Paul Christesen, William R. Kenan Professor of Ancient Greek History in the Department of Classics at Dartmouth College, is the author of Olympic Victor Lists and Ancient Greek History (Cambridge University Press, 2007) and Sport and Democracy in the Ancient and Modern Worlds (Cambridge University Press, 2012).
He is also co-editor, with Donald Kyle, of The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity, and author of more than 30 articles.
Professor Christesen is a member of the editorial board of the journal Nikephoros and of the Managing Committee at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens and has served as Supervising Professor at the International Olympic Academy.
He is currently working with Paul Cartledge of Cambridge University on the Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World. His areas of expertise include ancient Greek history (with a particular focus on Sparta), sport history (including the ancient Olympics), and the relationship between sport and political systems.
He regularly speaks about these topics to scholarly and general audiences in the United States and Europe. He holds a B.A. from Dartmouth, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University, and he is life fellow of Clare Hall at Cambridge University.
Sarah Schulman is a playwright novelist, nonfiction writer, screenwriter, journalist and AIDS historian. Her plays include: CARSON McCULLERS – (Sundance/Playwrights Horizons -2002) MANIC FLIGHT REACTION (NY Stage and Film/Playwrights Horizons-2005) ENEMIES, A LOVE STORY, adapted from IB Singer (Wilma Theater-2007). And play workshops, commissions, readings at: South Coast Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, ART, New York Theater Workshop, The Roundabout, The Vineyard, Cleveland Playhouse, The Public Theater.
