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His current project is a monograph entitled Greek Historians under the Roman Empire. He enjoys watching baseball, drinking wine, and riding his bike – never all three at the same time, of course.
December 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
He earned a Ph.D. in ancient history from the University of Pennsylvania. His major publications include Timaeus of Tauromenium and Hellenistic Historiography, and, as General Editor, the three-volume Herodotus Encyclopedia, which contains contributions from 180 scholars in 18 countries.
December 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
He became interested in the study of ancient Greece and Rome as a way to combine his love of history with his love of language(s). After studying American history in college, he moved back home to the Chicago area and worked as a paralegal at an immigration law firm for several years.
December 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Christopher Baron is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Notre Dame. He specializes in the study of ancient Greek and Roman historical writing and the history of the Mediterranean world during the Hellenistic and Roman imperial era (roughly, 334 BCE–284 CE).
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
From translating hieroglyphs to parkouring off of temples, the way that players interact with their worlds defines how they see them. Hear from industry insiders about the connection between developer intent, player agency, and historical authenticity in gameplay at Hitpoints & History 2026!
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Hitpoints & History 2026’s focus is Gameplay: Intent, Agency, and Historical Authenticity. Gameplay has the ability to shape how we view games and can influence the way we view history.
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Additionally, he has been a Lecturer of Advanced Greek at Harvard Divinity School, an Instructor of Theology at Boston College, and a William R. Tyler Fellow in Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks.
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Chance completed his PhD at Harvard University in the Committee on the Study of Religion, and also holds an MAR from Yale Divinity School and a BA from St. Olaf College.
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Additionally, he has published articles in Ancient Jew Review, the Journal of Late Antiquity, the Journal of Biblical Literature, Early Christianity, and Le Muséon. While at Tufts, he is pursuing research on the role of religious experiences in and around ancient Mediterranean slave revolts.
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
He has two forthcoming projects: God, Slavery, and Early Christianity: Divine Possession and Ethics in the Shepherd of Hermas (Cambridge University Press) and The Author in Early Christian Literature (Cambridge Elements, Cambridge University Press).
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
@chancebonar.bsky.social is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for the Humanities at Tufts University, whose research and teaching primarily focus on ancient Mediterranean religion, slavery, antisemitism, gender-based violence, and theories of authorship.
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Her current book project, Sophocles in South Asia, addresses the reception of Sophocles’ tragic maidens, Antigone and Electra, across Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Her forthcoming book, ‘Through the Looking Glass’: The Narrative Performance of Anarkali (Harvard University Press) studies the performance of mythology through the highly Orientalized South Asian figure of Anarkali.
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM