Richard J. A. Talbert

Research Interests

Professor Talbert’s current research focuses primarily on Greek and Roman spatial perceptions (physical and cultural), and on mapping the classical world. To read a variety of his recent publications reflecting these themes, visit www.unc.edu/~talbert/Documents. He has two books appearing in 2010: Geography and Ethnography: Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies (edited with Kurt Raaflaub) published by Wiley-Blackwell; and Rome’s World: The Peutinger Map Reconsidered published by Cambridge University Press. Associated with the second book as an integral part of this work is an extensive website. Three further books (co-) edited by him are forthcoming: Ancient Perspectives: Maps and Their Place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome (Nebenzahl Lectures, Chicago U.P.); (with John Bodel and Susan Alcock) Highways, Byways and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World (Wiley-Blackwell); (with David Potter) Classical Courts and Courtiers (American Journal of Philology special issue 2011). In addition, Prof. Talbert has written the Introduction to the forthcoming re-issue by I. B. Tauris of the great Atlas of Ancient Geography Biblical and Classical edited by William Smith and George Grove, originally published by John Murray, London, 1872–1874. Prof. Talbert will be the Archaeological Institute of America’s Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lecturer in 2011–2012.

For UNC’s Ancient World Mapping Center, with which Prof. Talbert is closely associated, visit www.unc.edu/awmc.

Graduate Students Advised by Richard Talbert

• Sarah Bond
• Jayendra Chhana
• Ryan Horne
• Patrick Kent
• Lance Lagroue
• Graeme Ward

Courses Offered (as schedules allow)

For current course listings, consult the Directory of Classes.

• HIST 106  Survey of Ancient History
• HIST 226  History of Rome
• HIST 425  Roman History, 154 B.C.–14 A.D.
• HIST 427  The Early Roman Empire, 14 A.D.–193 A.D.
• HIST 428  The Later Roman Empire, 193 A.D.–378 A.D.
• HIST 752  History of Rome, 27 B.C.–180 A.D. (seminar)
• HIST 910  Seminar