Paul Christesen

Photo by Joseph Mehling '69

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

Curriculum Vitae

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.

Course Syllabi [PDFs]

• Classical Studies 1: Antiquity Today: An Introduction to Classical Studies [06 Winter]
• Latin 3: Intermediate Latin [06 Winter]
• Greek 26: Historians: Herodotus [04 Fall]
• Classical Studies 14: Greek History: Archaic and Classical Greece [04 Fall]
• Classical Studies 19: Methods and Theory in Ancient History [02 Spring]
• Classical Studies 1: Antiquity Today: An Introduction to Classical Studies [02 Fall]
• Classical Studies 14: Greek History: Archaic and Classical Greece [02 Fall]
• Classical Studies 1: Antiquity Today: An Introduction to Classical Studies [02 Spring]