Benjamin McCloskey

Benjamin McCloskey is an Associate Professor of Classical Studies & History within the Department of History at Kansas State University's College of Arts and Sciences. His academic home is in the College of Arts and Sciences, and he maintains an office in 202 Eisenhower Hall. McCloskey teaches a range of courses including History and Culture of Greece (HIST 565), History and Culture of Rome (HIST 566), and Gender and Sexuality in Greece and Rome (HIST 581). He is also responsible for the full Latin sequence in the Department of Modern Languages.

McCloskey's research expertise lies in the intellectual history of the ancient Mediterranean, with a focus on gender, ethnicity, and sexuality as constructions responding to imperialism. He explores the nexus of philosophy and historiography in 4th century BCE Socratic literature, particularly Xenophon's works, analyzing how narratological approaches illuminate philosophical authority. His interests extend to pseudo-historiography (including ancient novels and the Historia Augusta) and the dynamics of identity under Roman imperialism.

His three recent articles (all 2017) investigate Xenophon's democratic pedagogy, his philosophical contributions ("E Pluribus Plura"), and Greek identity in the Heroikos. These publications reveal a consistent engagement with Socratic philosophy, authority, and identity formation. They contribute significantly to classical studies, historiography, and cultural analysis, highlighting the interplay between literary form and philosophical content in antiquity.

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