Richard J. A. Talbert
Distinguished Professor of History (3291); Adjunct Professor of Classics (3220)
516 Hamilton Hall
Campus Box 3195
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3195
919-962-3942 (work)
919-962-1403 (fax)
919-967-5659 (home)
talbert@email.unc.edu
M.A., Ph.D. (1972), Litt. D. (2003), Cambridge (U.K.)
Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute (2005)
Research Interests
Professor Talbert’s current research focuses primarily on Greek and Roman spatial perceptions (physical and cultural), and on mapping the classical world. 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