EDWARD MADDEN ANSON
Professor of History
History Department
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Phone: Work 501 569-8388
E-mail: EMAnson@UALR.edu
Publications (2003-2009)
Books
Eumenes of Cardia: A Greek among Macedonians. Leiden, Boston, Tokyo: E. J.
Brill, 2004.
A Brief History of Civilization to 1600. Boston, New York, et al.: McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., 2008, 2004, 2002, 1998, 1996. with James Miller.
A Civilization Primer. Belmont, Ca.: Wadsworth Publishing, 2002, 1998, 1993,
1988, 1985.
Refereed Articles and Book Chapters
“Alexander the Great in Current Scholarship,” History Compass 7 (2009)
http://www.blackwell-compass.com.
“Philip II and the Transformation of Macedonia: A Reappraisal,” Macedonian
Legacies: Studies in Ancient Macedonian History and Culture in Honor of
Eugene N. Borza, ed by Timothy Howe and Jeanne Reames (Regina Books:
Claremont, CA, 2008) 17-30.
“Macedonian Judicial Assemblies,” Classical Philology 103 (2) (2008) 135-149.
“The Agricultural Economy of Macedonia prior to the Reign of Philip II,” From
the Remote to the Recent Past, ed. by Kenneth E. Hendrickson and Nicholas C. J.
Pappas (Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece, 2008) 99108.
“Early Hellenistic Chronology: The Cuneiform Evidence,” Alexander’s Empire:
Formation to Decay , eds. W. Heckel, L. Tritle, P. Wheatley (Regina Books:
Claremont Ca, 2007) 193-198.
“ ‘A Commander doesn’t Need Brains, Just a Good Loud Voice,’ ”
Interpreting the Past: Essays from the 4th International Conference on
European History, ed. by Kenneth E. Hendrickson & Nicolas C.J. Pappas
(Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece, 2007) 75-82.
“The Chronology of the Third Macedonian War,” Phoenix (Classical Association
of Canada) 60 (2006) 226-235.
“Dating the Deaths of Eumenes and Olympias,” Ancient History Bulletin 20
(2006) 1-9.
“Idumaean Ostraca and Early Hellenistic Chronology,” Journal of the American
Oriental Society 125 (2005) 263-266
“A Note on the First Regnal Year of Philip III (Arhidaeus),” Journal of
Cuneiform Studies 57 (2005) 127-29
“Alexander the Great and Macedonian Judicial Assemblies. ” In Themes in
European History: Essays from the 2nd International Conference on
European History, ed. Michael Aradas & Nicholas C.J. Pappas. 89-96.
Athens: Athens Institute for Education and Research, 2005.
“Timasion the Dardanian.” In Antiquity and Modernity: A Celebration of
European History and Heritage in the Olympic Year 2004. Essays from the 1st
International Conference on European History, ed Nicholas C.J. Pappas. 3-12.
Athens: Athens Institute for Education and Research, 2004.
“Alexander at Siwah, “ Ancient World 34 (2003) 117-30.
“The Dating of Perdiccas’ Death and the Assembly at Triparadeisus,” Greek,
Roman and Byzantine Studies 43 (2003) 373-90.
Accepted for publication
“Philip II and the Creation of the Macedonian Pezhetairoi,” Alexander in the
Antipodes. Forthcoming, 2009.
“Greek Ethnicity and the Greek Language,” Glotta. Zeitschrift für griechische und
lateinische Sprache. Forthcoming, 2009
“Macedonian Studies,” in A Companion to Ancient Macedonia. Ed. I.
Worthington and J. Roisman (Oxford: Blackwell. Forthcoming, 2009.
“Philip II, Amyntas Perdicca, and Macedonian Royal Succession,” Historia:
Zeitschrift fuer alte Geschichte. Forthcoming. 2009
Encyclopedia Articles
52 articles in The International Encyclopedia of Military History. 2
vols..ed. James C. Bradford. London and New York: Routledge, 2006.
Papers
“The Asthetairoi: Macedonia’s hoplites,” April 5, 2008, Philip II and Alexander
III: Father, Son and Dunasteia: Fourth International Symposium on Alexander the
Great, Clemson University, South Carolina
“The Introduction of the Sarisa in Macedonian Warfare,” September 27, 2008,
The Age of the Successors, University of Leuven, Leuven and Brussels.
“The Agricultural Economy of Macedonia prior to the Reign of Philip II”
5th International Conference on History, The Athens Institute for Education and
Research, Athens, Greece, December 28, 2007.
“Philip II and the Macedonian Revolution,” Arkansas Association of College
History Teachers, Hot Springs, AR, October 5, 2007.
“‘A commander doesn’t need brains, just a good loud voice’,” 4th International
Conference on European History: From Ancient to Modern, December 29, 2006,
Athens, Greece.
“Greek Ethnicity and the Greek Language,” Arkansas Association of College
History Teachers, Hot Springs, AR, October 6, 2006; awarded best paper prize.
“Philip II and the Transformation of Macedonia: A Reappraisal,” Alexander and
his Successors: Third International Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, August
25, 2006.
‘The Regnal Years of Philip III,” Alexander and After: The Second International
Symposium, January 21, 2005, Calgary, Canada (to be published as“Early
Hellenistic Chronology: The Cuneiform Evidence.” In Alexander’s Empire: From
Formulation to Decay, ed. Waldemar Heckel and P. V. Wheatley. Claremont, CA:
Regina Books. Forthcoming, 2006
“Alexander the Great and Macedonian Judicial Assemblies,” 2nd International
Conference on European History: From Ancient to Modern, December 29, 2004,
Athens, Greece. (published as “Alexander the Great and Macedonian Judicial
Assemblies. ” In Themes in European History: Essays from the 2nd International
Conference on European History, ed. Michael Aradas & Nicholas C.J. Pappas.
89-96. Athens, Greece: Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER),
2005).
“Ethnicity in an ancient Greek context,” Arkansas Association of College History
Teachers, October 8, 2004, Hot Springs, AR
“Timasion the Dardanian: An examination of Greek ethnicity based on
Xenophon’s Anabasis,” delivered at at the International Conference on European
History, Athens, Greece, December 29, 2003 (published as “Timasion the
Dardanian,” Antiquity and Modernity: A Celebration of European History and
Heritage in the Olympic Year 2004. Essays from the 1st International Conference
on European History, edited by Nicholas C.J. Pappas (Athens: Athens Institute for
Education and Research, 2004) 3-12.
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