PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS AND GENERAL HUMANITIES; DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES

OFFICE: Dickson Hall 102. OFFICE PHONE: 973-655-7420. DEPARTMENT PHONE: 973-655-4419.

MAILING ADDRESS: Dept. of Classics & General Humanities, Montclair State University,
1 Normal Ave., Montclair, NJ 07043 USA

SPRING 2011 OFFICE HOURS: Monday and Wednesday, 1:30-2:30 P.M. and by appointment (many possibilities available but it's best to arrange a time beforehand).

Timothy Renner teaches the history of the ancient Mediterranean and surrounding areas, Greek and Latin, humanities, and classical archaeology. Specifically during the past three years he has given courses in Roman civilization (basic history survey), more advanced ancient history courses such as "Greece, Rome, and the Hellenistic World," "The Roman Republic," and "The Roman Empire"; Roman Historians; elementary and intermediate Latin; methods of teaching Latin; and Roman history and archaeological field methods during a summer field school at the "Villa of the Antonines" in Genzano di Roma, Italy.

Projected courses Fall 2011: Roman Civilization (basic history survey; undergraduate), Beginning Latin I (undergraduate), Methods of Teaching Latin (undergraduate/graduate).

Professor Renner's research centers around Greek papyrology, where he has published widely on literary and documentary texts; around the archaeology of Roman imperial villas and their relationship to wider Roman society; and around ancient historiography. He is one of the editors of the Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, an international peer-reviewed journal which publishes articles on Greco-Roman and Arab Egypt and on ancient documents more generally.

Professor Renner is Director of MSU's Center for Heritage and Archaeological Studies (http://chss.montclair.edu/archaeology/)and is the academic coordinator for the interdepartmental Minor in Archaeology. He has served as Director and Co-Director of the University's Institute for the Humanities and as the Chair of the Department of Classics and General Humanities.