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Aaron L. Beek received his doctorate in Classical and Near Eastern Studies in 2015 from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and holds prior degrees from The University of British Columbia and Macalester College. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at North-West University. He has published 4 articles in journals (+1 forthcoming), 4 chapters in books (+4 forthcoming) 9 book reviews, and 5 magazine articles. He has organized workshops and conferences and delivered 29 oral presentations at conferences in 6 countries. He is an interdisciplinary scholar working in both Classical Studies and Ancient History. His current research focus is banditry, piracy, and other forms of illegitimate violence.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Aaron Lee Beek

Citation names

  • Beek, Aaron
  • A. L. Beek
  • Aaron L. Beek

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AA19-4662-8412
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0655-4851

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Languages and Literatures
  • Humanities - History and Archaeology - History

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English (Mother tongue)
Latin Intermediate (B1) Proficiency (C2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Proficiency (C2)
Ancient Greek (until 1553) Intermediate (B1) Proficiency (C2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Proficiency (C2)
French Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
German Beginner (A1) Advanced (C1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Hebrew Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Akkadian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Arab Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/08/24 - 2019/08/31 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) The University of Memphis, United States
The University of Memphis Department of History, United States
2016/02/24 - 2016/09/23 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Massey University - Manawatu Campus, New Zealand
Massey University School of Humanities, New Zealand
2008/08 - 2015/06 Tutor (University Teacher) University of Minnesota Twin Cities, United States
University of Minnesota Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, United States

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/06/01 - Current Postdoctoral Research Fellow North-West University, South Africa
North-West University Faculty of Theology, South Africa
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/06 - Current NWU Postdoctoral Fellowship
N/A
Research Fellow
North-West University Faculty of Theology, South Africa
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2017/07 - 2017/07 NEH Summer Institute: Migration and Empire
N/A
Other
National Endowment for the Humanities, United States
Concluded
2014/06 - 2014/08 Graduate Research Partnership Program
N/A
PhD Student Fellow
University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts, United States

