Project

Social mobility in classical Athens

Code

3F007709

Duration

01 October 2009 → 30 September 2013

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)

Promotor

Andries Johan Zuiderhoek

Fellow

Stijn Van Petegem

Research disciplines

Humanities and the arts
- History
Social sciences
- Economic history

Keywords

social mobility classical Athens social history ancient history Greek Antiquity Language and text analysis Southern Europe History

Project description

A study of the possibilities, patterns and determining factors of social mobility in fifth- and fourth-century Athens. The aim is to develop a new interpretative model, which will be able to reconcile the contrasting views on the nature of Athenian society in academic scholarship.