Dr. Georgia Tsouvala
Associate Professor
History
Office
Schroeder Hall - SCH 323
Office Hours
Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:15-1:00pm and 3:15-4pm,
Wednesdays 1-2pm
By appointment, if your schedule conflicts with the drop-in office hours. Please email me at gtsouva@ilstu.edu for an appointment.
Wednesdays 1-2pm
By appointment, if your schedule conflicts with the drop-in office hours. Please email me at gtsouva@ilstu.edu for an appointment.
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Biography
Georgia Tsouvala specializes in Greco-Roman history, literature, and epigraphy. Her current research focuses on the history of Greece in the early Roman Empire, women's history, Plutarch, inscriptions, and coins.
Current Courses
221.001Ancient History Rome
490.006Readings -- Field Of Study
308.002Selected Topics In European History
101.001Western Civilization To 1500
101.002Western Civilization To 1500
Teaching Interests & Areas
Professor Tsouvala teaches all levels of Greek and Roman history, as well as more specialized survey courses and seminars on Greek and Roman history, on Alexander the Great, and on Greek and Roman Women and Sexuality. Professor Tsouvala also teaches Western Civilization I, First Year Latin and ancient Greek, and takes students on study abroad programs to Greece and Italy.
Research Interests & Areas
Greco-Roman history; women's history; epigraphy; Greek archaeology; numismatics
Ph D Classics, Summa cum Laude
The Graduate School, City University of New York
New York, NY
BA Ancient Greek and Latin w/ Departmental Honors
Hunter College
New York, NY
Influential and Inspirational History Faculty Member
Illinois State University, History-Social Science Education Progra
2020
Influential and Inspirational History Faculty Member
Illinois State University, History-Social Science Education Progra
2019
Sabbatical Leave
ISU
2014
Provost’s Leadership Initiative
Illinois State University
2013
Service Initiative Award
Illinois State University
2011
Influential and Inspirational Faculty Award Member
Illinois State University, History-Social Science Education Program
2009
Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society
Mu Upsilon Chapter, ISU
2007
Book Review
Tsouvala, G. Review of The Spartans by Andrew J. Bayliss. Classical Outlook 97.3 (2022)
Book, Chapter
“Female Athletes in the Late Hellenistic and Roman Greek World.” In New Directions for the Study of Women in the Greco-Roman World, edited by Ronnie Ancona and Georgia Tsouvala. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021.
Tsouvala, G. “A Greco-Roman World.”. A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture, 4th edition.. Oxford University Press (2020): 382-391.
“An Introduction to the Discourse of Marriage and its Context.” In The Discourse of
Marriage in the Greco-Roman World, edited by Jeffrey Beneker and Georgia Tsouvala. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2020, 3-19.
Marriage in the Greco-Roman World, edited by Jeffrey Beneker and Georgia Tsouvala. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2020, 3-19.
“Epilogue: The Arrival of the Romans,” new chapter in Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History, 4th edition. Oxford University Press, 2017.
“Women Members of a Gymnasium in the Roman East (IG IV 732),” book chapter in Ancient
Documents and their Contexts. First North American Congress of Greek and Latin
Epigraphy (2011), J. Bodel and N. Dimitrova (eds.), Leiden: E. J. Brill (Brill Studies in
Greek and Roman Epigraphy, no. 5), 2015, 111-123.
Documents and their Contexts. First North American Congress of Greek and Latin
Epigraphy (2011), J. Bodel and N. Dimitrova (eds.), Leiden: E. J. Brill (Brill Studies in
Greek and Roman Epigraphy, no. 5), 2015, 111-123.
Book, Edited
Co-editor (with Ronnie Ancona), New Directions for the Study of Women in the Greco-Roman World. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021.
Co-editor (with Jeffrey Beneker), The Discourse of Marriage in the Greco-Roman World. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2020.
Encyclopedia
«Κόριννα», Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World, Boeotia, 2012
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«Πλούταρχος », Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World, Boeotia, 2012
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“Corinna,” Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World, Boeotia, 2012
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“Plutarch,” Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World, Boeotia, 2012
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Textbook, New
Co-author with Sarah B. Pomeroy, et al. A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture, 4th edition. Oxford University Press, 2020.
Co-author with Sarah B. Pomeroy, et al. Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History, 4th edition. Oxford University Press, 2017.
Presentations
Archaic Lenses from Ialysos, Rhodes (co-written with GP and LLB). SCS/AIA Annual Meeting. Society for Classical Studies/Archaeological Institute of America. (2023)
How to ‘read’ a site: The Sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron. ASCSA 2022 Summer Session. American School of Classical Studies at Athens. (2022)
Reconsidering the Evidence for Female Athletics in the Late Hellenistic and Roman Periods. Bluhm Scholars Seminar. Hunter College. (2022)
“The Palaiopolis Hoard and Circulation of Drachmas in Late Hellenistic Corcyra” co-authored with Goulielma-Kyriaki Avgerinou and Lee L. Brice. XVI International Numismatics Congress. (2022)
Before Title IX: Ancient Athletics and Women’s Participation. DuPage County Social Studies Conference. (2020)
Before Title IX: Female Athletes in the Greco-Roman World. Bowling Green State University. (2020)
Impact of Covid-19 and our Profession. Association of Ancient Historians Annual Meeting. Association of Ancient Historians. (2020)
“Agrippina and Company: Elite Women at the Castra” (co-written with Lee L. Brice). Archaeological Institute of America. (2019)
“How to ‘read’ a site: The Sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron”. ASCSA 2019 Summer Session. American School of Classical Studies. (2019)
“The Real Housewives of Rome: From Matronae to Slaves”. DuPage County Social Studies Conference. (2019)
Grants & Contracts
URG-FRA. ISU. Illinois State University. (2022)
Franklin Grant. American Philosophical Society. Private. (2018)
2018 Gertrude Smith Professor. American School of Classical Studies. Private. (2017)
2014 Gertrude Smith Professor. American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Private. (2013)
Book Subvention. ORGS/CAS. Illinois State University.