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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)
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.