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Ian Worthington Professor Department of History and Archaeology Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 2 9850 1819 Biography Ian Worthington has been Professor of Ancient History since 2017. Before then, he held an endowed chair as Curators' Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Missouri, USA. He hails from northern England, taking his B.A. at Hull and M.A. at Durham, before moving to Monash University to do his Ph.D. Worthington specializes in Greek history and oratory. To date, he has written 9 sole-authored books, 1 co-authored book, edited 9 books, translated 2 volumes of the Greek orators (in the University of Texas Oratory of Classical Greece series), and written over 100 articles and essays on Greek history, oratory, epigraphy, and literature. Some authored books: The Last Kings of Macedonia (OUP forthcoming 2022) Athens After Empire: A History from Alexander the Great to the Emperor Hadrian (OUP 2021) Ptolemy I: King and Pharaoh of Egypt (OUP 2016) Lives of the Attic Orators: Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius and the Suda, with J. Roisman and R. Waterfield, Clarendon Ancient History Series (OUP 2015). By the Spear. Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire (OUP 2014) Demosthenes of Athens and the Fall of Classical Greece (OUP 2013) Philip II of Macedonia (Yale Univ. Press 2008) Alexander the Great:Man and God (Pearson 2004) Greek Orators Vol. 2, Dinarchus 1 and Hyperides 5 & 6 (Aris & Phillips 1999) A Historical Commentary on Dinarchus. Rhetoric and Conspiracy in Later Fourth-Century Athens (Univ. Michigan Press 1992) Some edited volumes: Alexander the Great: A Reader, 2nd ed (Routledge 2011) Blackwell Companion to Ancient Macedonia (2010; co-edited with J. Roisman) Blackwell Companion to Greek Rhetoric (2007) Epea and Grammata: Oral and Written Communication in Ancient Greece (Brill 2002; co-edited with John Miles Foley) Voice Into Text. Orality and Literacy in Ancient Greece (Leiden 1996) Ventures Into Greek History. Essays in Honour of N. G. L. Hammond (OUP 1994) He is currently finishing a book on Alexander's military leadership and modern warfare, co-written with Cpt. M. Ferguson, U.S. Army (for Routledge in 2022/23), and writing on warfare in democratic Athens as part of an ARC funded project. Since 2003 he has been Editor-in-Chief of the major international research project Brill's New Jacoby (BNJ), which has published so far the fragments with critical commentaries of c. 900 ancient historians (over 6,000,000 words!), involving a team of over 170 scholars in 19 countries. In addition to many conference papers worldwide, he has given invited talks and keynote addresses win Australia, America, Canada, the UK, several European countries, Brazil, and Japan, as well as national and radio and TV interviews and podcasts, founded the Orality and Literacy in Ancient Greece conference series, appeared in the 2011 BBC TV series Ancient Worlds, and has a ‘Great Courses’ DVD and CD titled The Long Shadow of the Ancient Greek World, released in 2008. In December 2019 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (London). In October 2020 he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (London) Also in 2019, he and Assoc. Prof. David Pritchard (UQ) won an ARC Discovery Project Grant of $141,236 for a 3-year project (starting 2020) titled 'Democratic Athens at War'. Employment Professor of Ancient History Professor Department of History and Archaeology Macquarie University 1 Jan 2021 → present Research outputs The leadership of Alexander the Great: what 21st century military strategists should know Worthington, I. & Ferguson, M., 2023, (In preparation) London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. Encore: Arrian's favouring of Ptolemy in the preface of his Anabasis Worthington, I., 2022, (Accepted/In press) Contextualizing Arrian: the world of Alexander in perspective. Rollinger, R. & Degen, J. (eds.). Leipzig: Harrassowitz Verlag Athens after empire: a history from Alexander the Great to the Emperor Hadrian Worthington, I., 2021, New York: Oxford University Press. 442 p. Dinarchus, the 'recent' and the 'very recent' past: lessons from Lycurgus, Aeschines, and Demosthenes? Worthington, I., 2021, (Accepted/In press) The orators and their treatment of the recent past. Kapellos, A. (ed.). Stuttgart: De Gruyter From Chremonides to Chaeronea: Demosthenes' influence in Hellenistic Athens Worthington, I., 2021, (Accepted/In press) Essays on Greek history and politics in honour of P.J. Rhodes on his eightieth birthday. Leão, D., Ferreira, D. & Morais, R. (eds.). Oxford: Archaeopress The date of the Athenian-Roman foedus Worthington, I., 2021, In: Klio. 103, 1, p. 90-96 7 p. Athens in the Hellenistic world Worthington, I., 11 Nov 2020, Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 4 p. Jacoby, Felix (1876–1959) Worthington, I., 25 Jun 2020, The encyclopedia of ancient history. Bagnall, R. S., Brodersen, K., Champion, C. B., Erskine, A. & Huebner, S. R. (eds.). Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, Wiley, 2 p. Ptolemy I and the succession issue Worthington, I., Apr 2020, In: Hermes: Zeitschrift für klassische Philologie. 148, 2, p. 236-241 6 p. Augustus' annoyance with Athens Worthington, I., 2020, In: Arctos. 53 (2019), p. 247-254 8 p. Demosthenes of Athens Worthington, I., 2020, Lexicon of Argead Makedonia. Müller, S. & Heckel, W. (eds.). Berlin: Frank & Timme Berlin, p. 197- 202 6 p. 'Fake News': the Greek orators' rhetorical presentation of the past Worthington, I., 2020, In: Roda da Fortuna: Revista Eletrônica sobre Antiguidade e Medievo. 9, 1, p. 15-31 17 p. Harpalos Worthington, I., 2020, Lexicon of Argead Makedonia (LexAM). Heckel, W., Heinrichs, J., Müller, S. & Pownall, F. (eds.). Berlin: Frank & Timme Berlin, p. 249-251 3 p. 3 Callias of Sphettus' exile (IG ii/iii 1, 4 no. 911) Worthington, I., 2019, In: Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 209, p. 137-139 3 p. The 'divine' Octavia and Athens, 39/8 BC Worthington, I., 2019, In: Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 210, p. 147-150 4 p. The Epitaphios, Erotikos, Prooimia, and letters Worthington, I., 2019, The Oxford handbook of Demosthenes. Martin, G. (ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, p. 401-406 6 p. The treasures of Alexander the Great: how one man's wealth shaped the world Worthington, I., 2019, In: History : Reviews of New Books. 47, 4, p. 100-102 3 p. Why did the Successors meet at Triparadeisus? Worthington, I., 2019, In: Karanos. 2, p. 29-33 4 p. Campaigns of Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC Worthington, I., 31 May 2017, The Encyclopedia of Ancient Battles. Whitby, M. & Sidebottom, H. (eds.). Chichester: Wiley- Blackwell, Wiley, Vol. II. p. 503-573 71 p. Audience reaction, performance and the exploitation of delivery in the courts and assembly Worthington, I., 2017, The Theatre of Justice: aspects of performance in Greco-Roman oratory and rhetoric. Papaioannou, S., Serafim, A. & da Vela, B. (eds.). Leiden ; Boston: Brill, p. 13-25 13 p. (Mnemosyne Supplements: monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature; vol. 403). El nacimiento de una nueva Grecia (334-323 a.C.) Worthington, I., 2016, In: Desperta Ferro: Antigua y medieval. 33, p. 40-47 8 p. Ptolemy I: King and Pharaoh of Egypt Worthington, I., 2016, New York: Oxford University Press. 253 p. Ptolemy I as Soter: The silence of epigraphy and the case for Egypt Worthington, I., 2016, In: Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 198, p. 128-130 3 p. Lives of the Attic orators: texts from Pseudo-Plutarch, Photius, and the Suda Roisman, J., Worthington, I. & Waterfield, R. (Translator), 2015, Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press. 381 p. (Clarendon ancient history series) Alexander the Great: man and god Worthington, I., 2014, London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. 388 p. By the Spear: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire Worthington, I., 2014, New York: Oxford University Press. (Ancient Warfare and Civilization) From East to West: Alexander and the Exiles Decree Worthington, I., 2014, East and West in the World Empire of Alexander: Essays in honour of Brian Bosworth. Wheatley, P. & Baynham, E. (eds.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, p. 93-106 Archelaos Worthington, I., 2013, The encyclopedia of ancient history. Bagnall, R. S., Brodersen, K., Champion, C. B., Erskine, A. & Huebner, S. R. (eds.). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, Wiley, p. 628-629 2 p. Chaeronea, battle of Worthington, I., 2013, The encyclopedia of ancient history. Bagnall, R. S., Brodersen, K., Champion, C. B., Erskine, A. & Huebner, S. R. (eds.). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, Wiley, p. 1425-1426 2 p. Demosthenes, Against Leptines Worthington, I., 2013, In: The Classical Review. 63, 2, p. 371-372 2 p. Demosthenes of Athens and the Fall of Classical Greece Worthington, I., 2013, Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. 410 p. Demosthenes, orator Worthington, I., 2013, The encyclopedia of ancient history. Bagnall, R. S., Brodersen, K., Champion, C. B., Erskine, A. & Huebner, S. R. (eds.). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, Wiley, p. 2026-2028 3 p. Dinarchus Worthington, I., 2013, The encyclopedia of ancient history. Bagnall, R. S., Brodersen, K., Champion, C. B., Erskine, A. & Huebner, S. R. (eds.). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, Wiley, p. 2100-2101 2 p. Granikos Worthington, I., 2013, The encyclopedia of ancient history. Bagnall, R. S., Brodersen, K., Champion, C. B., Erskine, A. & Huebner, S. R. (eds.). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, Wiley, p. 2978-2979 2 p. Harpalos Worthington, I., 2013, The encyclopedia of ancient history. Bagnall, R. S., Brodersen, K., Champion, C. B., Erskine, A. & Huebner, S. R. (eds.). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, Wiley, p. 3065-3066 2 p. Hyperides Worthington, I., 2013, The encyclopedia of ancient history. Bagnall, R. S., Brodersen, K., Champion, C. B., Erskine, A. & Huebner, S. R. (eds.). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, Wiley, p.