Christopher Kelly (historian)
Christopher Kelly (b. 1964) is a classicist and historian who specializes in the Roman Empire and the classical tradition.[1]
Kelly's first major work was Ruling the Later Roman Empire (2006). In The End of Empire (2009), characterized as a "semi-popular work",[2] he took a revisionist view of Attila the Hun as a "thoughtful and effective political and military leader."[3]
Kelly is a reader in ancient history and fellow and director of classical studies at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[1] From 2006 to 2008, he held a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship.[1] He was educated as an undergraduate in classics and law at the University of Sydney in Australia, and earned a doctorate at Trinity College, Cambridge.[4]
Kelly was editor of the Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society and Cambridge Classical Journal from 2000 to 2006.[1] He serves on the editorial committee of the Journal of Roman Studies.[1]
Kelly contributed to The Cambridge Ancient History and to Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World, edited by G.W. Bowersock, Peter Brown, and Oleg Grabar.[5] He is an occasional reviewer for publications such as London Review of Books,[6] Literary Review, and History Today.
Books
- Ruling the Later Roman Empire (Harvard University Press, 2004)
- The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2006), from the Very Short Introductions series
- The End of Empire: Attila the Hun and the Fall of Rome (Norton, New York, 2009)
- Editor, Unclassical Traditions I (Alternatives to the Classical Past in late Antiquity) and II (Perspectives from East and West in late Antiquity) (Cambridge University Press, 2010 and 2011)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Corpus Christi College faculty bio
- ↑ Edward Luttwak, "The Best and the Brightest," The New Republic (August 31, 2009), review
- ↑ Bryan Ward-Perkins, "The Decline and Fall Industry," Standpoint (September 2009) features
- ↑ Random House author's biography
- ↑ Michael Kulikowski, review of Kelly's Ruling the Roman Empire, in Bryn Mawr Classical Review (February 12, 2005)
- ↑ London Review of Books contributor's note
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