Andrew Gallia
· ProfessorVerifiedUniversity of Minnesota · History
Active 2003–2025
About
Andrew Gallia is a Professor in the Department of History at the University of Minnesota. His academic background and research interests are not detailed on the provided page. As a faculty member, he is part of a diverse and interdisciplinary department committed to teaching and research in history. His role involves contributing to the department's mission of fostering an appreciation and understanding of the past through his teaching and scholarly activities.
Research topics
- Political Science
- Sociology
- History
- Philosophy
- Ancient history
- Social Science
- Computer Science
- Law
- Linguistics
- Archaeology
- Classics
- Art
Selected publications
Politics, Leadership, and Power
2025-01-01
other1st authorCorrespondingThe Classical Review · 2024
1st authorCorresponding- Political Science
- History
- Ancient history
TEMPLES AND PROPERTY IN ROMAN EGYPT - (A.) Connor Confiscation or Coexistence. Egyptian Temples in the Age of Augustus. Pp. xiv + 224, b/w & colour ills, maps. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2022. Cased, US$75. ISBN: 978-0-472-13322-2.
Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory ed. by M. De Marre and R.K. Bhola (review)
Acta Classica · 2023-01-01
article1st authorCorrespondingReviewed by: Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory ed. by M. De Marre and R.K. Bhola Andrew B. Gallia De Marre, M. and Bhola, R.K. (edd.) 2022. Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory. Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies. London/New York: Routledge. Pp. 324. ISBN 978-0-367-37144-9; 978-1-032-25134-9. $160.00; £120.00; ZAR853.24 (South Africa). The phrase 'ancient memory' in the title of this book permits a range of possible interpretations. It could denote, on the one hand, the processes by which people in the ancient world called to mind events and circumstances from the remote or recent past. Alternatively, it could be taken to refer to recollections of the ancient world by those who lived in later times. Rather than resolve this ambiguity, the editors happily exploit it, encompassing both perspectives in this collection of studies, the bulk of which derive from papers delivered at the 19th UNISA Classics Colloquium, held in Pretoria in 2018. Reflecting this genesis, the sense given to 'ancient' is limited in cultural terms to a Greco-Roman milieu, albeit with a broad chronological scope. The distribution of topics breaks down roughly as follows: one chapter on fifth-century Athenian tragedy; three on Hellenistic Historiography (including one on Josephus); three on the Roman Principate (including two on material culture); six on Late Antique/Byzantine literature (including three on John Chrysostom); and two on nineteenth-century English poetry. The categories are not necessarily so well-defined as my list makes them appear, as several of the pieces that center on the operation of memory in antiquity also have their eye on more recent receptions of ancient material. Eric Varner's survey ('Monster or martyr? Contesting Nero's Memory in Rome', pp. 114-45) of the posthumous memory of Nero, for example, stretches on into the nineteenth century. The sheer diversity of subject-matter places this book beyond the capacity of any but the most learned of reviewers to offer a meaningful assessment of each contribution in turn. Rather than hone in on those parts where I found myself most comfortable, this review will instead provide some general reflections on the volume's overriding themes. Returning again to the title, the gerunds 'making and unmaking' point to an emphasis on the malleability of memory as a mode of representing the past that stands in contrast to the more critical/positivistic perspective of history in its Rankean sense. The importance of this distinction goes back to the work of Maurice Halbwach, who coined the term 'la mémoire collective' almost a century ago. It persists, to a greater or lesser extent, in the works of scholars [End Page 199] such as Pierre Nora and Aleida and Jan Assmann, who revitalized memory studies in the latter decades of the twentieth century. Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory promises to set these issues in the context of more recent concerns. The preface calls the reader's attention to 'the current age of alternative facts, fake news and post-truth discourses, although these phenomena are by no means a recent development' (xii). Gillian Clark's introductory chapter ('Introduction: Making and unmaking ancient Mediterranean memory', pp. 1-7) likewise opens with a reference to the toppling of commemorative statues, and the context suggests that the reader is meant to think not only of the fall of Sejanus in Juvenal's tenth Satire, but also of figures like Leopold II of Belgium and Robert E. Lee. Apart from Martin Szöke's thoughtful chapter ('An age of post-truth politics? Making and unmaking memory in Pliny's Panegyricus', pp. 95-113) on Pliny the Younger and 'post-truth politics,' however, these perspectives receive scant attention in the main body of the collection. This is unfortunate, because they merit closer scrutiny. To begin with 'fake news,' I count myself among those who view this as a recent, or at least distinctively modern, phenomenon. I take this term to refer to something different, and more pernicious, than the perennial problem of bias in the reporting of events and/or the allegations of impropriety that tend to arise therefrom (for which one can find ready examples in, say, Book...
