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Joshua D. Sosin is an Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Duke University, where he also co-directs the Duke Databank for Documentary Papyri and leads the Duke Collaboratory for Classics Computing (DC3). His work bridges traditional classical scholarship with digital humanities, focusing on documentary sources like inscriptions, papyri, and coins to explore intersections of law, economics, and religion in the ancient Greek world.
- Education:
- Ph.D. in Classical Studies (Duke University, 2000)
- B.A. in Classics, summa cum laude (University of Mary Washington, 1994)
Research Interests span Athenian law, economic history, epigraphy, and Latin poetry, particularly satire. His projects often analyze civic finance, taxation, and religious endowments through documentary evidence. Recent work includes digital infrastructure development for papyrological texts via papyri.info.
Publications trend toward interdisciplinary analysis of Hellenistic legal and economic systems, with a focus on manumission practices, tax exemptions, and Delian festivals. He has published extensively in journals like Classical Quarterly, Historia, and Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik.
Teaching includes courses such as CLST 283.01: Greek History and GREEK 304S.01: Greek Historians, emphasizing close engagement with primary sources and digital tools.
