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Emily Varto is an Associate Professor at Dalhousie University, specializing in Ancient Greek history. She completed her BA in Classical Studies with a minor in Music History at Queen’s University, followed by an MA in Classics at Dalhousie University and a PhD in Classics at the University of British Columbia. Her doctoral dissertation, titled 'Early Greek Kinship', investigated the ideas and expressions of kinship in early Greece (ca. 1000-450 BCE). During her studies, she taught courses at Corpus Christi College, UBC, focusing on classical civilization and archaeology. At Dalhousie, she teaches Greek language, mythology, history, and ancient art. Varto’s research interests include kinship and social organization in early Iron Age Greece, urbanism, and ancient historiography, particularly genealogies. She aims to understand the relationship between state and family in early Greece while incorporating influential theories from anthropology and sociology. Currently, she is editing a volume for Brill’s Companions Classical Reception series, focusing on the intersection of classical history and early anthropological ideas of kinship.