Paul Christesen

Photo by Joseph Mehling '69

Professor of Classics
319 Reed Hall
(603) 646-2073
E-mail: Paul.C.Christesen@Dartmouth.edu

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Paul Christesen, Assistant Professor of Classics at Dartmouth College, specializes in the history of ancient Greece, with a particular focus on athletics and economic value systems in the Archaic and Classical Periods (700-323-BCE). He received his B.A. in History and Classical Studies from Dartmouth College in 1988 and his Ph.D. in Ancient History from Columbia University in 2001. He is presently writing a book that situates ancient Greek athletics in its sociopolitical context.

Courses

• Classical Studies 11: Sparta: The Birth and Death of an Empire [Fall 11]
• Classical Studies 15 (HIST 94.4): Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Kings [Fall 11]
• Classical Studies 1: Antiquity Today: An Introduction to Classical Studies [Winter 12]
• Classical Studies 11: Sports and Democratization [Winter 12]
• Classical Studies 1: Antiquity Today: An Introduction to Classical Studies [Winter 13]
• Classical Studies 14 (HIS 94.3): Greek History: Archaic and Classical Greece [Winter 13]