Dr. Georgia Tsouvala
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
Dr. Georgia Tsouvala is Associate Professor of Ancient History at Illinois State University. She received her Ph.D. from the City University of New York Graduate Center.
In addition to publishing several chapters and articles, she is a co-author of two books on Greek history and culture, both published by Oxford University Press. Her most recent co-edited volumes are The Discourse of Marriage in the Greco-Roman World (University of Wisconsin Press), and New Directions in the Study of Women in the Graeco-Roman World (Oxford University Press).
She is Associate Editor of New Perspectives in Ancient History book series published by Brill, and a two-term President of the Association of Ancient Historians.
Current Courses
HIS 221.001 Ancient History Rome
HIS 287.004 Independent Study
HIS 308.003 Selected Topics In European History
HIS 408.003 Selected Topics In European History
HIS 101.005 Western Civilization To 1500
HIS 101.006 Western 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 Greco-Roman history, Alexander the Great, and Greco-Roman Women and Sexuality. Professor Tsouvala also teaches Western Civilization I to 1500, First Year Latin, and Ancient Greek.
Research Interests & Areas
Dr. Georgia Tsouvala specializes in women's history in the Greco-Roman world, Greek archaeology, literature, and epigraphy. Her current research focuses on the history and literature of Greece in the early Roman Empire, women's history, Plutarch, inscriptions, and Archaic technology.