Lene Rubinstein is Professor of Ancient History at

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. Her research centres on Greek history, especially

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and

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, as well as the

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and oratory generally.

Education and career

She is a co-founder and a director of the Centre for Oratory and Rhetoric at the Department of Classics. She has publications on Athenian law and oratory and wrote a book ''"Litigation and Cooperation: Supporting Speakers in the Courts of Classical Athens"'' in 2000 on advocacy in the Athenian courts.

Selected publications

*''Immigration and Refugee Crises in Fourth-Century Greece: An Athenian Perspective'',

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, 2018 *''Summary fines in Greek inscriptions and the question of Greek Law'', Austin TX:

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, 2018 *''From Antiphon to Autocue: Aspects of Speechwriting Ancient and Modern'', Powell, J. G. F., Rubinstein, L. & Kremmydas, C. 2016 Stuttgart:

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. * ''Communal Revenge and Appeals to Dicastic Emotions'', Franz Steiner Verlag, 2016. *''Envoys and Ethos: team speaking by envoys in Classical Greece'', Vandoeuvres: Entretiens du Fondation Hardt, 2016. * Clauses out of Context: Partial Citation of Statutes in Attic Forensic Oratory, 2016. *''Profession and Performance: Aspects of Oratory in the Greco-Roman World'', Kremmydas, C. (ed.), Rubinstein, L. (ed.) & Powell, J. (ed.) 11 Oct 2013 London:

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. (Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplement; vol. 123) * ''Forgive and forget? Amnesty in the Hellenistic period'', 2013. * ''Spoken words, written submissions, and diplomatic conventions: The importance and impact of oral performance in Hellenistic inter-polis relations'', 2013. *''Greek History and Epigraphy: Essays in Honour of P. J. Rhodes'', Rubinstein, L. (ed.) & Mitchell, L. (ed.) 2009 Swansea: Classical Press of Wales. *''The Law and the Courts in Ancient Greece'', Rubinstein, L. (ed.) & Harris, E. (ed.) 2004 London: Duckworth. *''Litigation and Co-operation. The use of supporting speakers in the Courts of Classical Athens'', Rubinstein, L. 2000 Stuttgart: F. Steiner Verlag. (Historia Einzelschriften; vol. 147) *''Polis and Politics'', Rubinstein, L. (ed.), Nielsen, T. H. (ed.) & Flensted-Jensen, P. (ed.) 2000 Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum, University of Copenhagen. *''Adoption in IV. Century Athens'', Rubinstein, L. 1993 Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum, University of Copenhagen. (Opuscula Graecolatina; vol. 34)Professor Lene Rubinstein
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References

External links

*http://royalholloway.academia.edu/LeneRubinstein Academics of Royal Holloway, University of London Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Edu-bio-stub