New York University

New York University

Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

Roger Shaler Bagnall

Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
New York University
15 East 84th St.
New York, NY 10028

(212) 992-7833; fax 992-7811
Email: roger.bagnall@nyu.edu

Born 19 August 1947, Seattle, Washington
Married; 1 son, 1 daughter

Education

1964-1968   Yale University: B.A., 1968
1968-1972   University of Toronto: M.A., 1969; Ph.D., 1972
1970-1971   American School of Classical Studies at Athens (Associate Member)

Academic Honors and Awards

Yale

National Merit Scholarship; Robert C. Bates Travelling Fellowship; Woodrow Wilson Fellow designate; Phi Beta Kappa; graduated summa cum laude with exceptional distinction as Scholar of the House; six departmental prizes in Greek and Latin

Toronto

American Society of Papyrologists fellowship to summer program in papyrology, Philadelphia, 1968; University of Toronto open fellowship; Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship

Florida

Florida State University research grant; Canada Council summer research assistantship

Columbia

American Council of Learned Societies Grant-in-Aid (1975-76); ACLS Study Fellowship (1976-77); 3 Columbia University research grants; American Philosophical Society Grants-in-Aid (1980, 1984); National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellowship for Independent Study and Research (1984-85); ACLS Travel Grant (1986); American Numismatic Society: Elected Fellow (1987); John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship (1990-91); NEH, Summer Stipend (1994); Christ Church, Oxford, Fowler Hamilton Visiting Research Fellowship (1995-96); Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres, et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Membre associé (elected 1997); National Endowment for the Humanities, director of Summer Seminars for College Teachers (1987, 1990, 1999); American Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected 2000); Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Visiting Scholar (spring, 2001); American Philosophical Society (elected 2001); J.H. Gray Lecturer, University of Cambridge (2003); Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Distinguished Achievement Award (2003); Sather Professor of Classical Literature, University of California at Berkeley (fall 2005); Directeur d'études invité, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris (2006); Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy (2006); Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar (2007-8)

Academic Appointments

1968-70, 1971-72 University College, Toronto: Teaching Fellow

1972-1974
Florida State University, Tallahassee: Assistant Professor of Classics

1974-
Columbia University: Assistant Professor of Greek and Latin (1974-79) Associate Professor of Classics and History (1979-83) Professor of Classics and History (1983-2006) Jay Professor of Greek and Latin and Professor of History (2006-07) Professor Emeritus and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar (2007- ) Acting Chair, Classics (1985-86, 2003); Chair (1994-2000) Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1989-93) Deputy Vice President for Arts and Sciences (1992-93) Acting Chair, Department of English (2000-01) Acting Chair, Department of Italian (2002-03)

1998
Yale University: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Master Class in Papyrology

1998
Union Theological Seminary, Adjunct Professor

2000
University of Iowa, Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor

2004 (fall)
American University in Cairo, Visiting Professor of Coptic Studies

2005 (fall)
University of California, Berkeley, Sather Professor of Classical Literature

2007-
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University Professor of Ancient History and Director (2007- )

Professional Offices and Service

American Society of Papyrologists: Secretary-Treasurer (1974-79); Director (1980-83, 1987-89); Vice-President (1989-93); President (1993-97)

American Philological Association: Secretary, Committee on Basic Research Tools (1979-80); Secretary-Treasurer (1979-85); Project Director, Preservation Microfilming Project (1984-88); Member, Finance Committee (1985-88); member, Board of Directors (1988-91); member, Classical Atlas Committee (1989-2000)

Egyptological Seminar of New York: Director and Member of Editorial Board (1979-83); President (1981-83)

Classical Micropublishing Incorporated: President (1978-83)

Scholars Press: Member, Board of Trustees (1977-85); Executive Committee (1979-85); Investment Committee (1984-90)

XVI International Congress of Papyrology (July 1980): Organizer and Secretary

American Council of Learned Societies: Member of Selection Committee for Study Fellowships (1981-82); Selection Committee for Fellowships for Recent Recipients of the Ph.D. (1982); Chairman, Conference of Secretaries Committee on Journals (1980); Member, Conference of Secretaries Executive Committee (1981-84); Secretary (1981-84); Fellowship Pre-screener (1986-88)

American Research Center in Egypt: Member, Budget and Fiscal Affairs Committee (1982-85); Member, Publications Committee (1983-85)

