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Thomas Habinek

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Thomas Habinek
Born(1953-12-25)December 25, 1953
DiedJanuary 19, 2019(2019-01-19) (aged 65)
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Historian
  • classical scholar
Academic background
EducationPrinceton University (AB)
Harvard University (PhD)

Thomas Habinek (December 25, 1953 – January 19, 2019) was an American classical scholar.

He specialized in Latin literature and Roman cultural history.

Life and career

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Habinek received his AB in classics from Princeton University in 1975,[1] and later completed his PhD in classical philology from Harvard University in 1981.[1]

He was a professor of classics at University of Southern California[1] from 1992 to 2019, and received two fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the Associates' Award for Excellence in Teaching.[1] He died on January 19, 2019, at the age of 65.[2]

Bibliography

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Some of his books are:

  • Ancient Rhetoric and Oratory
  • The World of Roman Song: From Ritualized Speech to Social Order
  • The Politics of Latin Literature: Writing, Identity, and Empire in Ancient Rome.
  • The Roman Cultural Revolution
  • The Colometry of Latin Prose

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Faculty Profile > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences". dornsife.usc.edu.
  2. ^ Hardesty, Greg. "Web In Memoriam: Thomas Habinek". USC Dornsife. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
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