Robin Osborne

Robin Grimsey Osborne (born 11 March 1957) is an English historian who specializes in classical Greece.

He is the author of several standard works on ancient Greece, such as Greece in the Making 1200-479 BC and Archaic and Classical Greek Art Osborne is a Fellow of King's College and Professor of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge. With his college and faculty colleagues Simon Goldhill he has published three anthologies to interdisciplinary Classical Studies topics. He is also co-editor of several prestigious journals, including the Journal of Hellenic Studies and the American Journal of Archaeology.

Publications (selection)

Monographs

  • Greece in the making, 1200-479 BC. Routledge, London et al 1996, ISBN 0-415-03583- X.
  • Archaic and classical Greek art. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1998, inter alia, ISBN 0-192-84202-1.

Editorial Boards

  • Susan E. Alcock: Placing the gods. Sanctuaries and sacred space in ancient Greece. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1994, ISBN 0-198-15060-1.
  • Simon Goldhill: Art and text in ancient Greek culture. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al, 1994, ISBN 0-521-41185-8.
  • Simon Goldhill: Performance culture and Athenian democracy. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, inter alia, 1999, ISBN 0-521-64247-7.
  • Simon Goldhill: Rethinking revolutions through ancient Greece. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, inter alia, 2006, ISBN 0-521-86212-4 To review by Bernhard Smarczyk in: See points. Vol 8, No. 3, 2008.
  • With Peter J. Rhodes: Greek historical inscriptions. 404-323 BC. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al 2003, ISBN 0-198-15313-9.
  • Debating the Athenian cultural revolution. Art, literature, philosophy, and politics 430-380 BC. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, inter alia, 2007, ISBN 978-0-521-87916-3.
  • Susan E. Alcock: Classical Archaeology ( Blackwell Studies in Global = Archaeology Vol 10. ). Blackwell Publishing, Malden MA, inter alia, 2007, ISBN 978-0-631-23419-7.
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