Garrett George Fagan (13 January 1963 - 11 March 2017) was an Irish American historian, singer and writer known for his research in the various areas of Roman history, as well as his critique of pseudoarchaeology. He was Professor of Ancient History at Penn State University.[1][2]
Fagan earned a BA (1985) with honors in Ancient History and Archaeology and Biblical Studies and an MLitt in Classics (1987) from Trinity College, Dublin, and a PhD from McMaster University (1993). He was a visiting professor at Davidson College in 1993-94 and held a Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of British Columbia in 1995-96. He began teaching on a visiting appointment at Penn State in 1996, was made an assistant professor in 1997, and then associate professor (2002) and professor (2011). Fagan held an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship at the University of Cologne in 2003-04 and was the Andrew W. Mellon Professor-in-Charge at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies. (2015-16). Fagan died of pancreatic cancer on 11 March 2017 in State College, Pennsylvania.[3]
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Published books
- The Topography of Violence in the Greco-Roman World, with W. Riess. (University of Michigan Press, 2016, ISBN 978-0-472-11982-0)[4]
- The Lure of the Arena: Social Psychology and the Crowd at the Roman Games (Cambridge University Press, 2011)[5]
- New Perspectives on Ancient Warfare (History of Warfare, Volume 59), with Matthew Trundle (Brill, 2010)[6]
- Archaeological Fantasies: How Pseudoarchaeology Misrepresents the Past and Misleads the Public (Routledge, 2006)[7]
- From Augustus to Nero: An Intermediate Latin Reader (Cambridge University Press, 2006)[8]
- Bathing in Public in the Roman World (University of Michigan Press, 1999)[9]
References
- ^ "Professor Garrett G. Fagan, PhD". The Great Courses.
- ^ "Garrett G. Fagan" Archived 2017-03-08 at the Wayback Machine. Penn State University.
- ^ Wheeler, Stephen. "In Memoriam: Garrett G. Fagan". classicalstudies.org. Society for Classical Studies. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
- ^ Reviews for The Topography of Violence in the Greco-Roman World:
- Brice, Lee L. (April 2018). "Book Reviews: The Topography of Violence in the Greco-Roman World". The Journal of Military History. 82 (2): 587. Retrieved December 21, 2022 – via ProQuest.
- Brown, S. (March 2017). "The Topography of violence in the Greco-Roman world". Choice Reviews. 54 (7): 1067. Retrieved December 21, 2022 – via ProQuest.
- Muse, Kevin (October 2018). "TYPES OF VIOLENCE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD: The Topography of Violence in the Greco-Roman World". The Classical Review. 68 (2): 463–466. doi:10.1017/S0009840X18001506. S2CID 166101751. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- Sears, Gareth (2017). "Parallel stories of spatial violence". Journal of Roman Archaeology. 30: 598–601. doi:10.1017/S1047759400074389. S2CID 165247133. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- Whately, Conor (February 2017). "The Topography of Violence in the Greco-Roman World". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- Colwill, David (January 13, 2017). "The Topography of Violence in the Greco-Roman World". Classics For All. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- ^ Reviews for The Lure of the Arena:
- Papalas, A. J. (September 2011). "The lure of the arena: social psychology and the crowd at the Roman games". Choice Reviews. 49 (1): 182. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- Bell, Andrew J. E. (February 2013). "The Lure of the Arena: Social Psychology and the Crowd at the Roman Games". The American Historical Review. 118 (1): 231. doi:10.1093/ahr/118.1.231a. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- Giesecke, Annette L. (October 2012). "The Lure of the Arena. Social Psychology and the Crowd at the Roman Games". The Classical Review. 62 (2): 596–598. doi:10.1017/S0009840X12001217. S2CID 231888911. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- Aldrete, Gregory S. (November 2012). "Reviews: The Lure of the Arena: Social Psychology and the Crowd at the Roman Games". The Journal of Roman Studies. 102: 329–330. doi:10.1017/S0075435812000275. S2CID 162010826. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- Connolly, Joy (October 14, 2011). "Front row seat for death". Times Literary Supplement (5663): 4. Retrieved December 25, 2022 – via ProQuest.
