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William Broadhead is an Associate Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in the ancient Mediterranean world. His research focuses on ancient Italy from the 4th to the 1st centuries BC, with a particular interest in the relationships between Romans and Italian peoples. He has published a series of articles and book chapters that explore the impact of migration in second-century Italy, Roman colonization, and the ethnic contingents of the army of the Roman Republic. He is currently working on a book that examines the effects of high mobility during Rome's hegemony over Italy, highlighting Roman efforts to exploit the manpower and resources of Italian subjects. Broadhead was a principal contributor to the 'Imagines Italicae' project, which culminated in a three-volume publication of Oscan, Umbrian, and Italic inscriptions in Italy, published in 2011. He obtained his PhD in Ancient History from University College London in 2002. Prior to joining MIT in 2004, he taught at University College London, Birkbeck College London, and the universities of Nottingham and Bristol. His teaching at MIT encompasses introductions to ancient Greek and Roman history, as well as specialized courses focusing on the fall of the Roman Republic, the city of Athens, and the city of Rome. He has been director of MIT’s IAP Ancient Medieval Italy and IAP Ancient Greece programs, and has made significant contributions to enhancing the undergraduate educational experience at MIT. For his exemplary teaching, he received the James Ruth Levitan Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2011 and the Arthur C. Smith Award for Meaningful Contributions to Student Life and Learning in 2018. In 2012, he was named a Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow, MIT’s highest honor for sustained contributions to teaching and undergraduate education.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Teaching undergraduate courses in ancient history, including introductions to ancient Greek and Roman history and specialized courses on the fall of the Roman Republic.