Department of Classics Newsletter

Noel Lenski, who was recently promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, will travel to Munich next year where he will spend a sabbatical under the sponsorship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

This organization, sponsored by the German Federal Government, brings together young scholars from across the world to work on guided research projects with a German mentor. Lenski will collaborate with Prof. Jens-Uwe Krause, an expert in late Roman social history, on a book about Slavery in the Late Roman East. Using the resources of the the Institut fur alte Geschichte, Lenski hopes to complete most of the research for this project, which will involve culling a broad array of sources for attitudes to slavery and statistics about the continued use of slaves as a source of labor down to the sixth century AD.

Lenski will live in Munich with his wife and two children, who will attend German schools for the year. They are thrilled to have this opportunity and Lenski hopes it will enrich both his teaching and scholarship in the years to come.