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Eric W. Robinson

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Eric W. Robinson is an American historian of ancient Greece, specializing in early democracy. He is currently a professor at Indiana University. In 1986, he graduated with a BA from Yale University.[1] After studying under noted historian Donald Kagan as an undergraduate, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1994.[2][1] From 1999 to 2006, Robinson was an associate professor at Harvard University, where he won the Roslyn Abramson Award for outstanding undergraduate teaching.[3]

Robinson has written and edited several works, including The First Democracies: Early Popular Government Outside Athens, Oikistes: Studies in Constitutions, Colonies, and Military Power in the Ancient World Offered in Honor of A. J. Graham, Ancient Greek Democracy: Readings and Sources, and Democracy Beyond Athens: Popular Government in the Greek Classical Age.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c "Eric Robinson". history.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  2. ^ "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Psc.ou.edu. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Abramson Award story". News.harvard.edu. Retrieved 18 October 2014.