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Curriculum Vitae 
Jed W Atkins
232 Allen Building
Durham, NC 27708
(919) 684-2695 (office)
jed.atkins@duke.edu (email)

Education:

PhD in Classics University of Cambridge, 2009
BA in Government and Classics (Summa cum Laude) Bowdoin College, 2004
M.Phil in Political Thought and Intellectual History University of Cambridge, 2005

Areas of Research

Cicero; Greek, Roman, and early Christian political and moral philosophy

Professional Experience / Employment History

    Duke University
        Assistant Professor of Classics, 2009

Visiting Positions

    Lecturer in Classics, University of London, 2008 - 2009
    Part-time
    Postgraduate Tutorial Assistant in Classis, University of London, 2008 - 2009
    Part-time

Publications

   Articles

Jed W. Atkins. "L'argument du De Republica et le Songe de Scipion." Les etudes philosophiques  vol. 99 no. 4,  (Winter, 2011) 455-469.
Jed W. Atkins. "The Officia of St. Ambrose’s De officiis." Journal of Early Christian Studies  vol. 19 no. 1,  (Spring, 2011) 49-78.

   Forthcoming

Jed W. Atkins. Greek and Roman Political Philosophy. Oxford Bibliographies Online. Edited by Dee Clayman.  Oxford University Press (Fall, 2012).
Jed W. Atkins. Cicero. The Encyclopedia of Political Thought. Edited by Michael Gibbons.  Wiley-Blackwell (2012).
Jed W. Atkins. Cicero on the relationship between Plato’s Republic and Laws. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplement  Institute for Classical Studies (2013).

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Elected 'Scholar" of Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, 2007

Howard Studentship, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, 2007-2008

Goold Classics Prize in Latin and Greek, Bowdoin College, 2004

Keasbey Memorial Foundation Scholarship, 2004-2006

Phi Beta Kappa, Bowdoin College, 2004

Philo Sherman Bennet Prize, Bowdoin College, 2004

Hannibal Hamlin Emery Prize in Latin, Bowdoin College, 2003

James and Sarah Bowdoin Scholar, Bowdoin College, 2001-2004

Conferences Organized
Panel Organizer & Participant, UK Classical Association Annual Conference, April, 2009

Professional Lectures

  Invited Lectures:

Natural Law and the Laws of Cicero's De Legibus, American Philological Association Annual Meeting, January, 2012
The First Founding Father? The Greeks and the Mixed Regime, University of Virginia, January 28, 2011
Political Society and Citizens' Rights in Cicero's Republic, University of Virginia, January 28, 2011
Polybius and Cicero on Constitutional Change and the Mixed Constitution, Polybius: Historian-Philosopher?, University of Oxford, May, 2008
Cicero's Skepticism and Politics, 1st Century BC Philosphy Seminar, University of Cambridge, February, 2008
History and Constitutional Change: Plato Republic 8 in the Political Theory of Cicero and Polybius, Institute for Classical Studies, London, November, 2007
The Officia of St. Ambrose's De Officiis, Classics and Divinity Seminar, University of Cambridge, October, 2007
The Argument of De Republica and the Dream of Scipio, The Dream of Scipio and Its Tradition conference, University of Oxford, May, 2007
Foundations of Justice in De Republica 3, Political Thought and Intellectual History Workship, University of Cambridge, October, 2006
  Conference Papers:
Natural Law and the Laws of Cicero's De Legibus, American Philological Association Annual Meeting, January, 2012
Cicero on the Mixed Regime, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September, 2011
Rights in Cicero’s Political Philosophy, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, September 2010, September, 2010
Rights in Roman Law and Political Thought, New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Newport, Rhode Island, April 23, 2010
Which life is best? Cicero and the Choice between the Lives of Philosophy and Politics, UK Classical Association Annual Conference, Glasgow, April, 2009
Polybius on Constitutional Change and the Mixed Constitution, Northeast Political Science Association Annual Conference, Boston, November, 2008
Cicero's Philosophical Affiliations in De Legibus, UK Classical Association Annual Conference, Liverpool, March, 2008
  Other:
Political Society and Citizens' Rights in Cicero's De republica, University of Virginia, January 28, 2011
Rights in Roman Law and Political Thought, Duke Brown Bag Colloquium, April 08, 2010

Professional Service

  University Committees/Service

Residential Assistant for Undergraduates, 2005 - 2006
Arts and Sciences Council, Classical Studies Faculty Representative, September, 2011 - present

  Departmental Committees/Service

Classics Graduate Interdisciplinary Seminar, Chair, 2007
Michaelmas Term

Professional Affiliations

    American Philological Association
    Société internationale des Amis de Cicéron (SIAC)
    American Political Science Association

Last modified: 2012/04/05