VIII Congress of the International Federation of Associations of Classical Studies (Dublin, August 1984): Director, Papyrological Colloquium

National Humanities Center: Fellowship Pre-screener (1986-89, 1993-94, 1997-99, 2001-2004)

Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute: Trustee (1991-95, 1996-99); Vice President for Academic Affairs (1994-95); Treasurer (1998-99)

Association Internationale de Papyrologues: Member of the Comité International de Papyrologie (1992-2001); President (2007- )

American School of Classical Studies at Athens: Member, Managing Committee (1995-2007)

Bryn Mawr Review of Electronic Resources: Member, Editorial Board (1998-2002)

American Journal of Archaeology: Member, Editorial Board (1998-2004)

Wells College, Trustee (2006- )

Summer Seminar in Papyrology (American Society of Papyrologists; at Columbia University), co-director (2006)

University Service (Columbia)

Presidential Commission on the Future of the Libraries (1980-83); Chairman, Committee on Preservation and Collection Housing (1981-82); Chairman, Committee on RLG (1982)

Library Service Review Committee (1982-83); member, School of Library Service Executive Committee (1984-86); Chairman, Library Service Review Committee (1989-90)

Presidential Task Force on Information Processing (1983-84); Chairman, Committee on User Needs

Project Aurora Selection Committee (1985-87)

University Senate Housing Policy Committee (1985-88); Chairman (1986-88)

University Senate: School of General Studies senator (1986-88)

Faculty Planning Committee for the Arts and Sciences (1986-87)

History and Humanities Advisory Council, University Libraries (1988-89)

Program in Hellenic Studies, Chairman of Steering Committee (1987-90, 1993-2000); member (2000- )

University Seminar in Classical Civilization: Co-Chairman (1988-89); Chairman (1993-95)

Butler Library Renovation Program Planning Committee (1989-94); Pilot Reading Room Planning Committee (1993-94)

Strategic Planning Commission (1992-93): Chair, Library and Information Services Task Force

Committee on Undergraduate Education: Co-Chair (1994-95); Subcommittee on Resources (1993-94)

Steering Committee of Department Chairs: Chair (1994-95, 1996-98)

Governing Board, Society of Fellows in the Humanities (1996-2000)

Provost's Committee on Libraries and Information Systems (1997- )

Ad Hoc Committee on Housing Policy (1997-99)

Executive Committee, Institute for Research on Women and Gender (1997-2000)

Columbia College Board of Visitors (1998-2000)

Committee on Faculty Services: Chair (1998-2000)

Academic Review Committee (2001-04)

Committee on Strategic Thinking and Acting Through Technology (2002-03)

Committee on a Columbia Humanities Center (2002-03)

Campus Planning Committee (2003-04)

Public Lectures

Universities of Illinois (1976), Cincinnati (1978), Toronto (1980), Florence (1981, 1989), Rome (1981), Bologna (1981), Strasbourg (1989, 1996), Warsaw (1989, 1994), Minnesota (1993), Helsinki (1994), Oxford (1995, 1996), Cambridge (1996), Warwick (1996), Leicester (1996), Durham (1996), Heidelberg (1996), Trier (1996), Cologne (1996), Paris (1996), London (1996); Bar Ilan University (Tel Aviv, 1986); Hebrew University (Jerusalem, 1986, 1996); Bryn Mawr College (1990); Columbia Seminar on Classical Civilization (1976, 1994); Seminar on the History of Legal and Political Thought (1982); Classical Association of Finland (1994); Princeton University (1994, 1996); Yale University (1996); Loyola College (Maryland, 1996); Stanford University (1997); Loyola University (Chicago, 1998); University of Michigan (1999); University of Minnesota (2000); Brown University (2000), Universityof Wisconsin (2000), University of Geneva (2000), University of Neuchâtel (2000), University of Chicago (2000), MIT (2000); Dumbarton Oaks (2001); Ain Shams University (2001, 2002); Archaeological Society of Alexandria (2002, 2003, 2004); University of Marburg (2002); University of Frankfurt (2002); University of Münster (2002); Bibliotheca Alexandrina (2004); American University in Cairo (2004, 2005); University of Southern California (2005); University of California, Los Angeles (2005); University of California, Santa Barbara (2005); Depauw University (2005); Stanford University (2005); Magie Lecture, Princeton University (2006); Center for Hellenic Studies (2006); College of William and Mary (2006); Catholic University of America (2006); Oberlin College (2006).