Mark Munn

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Mark Henderson Munn (born 1953) is an American scholar of Ancient Greek history and archaeology (with a special interest in ancient Greek political and military history as well as historiography).

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Education and career

Born in 1953 to American foreign service officer Robert H. Munn, Mark Munn grew up in the Middle East. [1] He returned to the US and earned his B.A. in Classical Studies at the University of California, San Diego in 1974 and then went to the University of Pennsylvania where he earned a Ph.D. in Ancient History in 1983 (his doctoral dissertation, entitled "Studies on the territorial defenses of fourth-century Athens," was directed by A. John Graham). [2] [3] He also spent 1977-1978 as a regular member of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens (supported by a Heinrich Schliemann Fellowship). [4]

Munn taught in the Department of Classics at Stanford University from 1983 to 1992 and also served as director of the Stanford-in-Greece program during that time. [5] He next taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara and then at Penn State University where he moved through the ranks from assistant professor to full professor in the Departments of History and Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies (CAMS), and served as Department Head of CAMS from 2013 to 2018. [3] In 2005 and 2011 he also served, with his wife, Dr. Mary Lou Zimmerman Munn, as Gertrude Smith Professor co-directing summer sessions of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. [3]

Munn was a Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC, in the 1992–1993 academic year. [6]

Contributions

His first book, a revision of his doctoral dissertation, was The Defense of Attica: The Dema Wall and the Boiotian War of 378-375 B.C. (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1993) provides a close analysis of Athenian military policy (based upon both historical and archaeological evidence). [7] His second book, The School of History: Athens in the Age of Socrates (University of California Press, 2000) provides an impressive study of Athens in the 5th century BCE. [8] His third book, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (University of California Press, 2006), which presents an intriguing study of ancient religion and political theory. [9]

Munn is also an active archaeologist, conducting both survey archaeology and excavations. He directed the Dema Tower Excavations in 1979, the Skourta Plain Survey from 1985 to 1989, and, since 1991, has directed the Panakton Excavation Project. [3]

Selected publications

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References

  1. ↑ See obituaries of Robert H. Munn in State Magazine (December, 2002), p. 32 available online at https://docuri.com/download/state-magazine-december-2002_59c1e9d1f581710b286d6cfe_pdf and in the Appeal Democrat at https://www.appeal-democrat.com/obituaries/article_a8194b8d-8e45-5658-a87f-3f355a42bdbb.html; see also Joseph Kraft, “Those Arabists in the State Department,” New York Times (November 7, 1971) available online at https://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/07/archives/those-arabists-in-the-state-department-those-arabists-in-state.html
  2. ↑ "Studies on the territorial defenses of fourth-century Athens". Franklin library catalog. 10 November 1983. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Curriculum vitae" . Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  4. ↑ See archive of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens at: https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/archives/history-of-the-american-school-1939-1980-appendices#HEINRICH_SCHLIEMANN_FELLOWS
  5. ↑ See The Stanford Classicist, vol. 5 (Fall, 1992), p. 3.
  6. ↑ See list of fellows at the Center for Hellenic Studies online at: https://chs.harvard.edu/fellows-list-1990-1999/.
  7. ↑ See reviews in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 1993.05.34 and response by Munn in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 1994.4; American Journal of Archaeology 98 (1994), pp. 374-75; Journal of Military History 58 (1994), pp. 135-36; Choice (Jan. 1994), p. 529; Greece and Rome 41 (1994), p. 94; International History Review 16 (1994), pp. 551-53; The American Historical Review 99 (1994), 1662-63; Classical Views 38 (1994), pp. 282-284; and Ploutarchos 11 (1995), pp. 13-14.
  8. ↑ See book reviews in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 200010.12; Times Literary Supplement (December 22, 2000), pp. 4-6; Review of Politics (Summer 2001), pp. 620-23; Religious Studies Review 27 (2001), p. 287; Classical Review 51 (2001), pp. 314-16; Études Classiques 69 (2001), pp. 458-459; Canadian Journal of History 37 (2002), pp. 319-21; American Historical Review (Oct 2002), pp. 1271-1272; Tjidschrift voor Geschiedenis 115 (2002), pp. 280-82; Gnomon 75 (2003), pp. 640-42; and Klio 86 (2004), p. 466.
  9. ↑ See book reviews in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2006.10.27; Review of Biblical Literature (July 2007); Choice (March 2007); American Historical Review 112 (2007), p. 908; Classical Review 58 (2008), pp. 194-95; Classical Philology 103 (2008), pp. 195-200; and Phoenix 63 (2009), pp. 177-79.
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