The Murphy Institute

Lecture

Campbell Grey

“Urban Poverty, Charity and Conversion in Late Antique Asia Minor”

Friday, November 6, 2009 | 4:00 PM

Lavin Bernick Center

Race Room

Campbell Grey holds a Ph.D. in Classics from St John’s College, Cambridge, an M. Phil. in Ancient History from the University of Sydney and a B. A. in Ancient History and Archaeology from the University of Auckland. An Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Grey’s primary research focus is late antique Roman social, legal and economic history, with emphasis on non-elite and marginal populations. His work has appeared in Classical Quarterly, the Journal of Interdisciplinary History, the Journal of Roman Archeology, the Journal of Roman Studies and the seminal volume, Poverty in the Roman World, edited by Margaret Atkins and Robin Osborne. In addition, he has been awarded research fellowships by the Loeb Classical Library Foundation and the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies.