ANDREW MONSON CURRICULUM VITAE. New York University Department of Classics Silver Center Washington Square East New York, NY , USA

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE ANDREW MONSON New York University Department of Classics Silver Center Washington Square East New York, NY , USA Temporary address (to 8/2014): Lehrstuhl für Ägyptologie Residenzplatz 2, Tor A Würzburg, Germany andrew.monson@nyu.edu EMPLOYMENT Associate Professor of Classics (with tenure), New York University Associated Faculty of History, New York University Affiliated Faculty of ISAW, New York University Assistant Professor of Classics, New York University. EDUCATION Ph.D. Stanford University, Department of Classics M.Phil. University College London, Institute of Archaeology B.A. cum laude. University of Pennsylvania, Classical Studies. BOOKS Agriculture and Taxation in Early Ptolemaic Egypt: Demotic Land Surveys and Accounts (P. Agri). PTA 46. Bonn: Habelt Verlag. Reviews: S.L.D. Katary, Bryn Mawr Classical Review ; S. Scheuble-Reiter, Archiv für Papyrusforschung 59 (2013) 202-4; M.-P. Chaufray, Topoi (forthcoming) From the Ptolemies to the Romans: Political and Economic Change in Egypt. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Reviews: J.L. Rowlandson, Classical Journal Online ; L. Caponi, Sehepunkte 13 (2013); P. Nadig, Bryn Mawr Classical Review ; B.P. Muhs, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 73 (2014) 152-5; A. Pudsey, Classical Review (forthcoming); D.W. Rathbone, Journal of Hellenic Studies (forthcoming); A. Verhoogt, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists (forthcoming); S. von Reden, Historia Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte (forthcoming). EDITED VOLUME in press, (with W. Scheidel) Fiscal Regimes and the Political Economy of Premodern States. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ARTICLES in preparation. High Priests and Tax Farmers in Hellenistic Jerusalem. Journal article. in preparation. Taxation and Fiscal Reforms. In K. Vandorpe, ed. Companion to Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. forthcoming. Harvest Taxes on Cleruchic Land in the Third Century BCE. In T. Derda, J. Urbanik, A. Łajtar, and G. Ochała, eds. Proceedings of the 27 th International Congress of Papyrology. Warsaw. forthcoming. Landowners and Metropolites: The Benefits of Augustus s Tax Reforms in Egypt. In A.-V. Pont and F. Lerouxel, eds. Propriétaires et citoyens dans l Orient romain. Bordeaux: Ausonius. forthcoming. Political and Sacred Animals: Religious Associations in Greco-Roman Egypt. In A. Cazemier and S. Skaltsa, eds. Associations in Context: Rethinking Associations and Religion in the Post- Classical Polis. forthcoming. A Proposal to Become Chief Priest of Harsaphes. In T.M. Hickey, A. Verhoogt, and K.-Th. Zauzich, eds. The Tebtunis Papyri VI. Chicago: Oriental Institute. forthcoming. A Survey of a Thirty-Aroura Estate. In T.M. Hickey, A. Verhoogt, and K.-Th. Zauzich, eds., The Tebtunis Papyri VI. Chicago: Oriental Institute. 1

2 in press, (with W. Scheidel) Studying Fiscal Regimes. In A. Monson and W. Scheidel, eds. Fiscal Regimes and the Political Economy of Premodern States. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. in press, Hellenistic Empires. In A. Monson and W. Scheidel, eds. Fiscal Regimes and the Political Economy of Premodern States. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. in press, Receipts for sitônion, syntaxis, and epistatikon from Karanis: Evidence for Fiscal Reform in Augustan Egypt? Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. in press, Late Ptolemaic Capitation Taxes and the Poll Tax in Roman Egypt. Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 51. in press, Syrians in the Fayyum: A Survey of Crops on Cleruchic Land. Festschrift article. in press, Advances of Seed in a Ptolemaic Land Survey from the Fayyum. Enchoria Landowners, Rents, and Crops in a Ptolemaic Village: P. Heid. Dem. inv. 46. In A.M. Dodson, J.J. Johnston, and W. Monkhouse, eds. A Good Scribe and an Exceedingly Wise Man: Studies in Honour of W.J. Tait. London: Golden House, Greeks in an Egyptian Landscape: The Faiyum under Ptolemaic and Roman Rule. In H. Beinlich, R. Schulz, and M. Seidel, eds. Egypt s Mysterious Book of the Faiyum. Dettelbach: Roell Verlag, [German translation in press, 2014.] Salinization and Agricultural Productivity in the Fayyum. In C. Arlt and M. Stadler, eds. Das Fayum in Hellenismus und Kaiserzeit Fallstudien zu multikulturellem Leben in der Antike. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, Rules of an Association of Soknebtunis. In R. Ast, H. Cuvigny, T.M. Hickey, and J. Lougovaya, eds. Papyrological Texts in Honor of Roger S. Bagnall. American Studies in Papyrology 43. Durham, NC: American Society of Papyrologists, Dorea (gifts, gift estate). In R. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C. Champion, A. Erskine and S. Huebner, eds. Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Wiley-Blackwell Land Tenure and Taxation from Ptolemaic to Roman Egypt. Tyche 25: (with C. Arlt) Rules of an Egyptian Religious Association from the Early Second Century BCE. In H. Knuf, C. Leitz, and D. von Recklinghausen, eds. Honi soit qui mal y pense. Studien zum pharaonischen, griechisch-römischen und spätantiken Ägypten zu Ehren von Heinz-Josef Thissen. OLA 194. Leuven: Peeters, Communal Agriculture in the Ptolemaic and Roman Fayyum. In S.L. Lippert and M. Schentuleit, eds. Graeco-Roman Fayum: Texts and Archaeology. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, Royal Land in Ptolemaic Egypt: A Demographic Model. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 50/4: Rule and Revenue in Egypt and Rome: Political Stability and Fiscal Institutions. In J. Marx and A. Frings, eds. Special Issue: New Political Economy in History. Historical Social Research (Historische Sozialforschung) 32/4: Private Associations in the Ptolemaic Fayyum: The Evidence of Demotic Accounts. In M. Capasso and P. Davoli, eds. New Archaeological and Papyrological Researches on the Fayyum. Papyrologica Lupiensia 14. Lecce: Congedo Editore, Religious Associations and Temples in Ptolemaic Tebtunis. In J. Frösén, T. Purola, and E. Salmenkivi, eds. Proceedings of the 24 th International Congress of Papyrology, Helsinki, 1 st -7 th of August Helsinki: Societas Scientiarum Fennica, II Priests of Soknebtunis and Sokonopis: P. BM EA Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 92: The Ethics and Economics of Ptolemaic Religious Associations. Ancient Society 36: Sacred Land in Ptolemaic and Roman Tebtunis. In S.L. Lippert and M. Schentuleit, eds. Tebtynis und Soknopaiu Nesos: Leben im römerzeitlichen Fajum. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, (with W.J. Tait) Putting Papyri into Archaeological Context: New Insights from Tebtunis, Egypt. Archaeology International 5:

3 REVIEWS 2014, in press. S. Ruzicka, Trouble in the West. Egypt and the Persian Empire BCE, Classical Review 64/ , in press. Z.H. Archibald, J.K. Davies, and V. Gabrielsen, eds. The Economies of Hellenistic Societies, Third to First Centuries BC, Mediterranean Historical Review 29/ , in press. A. Jördens and J.F. Quack, eds. Ägypten zwischen innerem Zwist und äußerem Druck. Die Zeit Ptolemaios VI. bis VIII. Journal of the American Oriental Society 134/1: C. Armoni, Studien zur Verwaltung des Ptolemäischen Ägypten: Das Amt des Basilikos Grammateus, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 50: C. Adams, Land Transport in Roman Egypt: A Study of Economics and Administration in a Roman Province. Classical World 105: M. Schentuleit, Aus der Buchhaltung des Weinmagazins im Edfu-Tempel. Der demotische P.Carlsberg 409. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 70: M. Schentuleit and G. Vittmann, Du hast mein Herz zufriendengestellt... Ptolemäerzeitliche demotische Urkunden aus Soknopaiu Nesos. Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 48: S. von Reden, Money in Ptolemaic Egypt: From the Macedonian Conquest to the Third Century B.C. The Classical Journal 105: (with Kathryn Piquette and Geoffrey Tassie) Conference Review: Encounters with Ancient Egypt. Papers from the Institute of Archaeology 12: FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS NYU History and Office of Global Programs, Taxation and Sovereignty conf. ($27,000) Charles A. Ryskamp Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies ($64,000) NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, Beliefs, Markets, and Empires conference ($100,000) Stanford University, Department of Classics, Fiscal Regimes conference ($30,000) NYU Alexander Hamilton Center for Political Economy, Fiscal Regimes conf. ($5,000) Goddard Research Fellowship, New York University ($35,000) Experienced Researcher Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation ($65,000) Fellowship, National Forum on the Future of Liberal Education NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, Teaching the Ancient World conference/outreach ($140,000) Jacobi Fellowship, German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in Munich ($4,000) Research Fellowship, German Academic Exchange Service ($15,000) Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University Overseas Research Student Award, University College London. CONFERENCES ORGANIZED The Legitimation of Autocracy in the Ancient World. Co-organizer: P. Mitsis. NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, UAE, November Taxation and Sovereignty: Explorations in Fiscal History from Antiquity to Modernity. Coorganizers: Y. Kotsonis and K. Smyrlis. NYU Florence, La Pietra Villa, Italy, May Beliefs, Markets, and Empires: Understanding Mechanisms of Integration in Early Societies. Co-organizer: W. Scheidel. NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, UAE, March Fiscal Regimes and the Political Economy of Early States. Co-organizer: W. Scheidel. Stanford University, May Teaching the Ancient World. NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, UAE, November From Late Period to Late Antiquity: Conquest and Cultural Change in Egypt. Co-organizer: S.- A. Ashton. UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK, February 14. PAPERS PRESENTED Warring States and Fiscal Reforms in Egypt, BCE. Taxation and Sovereignty: Explorations in Fiscal History from Antiquity to Modernity, NYU Florence, La Pietra Villa, May

4 2014. The High Priest of Jerusalem and the Fiscal Crisis of the Seleucid Empire. Vrije Universteit Amsterdam, May Secure Property Rights and Low Taxes: A Recipe for Economic Growth in Roman Egypt? Continuity and Change in the Economy of Graeco-Roman and Arab Egypt. Leuven, Belgium, October Harvest Taxes on Cleruchic Land in the Third Century B.C. 27th International Congress of Papyrology. Warsaw, Poland, July 29-August The Augustan Threshold: Imperial Taxation and the European Project. Römisches Reich und Europäische Union - Perspektiven eines Vergleichs. Konstanz, Germany, May The Benefit and the Burden: Tax Reform in Roman Egypt. Propriétaires et citoyens dans l Orient romain. University of Paris-Sorbonne, France, March High Priests and Tax Farmers in Hellenistic Jerusalem. Columbia University, January 24, and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nüremberg, November Political and Sacred Animals: Religious Associations in Greco-Roman Egypt. Associations in Context: Rethinking Associations and Religion in the Post-Classical Polis. University of Copenhagen, Denmark, October Seed Loans in a Ptolemaic Land Survey: P. Cair. II Seventh Demotic Summer School, University of Chicago, August Herrschafts- und Wirtschaftsstruktur im Wandel vom ptolemäischen zum römischen Ägypten. Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany, July Empires and Warring States: Ancient Fiscal Regimes in Comparative Perspective. Ruprecht- Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany, June Land Productivity in the Fayyum: the Garden of Egypt? Das Fayum in Hellenismus und Kaiserzeit Fallstudien zu multikulturellem Leben in der Antike. Bronnbach, Germany, May From Satrapies to Kingdoms: Persian and Hellenistic Fiscal Regimes. University of Pennsylvania, January 20, Brown University, February Administrative Regime Change from Ptolemaic to Roman Egypt. 