2023-05-25
otherNero’s Divine Stepfather and the Flavian Regime
Amsterdam University Press eBooks · 2022-01-01
book-chapterOpen access1st authorCorrespondingThis chapter considers the issue of continuity and rupture between Neronian and Flavian policies in light of Vespasian’s efforts to revive official cult honours for the deified Claudius. Re-examination of the evidence for the status of Divus Claudius during the reign of Nero suggests that the most salient feature of Claudius’ divinity was the glory it conferred upon his successor’s patriline. Accounts that stress the Flavians’ rejection of Neronian precedents thus fail to offer adequate justification for the renewed emphasis that Claudius’ cult received under Vespasian. A better explanation can be found in the ideological importance of the imperial cult itself, as the new dynasty sought to build on the example of Divus Claudius as a precedent for its own claims to charismatic authority.
2022-01-31 · 1 citations
other1st authorCorrespondingFlavian Responses to Nero's Rome
Amsterdam University Press eBooks · 2022 · 1 citations
- Sociology
- Social Science
- Classics
In this interdisciplinary volume, a team of classicists, historians, and archaeologists examines how the memory of the infamous emperor Nero was negotiated in different contexts and by different people during the ensuing Flavian age of imperial Rome. The contributions show different Flavian responses to Nero’s complicated legacy: while some aspects of his memory were reinforced, others were erased. Emphasizing the constant and diverse nature of this negotiation, this book proposes a nuanced interpretation of both the Flavian age itself and its relation to Nero’s Rome. By combining the study of these strategies with architectural approaches, archaeology, and memory studies, this volume offers a multifaceted picture of Roman civilization at a crucial turning point, and as such will have something to offer anyone interested in classics, (ancient) history, and archaeology.
Nero’s Divine Stepfather and the Flavian Regime
Amsterdam University Press eBooks · 2022-08-24
book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingThe Journal of Roman Studies · 2022-11-21
article1st authorCorrespondingRAYMOND MARKS and MARCELLO MOGETTA (EDS), DOMITIAN'S ROME AND THE AUGUSTAN LEGACY. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2021. Pp. x + 320. isbn 9780472132676. £63.50/US$80.00. - AURORA RAIMONDI COMINESI, NATHALIE DE HAAN, ERIC M. MOORMANN and CLAIRE STOCKS (EDS), GOD ON EARTH: EMPEROR DOMITIAN: THE RE-INVENTION OF ROME AT THE END OF THE 1ST CENTURY AD (Papers on archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities 24). Leiden: Sidestone Press, 2021. Pp. 223. isbn 9789088909559. £95.00/€95.00.
2 Nero’s Divine Stepfather and the Flavian Regime
Amsterdam University Press eBooks · 2022-10-21
book-chapterOpen access1st authorCorrespondingThis chapter considers the issue of continuity and rupture between Neronian and Flavian policies in light of Vespasian's efforts to revive official cult honours for the deified Claudius. Re-examination of the evidence for the status of Divus Claudius during the reign of Nero suggests that the most salient feature of Claudius' divinity was the glory it conferred upon his successor's patriline. Accounts that stress the Flavians' rejection of Neronian precedents thus fail to offer adequate justification for the renewed emphasis that Claudius' cult received under Vespasian. A better explanation can be found in the ideological importance of the imperial cult itself, as the new dynasty sought to build on the example of Divus Claudius as a precedent for its own claims to charismatic authority.
Frequent coauthors
- 1 shared
E.M. Moormann
Radboud University Nijmegen
- 1 shared
Mark Heerink
- 1 shared
Verena Schulz
- 1 shared
Caesar Augustus
University of Minnesota System
- 1 shared
Ruurd Nauta
University of Groningen
- 1 shared
Aurora Raimondi Cominesi
Rijksmuseum
- 1 shared
Lisa Cordes
- 1 shared
Esther Meijer
GGZ Drenthe
Education
- 2003
PhD, Ancient History
University of Pennsylvania
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