Kenneth W. Harl is an American

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, and

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. He received his B.A. in Classics and History at

Trinity College Trinity College may refer to: Australia * Trinity Anglican College, an Anglican coeducational primary and secondary school in , New South Wales * Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, a coeducational school in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, New ...

, and his M.A. and PhD at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

. He was a

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Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into a comprehensive pub ...

in New Orleans until his retirement in 2022. Harl is known for his expertise in ancient

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, especially on the provincial and civic

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s of the

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East. He was the

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for the summer seminar of the

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in 2001, and is currently a

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and

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of the society. Additionally, Harl was the Lewis P. Jones Visiting Professor in History at Wofford College. He taught and published on

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, Crusader, and military history. Harl is most noted for his outstanding teaching, having received many awards voted him by the Tulane student body, as well as receiving the national David Cherry Award in Excellence in Teaching from

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the ...

, and an honorary B.A. from

for forty years of teaching and advising in 2017. Eleven of his courses have been produced by the Great Courses Teaching Company. Harl has worked at the excavations of Metropolis and

Gordion Gordion ( Phrygian: ; el, Γόρδιον, translit=Górdion; tr, Gordion or ; la, Gordium) was the capital city of ancient Phrygia. It was located at the site of modern Yassıhüyük, about southwest of Ankara (capital of Turkey), in the ...

in Turkey.

Career

Writer

Harl has written numerous books throughout his scholarly life, starting off with ''Civic Coins and Civic Politics in the Roman East, A.D. 180-275'' in 1987. He would go on to write many other books including: ''Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 B.C. to A.D. 700'' (1996), ''The World of Byzantium'' (2001), ''Great Ancient Civilizations of Asia Minor'' (2001), ''The Era of the Crusades'' (2003), ''Rome and the Barbarians'' (2004), ''Origins of Great Ancient Civilizations'' (2005), ''The Vikings'' (2005), ''The Peloponnesian War'' (2007), ''Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire'' (2010), ''The Fall of the Pagans and the Origins of Medieval Christianity'' (2011), ''The Barbarian Empires of the Steppes'' (2013), and most recently ''The Ottoman Empire'' (2017). Additionally, Harl has contributed to many books including: ''Essays on Politics, War, and History in Ancient Greece'' (1997) by Peter Krentz, ''Macedonian Legacies: Studies in Ancient Macedonian History and Culture'' (2008) by Jeanne Reames and Timothy Howe, ''The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia, 10,000-323 B.C.E.'' (2011) by Gregory McMahon and Sharon Steadman, and ''Mercury's Wings: Exploring Modes of Communication in the Ancient World'' (2017) by F S. Naiden and Richard J. A. Talbert.

Professor

Harl worked for over forty years as a Professor of Classical and Byzantine History at

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

. At the university, he taught courses in Roman, Greek, Byzantine, Viking, and Crusader history.

The Great Courses

Harl has created many courses for

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, which teach about historical events and time periods. He is one of the top teachers on the platform, helping many students gain a better grasp on history.

Archeological & Educational Tours

Harl has taken his students on field expeditions to view and assist in excavations. One instance of this is when he took his students to assist in the excavations of Roman and Hellenistic sites in Turkey.

Awards

Harl has received many teaching awards at Tulane, including the Sheldon H. Hackney Award and Tulane's annual Student Body Award for Excellence in Teaching nine times. Additionally, Harl is the recipient of Baylor University's nationwide Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teachers.

Works

Books

Author

*Harl, Kenneth W. ''The Ottoman Empire'', 2017. *Harl, Kenneth W. ''The Barbarian Empires of the Steppes'', 2013. *Harl, Kenneth W. ''The Fall of the Pagans and the Origins of Medieval Christianity'', 2011. *Harl, Kenneth W. ''Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire'', 2010. *Harl, Kenneth W. ''The Peloponnesian War'', 2007. *Harl, Kenneth W. ''The Vikings'', 2005. *Harl, Kenneth W. ''Origins of Great Ancient Civilizations'', 2005. *Harl, Kenneth W. ''Rome and the Barbarians'', 2004. *Harl, Kenneth W. ''The Era of the Crusades'', 2003. *Harl, Kenneth W. ''Great Ancient Civilizations of Asia Minor'', 2001. *Harl, Kenneth W. ''The World of Byzantium'', 2001. *Harl, Kenneth W. ''Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 B.C. to A.D. 700,'' 1996. *Harl, Kenneth W. ''Civic Coins and Civic Politics in the Roman East, A.D. 180-275'', 1987.

Contributor

* Naiden, F. S. and Richard J. A. Talbert. ''Mercury's Wings: Exploring Modes of Communication in the Ancient World'', 2017. * McMahon, Gregory and Sharon Steadman. ''The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia, 10,000-323 B.C.E.'', 2011. * Reames, Jeanne and Timothy Howe. ''Macedonian Legacies: Studies in Ancient Macedonian History and Culture'', 2008. * Krentz, Peter. ''Polis and Polemos : Essays on Politics, War, and History in Ancient Greece'', 1997.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harl, Kenneth W. Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American numismatists Trinity College (Connecticut) alumni Yale University alumni Tulane University faculty Scholars of Byzantine numismatics