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Gregory Aldrete

Gregory Aldrete

Professor Emeritus
aldreteg@uwgb.edu
Humanities

Selected Awards

  • 2015 University of Wisconsin System Regents Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Joukowsky National Lecturer, Archaeological Institute of America (2014-15)
  • 2012 Wisconsin Professor of the Year, Carnegie Foundation and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education
  • NEH Humanities Fellowship (2012-13)
  • Solmsen Fellow, Institute for Research in the Humanities, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison (2010-11)
  • 2009 Award for Excellence in Teaching at the College Level, American Philological Association
  • Best Poster, Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, with Scott Bartell (2010)
  • 2006 Founders Association Award for Excellence in Scholarship
  • Fellow of NEH Summer Seminar, UCLA, "Models of Ancient Rome," (2006)
  • NEH Humanities Fellowship (2004-5)
  • Visiting Scholar, American Academy in Rome, (2004)
  • 2003 Founders Association Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Fellow of NEH Summer Seminar, American Academy in Rome, "Representing Geography and Community in the World of Imperial Rome," (2000)
  • Fellow of NEH Summer Seminar, American Academy in Rome, "The Art of Ancient Spectacle," (1996)
 

Books

  • Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor: Unraveling the Linothorax Mystery, with Scott Bartell and Alicia Aldrete. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
  • The Long Shadow of Antiquity: What Have the Greeks & Romans Done For Us?, with Alicia Aldrete, Continuum Publishing, 2012.
  • Daily Life in the Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia. Revised Edition, Oklahoma University Press, 2009.
  • Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
  • Daily Life in the Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia. Greenwood Press, 2004.
  • The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life. Volume 1 - The Ancient World. Editor and contributor, Greenwood Press, 2004.
  • Gestures and Acclamations in Ancient Rome, The Johns Hopkins University Press,1999.
 

Video Courses

  • The History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective. (48 lectures) The Teaching Company/ The Great Courses. 2011.
  • The Decisive Battles of World History. (36 lectures) The Teaching Company/The Great Courses. 2014.
  • History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach. (24 lectures) The Teaching Company/The Great Courses. 2015.
  • The Rise of Rome: The Roman Republic. (24 lectures) The Teaching Company/The Great Courses. 2017.
  • The Roman Empire. (24 lectures) The Teaching Company/The Great Courses. 2019.
  • A Historian Goes to the Movies: Ancient Rome. (12 lectures) The Teaching Company/The Great Courses. 2020.
 

Education

B.A. Princeton; M.A., Ph.D. University of Michigan