- Palaima, Tom (June 2, 2011). "Blood flowing, hordes roaring". Times Higher Education (2001): 52. Retrieved December 25, 2022 – via ProQuest.
- Gervais, Kyle (December 2013). "The Lure of the Arena: Social Psychology and the Crowd at the Roman Games". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- Manas, Alfonso (2016). "Book Review: The Lure of the Arena: Social Psychology and the Crowd at the Roman Games". The International Journal of the History of Sport. 33 (6–7): 761–763. doi:10.1080/09523367.2015.1132039. S2CID 146961661. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- Brunet, Stephen (2012). "Review: The Lure of the Arena: Social Psychology and the Crowd at the Roman Games". Mnemosyne. 65 (4–5): 862–865. doi:10.1163/1568525X-12341243. JSTOR 41725276. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- Carter, Michael J. (2012). "Romans Like Us". Journal of Roman Archaeology. 25: 704–707. doi:10.1017/S1047759400001616. S2CID 160379449. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- Melchior, Aislinn (2012). "The Lure of the Arena. Social Psychology and the Crowd at the Roman Games". Sehepunkte. 12 (6): 362. doi:10.15463/rec.1189738687. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- Forichon, Sylvain (2012). "The Lure of the Arena: social psychology and the Crowd at the Roman Games". Essais: revue interdisciplinaire d'Humanités. 1: 140–143. doi:10.4000/essais.11163. S2CID 246559291. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- ^ Reviews for New Perspectives on Ancient Warfare:
- Naiden, F. S. (April 2013). "Ancient Warfare". The Classical Review. 63 (1): 150–151. doi:10.1017/S0009840X1200279X. S2CID 164040959. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- Rihll, T. E. (December 2010). "New Perspectives on Ancient Warfare. History of Warfare, 59". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ Reviews for Archaeological Fantasies:
- Stoczkowski, Wiktor (June 2007). "Archaeological Fantasies: How pseudoarchaeology misrepresents the past and misleads the public". Antiquity. 81 (312): 472–473. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00095363. S2CID 164057784. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- Ickerodt, Ulf (2006). "Archaeological Fantasies. How pseudoarchaeology misrepresents the past and misleads the public". Ethnographisch-Archäologische Zeitung. 47: 407–412. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ Reviews for From Augustus to Nero:
- "From Augustus to Nero; an intermediate Latin reader". Reference and Research Book News. 21 (3). August 2006. Retrieved December 26, 2022 – via ProQuest.
- Solodow, Joseph B. (February 2007). "From Augustus to Nero: An Intermediate Latin Reader". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ Reviews for Bathing in Public in the Roman World:
- Ingoglia, R. T. (December 1999). "Bathing in public in the Roman world". Choice Reviews. 37 (4): 775–776. Retrieved December 26, 2022 – via ProQuest.
- Rodgers, R. H. (Spring 2002). "Book Reviews: Bathing in Public in the Roman World". Phoenix. 56 (1–2): 205–207. doi:10.2307/1192497. JSTOR 1192497. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- Hopkins, Keith (October 29, 1999). "All off and all in". Times Literary Supplement (5039): 36. Retrieved December 26, 2022 – via ProQuest.
- Masciantonio, Rudolph (October 1999). "Bathing in Public in the Roman World". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- Koloski-Ostrow, Ann Olga (April 2004). "Bathing in Public in the Roman World. By Garrett G. Fagan". American Journal of Archaeology. 108 (2): 307–308. doi:10.1086/AJS40025254. S2CID 245298342. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- Bruun, Christer (2002). "Public baths in the Roman West". Journal of Roman Archaeology. 15: 459–465. doi:10.1017/S1047759400014239. S2CID 162572344. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
Further reading
- "Play in Ancient Rome: An Interview with Garrett Fagan" (PDF). American Journal of Play. 9 (3): 299–322. Spring 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- "'The Lure of the Arena' Draws 1,000 to Wright Center". samford.edu. Samford University. October 14, 2011. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
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