Roger Shaler Bagnall (born August 19, 1947 in Seattle) is an American

classical scholar Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...

. He was a professor of classics and history at

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

from 1974 until 2007, when he took up the position of first Director of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

. Born in

Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is the List of municipalities in Washington, most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the List of Unit ...

, Bagnall studied at

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 ...

(B.A., 1968) and

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...

(M.A., 1969; Ph.D., 1972). He has published several works on the history 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 ...

and

Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...

, as well as papyrology. He was elected a Fellow of the

American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, and other ...

in 2000 and a member of the

American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publicat ...

in 2001. In 2003, he won the Mellon Distinguished Achievement Award.

References

External links

ISAW Faculty Biography Page for Roger Bagnall

Finding aid to the Roger Bagnall papers at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Selected works

Books

* With Raffaella Cribiore (2006)
Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800
'. Ann Arbor, MI:

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Publications

Bagnall, R., Aravecchia N., Cribiore R., Davoli P., McFadden, S., & Kaper, O. E. (2015) ''An Oasis City'', New York: NYU Press
1947 births American classical scholars Classical scholars of Columbia University Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Living people Classical scholars of New York University Educators from Seattle American papyrologists University of Toronto alumni Yale University alumni Scholars of ancient Greek history American expatriates in Canada Florida State University faculty Corresponding fellows of the British Academy Presidents of the American Philosophical Society Members of the American Philosophical Society {{US-historian-stub