Greg Anderson

Greg Anderson is Professor of History and Courtesy Professor of Comparative Studies at Ohio State University, specializing in ancient Greek history and critical historiography.

Education:

• PhD, Yale University
• MA, University College London
• BA, Newcastle University

Research advocates 'ontological turn' in historical practice, arguing that non-modern peoples inhabited fundamentally different experiential worlds. Challenges modern analytical categories through case studies of classical Athens and indigenous societies.

Publications examine how conventional historiography imposes modern frameworks on past societies, proposing alternative methodologies sensitive to diverse realities.

Awards:

• Ohio State Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award

Co-directs Premodernist Group and co-edited 'State Formations' volume. TEDx speaker on pluriversal historical frameworks.