Eric W. Robinson is an American historian of

ancient Greece Ancient Greece () was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity (), that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically r ...

, specializing in early democracy. He is currently a professor at

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a state university system, system of Public university, public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. The system has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration o ...

. In 1986, he graduated with a BA from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

. After studying under noted historian

Donald Kagan Donald Kagan (; May 1, 1932August 6, 2021) was a Lithuanian-born American historian and classicist at Yale University specializing in ancient Greece. He formerly taught in the Department of History at Cornell University. Kagan was considered am ...

as an undergraduate, he received his Ph.D. from the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

in 1994. From 1999 to 2006, Robinson was an associate professor at

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

, where he won the Roslyn Abramson Award for outstanding undergraduate teaching. Robinson has written and edited several works, including ''The First Democracies: Early Popular Government Outside Athens'', ''Oikistes: Studies in Constitutions, Colonies, and Military Power in the Ancient World Offered in Honor of A. J. Graham'', ''Ancient Greek Democracy: Readings and Sources'', and ''Democracy Beyond Athens: Popular Government in the Greek Classical Age''.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers Harvard University faculty Indiana University faculty Place of birth missing (living people) Scholars of ancient Greek history University of Pennsylvania alumni Yale University alumni Historians from Indiana American male non-fiction writers {{US-historian-stub