142nd Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association (Panel: American Society of Papyrologists). San Antonio, TX, January Hellenistic Fiscal Regimes: Warring States Between World Empires. Pennsylvania State University, November Hellenistic States. Fiscal Regimes and the Political Economy of Early States. Stanford University, May Associations, Cooperation, and State Formation in the Hellenistic World. The Emergence of Cooperation. Stanford University, May Reorienting Greco-Roman History. Teaching the Ancient World. NYU Abu Dhabi Institute, Abu Dhabi (UAE), November (with Christelle Fischer-Bovet) Military Settlers and Taxation in P.Lips. II 124 (137 BC). Summer Institute of Papyrology, American Society of Papyrologists. Stanford, CA, July Agrarian Institutions in Transition: Privatization from Ptolemaic to Roman Egypt. Summer Institute of Papyrology, American Society of Papyrologists. Stanford, CA, July Fiscal Institutions in Transition: Private Land in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. 139th Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association (Panel: American Society of Papyrologists). Chicago, IL, January Communal Agriculture in the Ptolemaic and Roman Fayyum. Graeco-Roman Fayum: Texts and Archaeology. Freudenstadt, Germany, May 30-June The Evolution of Land Rights: Public Farmers and Privatization in Roman Egypt. 10th Annual Conference of the International Society for New Institutional Economics (Panel: Institutions of the Ancient World). Boulder, CO, September 21-23, An Early Ptolemaic Land Survey in Demotic. 5. Demotische Sommerschule. Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, August Land and Population: Royal Farmers in Ptolemaic Egypt. Department of Egyptology and Coptology, Leiden University, the Netherlands, April 7. 4

5 2005. The Ethics and Economics of Egyptian Religious Associations. Papyrology: New Approaches in a New Generation. Inaugural Sather Conference, University of California-Berkeley, November Temples and Cult Associations in Ptolemaic Tebtunis. 24th International Congress of Papyrology. Helsinki, Finland, August Crocodile Clubs: Egyptian, Greek, or Hellenistic? Stanford University, February Priests and Temple Land Tenure in Roman Tebtunis. Tebtynis und Soknopaiu Nesos: Leben im römerzeitlichen Fajum. Sommerhausen, Germany, December Words and Things: Excavating Papyri in Tebtunis, Egypt. Stanford Archaeology Center, Stanford University, March Cult Guilds and Temple Organization in Ptolemaic and Roman Tebtunis. From Late Period to Late Antiquity: Conquest and Cultural Change in Egypt. University College London, February The Legend of the Egyptian Coronation of Alexander the Great, Encounters with Ancient Egypt. University College London, December TEACHING New York University (2008-) Graduate Seminars: The Persian Empire; War, Diplomacy, and Finance, BCE; Politics & Culture in Hellenistic Egypt. Undergraduate Seminars: The Legacy of Alexander the Great; Ancient Empires: Persia, Rome, and China; Democracy, Oligarchy, and Tyranny in the Ancient World. Undergraduate Lecture Courses: Greek History from the Bronze Age to Alexander; The Greek World from Alexander to Augustus. Undergraduate Language Courses: Intermediate Latin: Cicero; Advanced Greek: Herodotus; Advanced Greek: Xenophon Stanford University ( ) Teaching Assistant: The Greeks (I. Morris); History and Culture of Egypt (J.G. Manning); Greek Mythology (A. Karanika); Social Power, the Law, and the State (J.G. Manning). ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE New York University (2008-) Ph.D. Students: D.C. Hoyer (NYU Classics, principal advisor); M. Reznick (NYU ISAW, advisory committee); A. Ward (NYU IFA, orals committee). University Service: NYUAD Ancient World Professor Search Committee, Departmental Service: Graduate Admissions Committee, , ; Global Coordinator Professional Service: Senior Editor for Classical Studies, Oxford Handbooks Online; Reviewer of book proposals and articles: Oxford University Press, Copenhagen Associations Project, and Ancient Society. ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK Papyrologist/Assistant Trench Supervisor, IFAO Excavation at Tebtunis, Egypt Assistant Surveyor, KCL-UCL-Oxford Fayum Survey Project, Egypt. OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Research Assistant, Advanced Papyrological Information Systems, Stanford University American Society of Papyrologists Summer Institute of Papyrology, UC Berkeley. LANGUAGES Modern: English (native), German (fluent), French (proficient), Italian (basic). Ancient: Greek, Latin, Demotic Egyptian, and Coptic. 5