military History. Edited by J. Powell. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2001, pp. 746-7.
• "Spartan Empire," In Magill’s Guide to Military History. Edited by J. Powell. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2001, pp. 1465-66
• "Messenian Wars" In Magill’s Guide to Military History. Edited by J. Powell. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2001, pp. 992-93.
• "Armies and Infantry: Ancient to 1500 C.E." In Weapons and Warfare. Edited by J. Powell. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2001, pp. 120-25.
• "Bows and Arrows: Ancient to 1500 C.E." In Weapons and Warfare. Edited by J. Powell. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2001, pp. 81-85.
• "Achaean League." In Encyclopedia of the Ancient World. Edited by T.J. Sienkewicz. (Pasadena, CA: Salem Press. 2001, pp. 182-83.
• "Apollodorus of Athens." In Encyclopedia of the Ancient World. Edited by T.J. Sienkewicz. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press. 2001, pp. 261-62
• "Athens." In Encyclopedia of the Ancient World. Edited by T.J. Sienkewicz. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press. 2001, pp. 308-11.
• "Battle of Plataea." In Encyclopedia of the Ancient World. Edited by T.J. Sienkewicz. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press. 2001), pp. 908-9
• "King’s Peace." In Encyclopedia of the Ancient World. Edited by T.J. Sienkewicz. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press. 2001, p. 708
• "Philochorus." In Encyclopedia of the Ancient World. Edited by T.J. Sienkewicz. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press. 2001, p. 897.

Other Publications:

• "The Origins of Democracy." Archaeology Odyssey, January/February (2001), 6-7 [Reprinted in The Origin of Things. Edited by J.Meinhardt. Washington, D.C., 2002, pp. 83-88].
• "School Trip Catches Up on Developments in N.E. Greece." AKOUE. Newsletter of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. No. 49 (2002): 2.
• "Summer Session II." Newsletter of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. No. 38 (1996) 11.
• "Record-Keeping in Classical Athens." Newsletter of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. (1991): 6.

PAPERS AND LECTURES

• "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 Meting of Young Historians of Greek Law. Athens, Greece. Sept. 2008.
• "Indeterminacy in Greek Law." Biennial Meeting of the Gesellschaft für griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte. Durham, England. Sept. 2007.
• "Ostracism and the Foundation of the Athenian Agora." Annual Meetings of Annual Meetings of the Classical Association of the Midwest and South. Cincinnati, 2007.
• "Publication of Verdicts and the Athenian Epigraphic Habit." Annual Meetings of the Classical Association of the Midwest and South. Gainesville, FL, 2006.
• "Ostraka from the Athenian Agora." AIA/APA Panel. Annual Meetings of the American Philological Association/Archaeological Institute of America. Montreal, Jan. 2006.
• "Reading Greek Inscriptions." Open Meeting of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Athens, Greece. March 2004.
• "Literacy and the Uses of Writing in Aristophanes’ Birds." College Year in Athens. Athens, Greece. April 2004.
• "Literacy and Ancient Inscriptions." Pirie Lecture, American Academy at Rome. Rome, Italy. Februrary 2003.
• "Literacy and Ostracism: New Finds from the Athenian Agora." Classics Department Colloquium, Florida State University, 2000.
• "Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War." U.S. Naval War College Non-Resident Seminar in Strategy and Policy. Fort Meade, VA; Annapolis, MD; Crystal City, Va., 2000.
• "Literacy, Democracy, and Athenian Inscriptions." University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl., 2000,
• "Inscriptions and Democracy in Classical Athens ." Trinity College, Hartford, Ct., 2000.
• "Cloudcuckooland and the Tyranny of Writing." Annual Meetings of the Classical Association of the Midwest and South. Knoxville, Tenn., 2000.
• "Literacy, Orality, and Athenian Legislation." At the conference, Epea et Grammata: Literacy and Orality in Ancient Greece. Columbia, Missouri, 2000.
• "Citation of Statutes and the Rule of Law in Athenian Legal Rhetoric." Classics Department Colloquium, Florida State University, 1999.
• "Symbols or Documents? The Functions of Greek Financial Documents on Stone."Symposium honoring W. Kendrick Pritchett on his 90th Birthday, University of California at Berkeley, 1999.
• "Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War." Naval War College, Non-resident program. Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, FL., 1999.
• "Greek Warfare." National Junior Classical League Convention. Tallahassee, FL., 1999.
• "The Literate Character of Athenian Democracy." Annual Meetings of the Classical Association of the Midwest and South. Cleveland, Ohio, 1999.
• "Literacy and Attic Inscriptions: An Epigraphical Perspective." Annual Meetings of the American Philological Association. Dallas, Texas, 1999,
• "Archives and the Ancient Athenian Democracy." Archival History Roundtable, Annual Meetings of the Society of American Archivists, Orlando, 1998.
• "IG II2 2318 and Athenian Archives of the Early Fifth Century." Annual Meetings of the American Philological Association. Chicago, 1997.
• "Greece and Macedonia." Florida Geographic Society. Tampa, FL., 1997.
• "The Athenian Law Code: Publication, Preservation, and Consultation." Three-Year Colloquium on Greek Law. Annual Meetings of the American Philological Association. San Diego, CA., 1995.
• "Reading Inscriptions in Ancient Athens." Classics Department Colloquium, Florida State University, 1994.
• "Inscriptions from Pompeii." Leon County High School Latin Club. Tallahassee, FL., 1994.
• "Laws as Evidence in Athenian Lawcourts." Annual Meetings of the American Philological Association, Washington, D.C., 1993.
• "Inscriptions as Documents in Classical Athens." Classics Department Colloquium, Brown University, 1992.
• "The State Archive of Athens." University of Pennsylvania., 1992.
• "Written Records and Aristotle: The Sources of the Athenaion Politeia." Annual Meetings of the American Philological Association, New Orleans, LA. 1992.
• "Epigraphical Evidence for the Augustan Age." Department of Classics, Trinity College, Hartford, Ct. 1987.
• "The Athenian Disaster at Drabeskos." Annual Meetings of the American Philological Association, San Francisco, CA. 1990.