Chris Erdman

Chris Erdman is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Washington University in St. Louis. His research focuses on Roman Republican political culture and institutions, particularly the political role of the Roman people in the post-Gracchan period. He employs interdisciplinary methods combining epigraphy, comparative history, and ancient historiography. Erdman holds a PhD in Classics from the University of California, Santa Barbara (2024) and has held prestigious fellowships including the Arthur Ross Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome (2023-2024). He is currently working on a monograph about Roman legislative assembly voting culture.

• Education: PhD in Classics, UCSB (2024)
• Fellowships: Arthur Ross Rome Prize Fellow, American Academy in Rome
• Professional Affiliations: Jacobi Student at Munich's Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik

Research emphasizes how information dissemination shaped democratic processes in ancient Rome, with recent publication in Historia (2024) analyzing legal communication mechanisms. Erdman's work bridges classical studies with broader comparative political analysis.