PhD Classics, Program in the Ancient World, Princeton '18
Research interests: Roman politics and culture; Roman provinces and provincial administration; Greek and Roman historiography and ethnography
Brahm Kleinman's research investigates provincial administration, political corruption, and interactions between rulers and subjects in the middle to late Roman Republic and early Imperial Period. In his dissertation, he explored Roman concepts of political accountability and the debates that emerged in Roman society over the misconduct of officials sent abroad on behalf of the senate and people of Rome. He is currently turning this dissertation into a scholarly monograph, considering Roman responses to cases of embezzlement, unsanctioned and excessive violence against subjects and allies of Rome, provincial extortion, seizure of cultural artifacts, and other offenses. He has also published on judicial reform at Rome and Scipio Aemilianus' decision to "restore" cultural artifacts from Carthage to Sicily. He is currently revising articles on ethnography and historiography in Polybius and other historians.
Dr. Kleinman is passionate about teaching all aspects of the ancient Greek and Roman world, including history, material culture, language, literature, and mythology. He regularly teaches introductory and intermediate survey courses on Greek and Roman history alongside ancient language classes. At the advanced level, he has recently offered history seminars on the Roman provinces and intercultural contact in the Seleucid and Ptolemaic kingdoms. Recent authors taught in intermediate and advanced language courses include Herodotus, Suetonius, Petronius, Horace, and the Laudatio Turiae. In addition to university courses, he has worked extensively as a teacher and tutor for Classics and History classes in New Jersey correctional facilities through the Prison Teaching Initiative.
brahm.kleinman [at] mcgill.ca
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