Elizabeth Donnelley Carney is

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Emerita of

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who is known for her work in the field of gender studies in

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Biography

Carney grew up in the northeastern part of the United States in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She has a B.A. from

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(1969), and an M.A. from

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(1973). In 1975 she finished her Ph.D. at

. She began as an instructor at Clemson University in 1973, and was promoted to Professor in 1998. From 2010 until 2017, Carney was the Carol K. Brown Endowed Scholar in the Humanities. She became Professor Emerita in 2018.

Career

Carney's research provides modern ideas on the role of women in the Macedonian and Hellenistic world. In 2020,

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published a

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, a gathering of works in her honor, titled ''Affective Relations and Personal Bonds in Hellenistic Antiquity: Studies in honor of Elizabeth D. Carney.''

Selected publications

* * * * *Review of ''Eurydice and the Birth of Macedonian Power'' *

References

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