University of Minnesota Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, United States
Concluded
2004/06 - 2004/07 Kenchreai Cemetery Project
N/A
Other
Macalester College, United States
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Aaron L. Beek. "Pirates, Bandits and Mercenary Service as part of the ‘Manpower Pools’ of the Mediterranean". In The Brill Companion to Mercenaries in the Ancient Western Mediterranean., edited by Armstrong, Jeremy; Toni Naco del Hoyo; Louis Rawlings. Brill, 2022.
    Under revision
  2. Aaron L. Beek. "A Rhetoric of Terrorism; A Rhetoric of Piracy". In Terrorism Through the Ages: Proceedings of The Many Faces of War conference (VI), edited by Wrightson, Graham. Brill, 2022.
    Under revision
  3. Aaron L. Beek. "Penis Envy: Challenging God’s Covenant in the Hellenistic Debates over Epispasmos, Circumcision, and the Gymnasium in the books of the Maccabees". In Rhetoric in 2 Maccabees: Challenging God., edited by Nicholas P. L. Allen; Pierre J. Jordaan, 42-64. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021.
    Published
  4. Aaron L. Beek. "Mercenaries and Moral Concerns". In Greek and Roman Military Manuals: Genre and History, edited by James T. Chlup; Conor Whately, 121-135. New York, United States: Routledge, 2020.
    Published
  5. Aaron L. Beek. "Where Have All the Pirates Gone?". In Invisible Cultures: Historical and Archaeological Perspectives, edited by Gheller, Viola; Carrer, Francesco, 270-284. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
    Published
Book review
  1. Aaron L. Beek. "Beek on Taylor, Soldiers and Silver". Review of Soldiers and Silver (2021):
    Accepted
  2. Aaron L. Beek. "Beek on Hölkeskamp, et al., Empire, Hegemony, or Anarchy". Review of Empire, Hegemony, or Anarchy? Rome and Italy, 201-31 BCE (2021):
    Submitted
  3. Aaron L. Beek. "Beek on Shipley, The Early Hellenistic Peloponnese". Review of The Early Hellenistic Peloponnese: Politics, Economies, and Networks 338-197 BC. (2019): http://www.bmcreview.org/2019/07/20190753.html.
    Published
  4. Aaron L. Beek. "Beek on Mattingly, et al. Trade in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond". Review of Trade in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond (2019):
    Published
  5. Aaron L. Beek. "Beek on Stuttard, Nemesis: Alcibiades and the Fall of Athens". Review of Nemesis: Alcibiades and the Fall of Athens (2019): https://networks.h-net.org/node/12840/reviews/3574535/beek-stuttard-nemesis-alcibiades-and-fall-athens.
    Published
  6. Aaron L. Beek. "Beek on Woolmer, A Short History of the Phoenicians". Review of A Short History of the Phoenicians (2018): http://www.bmcreview.org/2018/04/20180451.html.
    Published
  7. Aaron L. Beek. "Beek on Marston, Agricultural Sustainability and Environmental Change". Review of Agricultural Sustainability and Environmental Change at Ancient Gordion. Gordion Special Studies VIII 92, 2 (2018): 274-275.
    Published
  8. Aaron L. Beek. "Beek on Marek, Land of the Thousand Gods". Review of In the Land of a Thousand Gods: A History of Asia Minor in the Ancient World (2016):
    Published
Encyclopedia entry
  1. Aaron L. Beek. "lembos". In Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, edited by Oliver Nicholson. Oxford University Press, 2018.
    Published
  2. Aaron L. Beek. "dromon". In Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, edited by Oliver Nicholson. Oxford University Press, 2018.
    Published
  3. Aaron L. Beek. "keles". In Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, edited by Oliver Nicholson. Oxford University Press, 2018.
    Published
  4. Aaron L. Beek. "liburna". In Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, edited by Oliver Nicholson. Oxford University Press, 2018.
    Published
  5. Aaron L. Beek. "Navigation". In Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, edited by Oliver Nicholson. Oxford University Press, 2018.
    Published
  6. Aaron L. Beek. "ship construction". In Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, edited by Oliver Nicholson. Oxford University Press, 2018.
    Published
  7. Aaron L. Beek. "shipwrecks". In Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, edited by Oliver Nicholson. Oxford University Press, 2018.
    Published
  8. Aaron L. Beek. "piracy". In Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, edited by Oliver Nicholson. Oxford University Press, 2018.
    Published • 10.1093/acref/9780198662778.001.0001
Journal article
  1. Beek, A L. "LEGITIMATE VIOLENCE IN ILLEGITIMATE TIMES: DIO'S THEORIES OF LEGITIMACY". Akroterion 64 0 (2019): 65-90. http://dx.doi.org/10.7445/64-0-999.
    Open access • Published • 10.7445/64-0-999
  2. Aaron L. Beek. "Campaigning against pirate mercenaries A very Roman strategy?". Acta Classica, Supplement 10: Piracy, Pillage and Plunder in Antiquity (2019):
    Published
  3. Aaron L. Beek. "The Pirate Connection: Roman Politics, Servile Wars, and the East.". Transactions of the American Philological Association 146 1 (2016): 101-118.
Magazine article
  1. Aaron L. Beek. "An Empire of Grain? The Revolt of Domitius Domitianus", Ancient Warfare, 2021
  2. Aaron L. Beek. "Sword, Spear, or Javelin?: Developing the Legion.", Ancient Warfare, 2017
  3. Aaron L. Beek. "10 ‘Classic’ Ways to ‘Fix’ the Election Process", Eidolon, 2016, https://eidolon.pub/10-classic-ways-to-fix-the-election-process-fb04cc8f1d1a.
  4. Aaron L. Beek. "The Pirates of Mithridates (Pontic Sea Dogs)", Ancient Warfare, 2016
Newsletter article
  1. Aaron L. Beek. "Ancient Plunderers: Criminals or Soldiers?", History Happenings, 2018
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Aaron L. Beek. "Freelance Warfare and Illegitimacy: The Historians’ Portrayal of Bandits, Pirates, Mercenaries, and Politicians.". PhD, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, 2015. https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/174839.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/10/15 A Rhetoric of Terrorism; A Rhetoric of Piracy Many Faces of War VI
(Brookings, SD, United States)
2021/06/21 Your Utopia is my Dystopia: Paulus Orosius, Augustine, and the Ideal State the 27th International Conference of Europeanists
Council of European Studies (Reykjavik, Iceland)
2021/06/21 Founding an Isolated Utopia: Utopian and Colonial ideas in Classical and Postclassical Thought the 27th International Conference of Europeanists
Council of European Studies (Iceland)
2021/05/15 Manpower, Mercenaries, and Multiculturalism: Oblique Tactics and the Creation of Empire. 5th Hellenistic Warfare Conference
(Barcelona, Spain)
2021/04/07 Imperial Greek Narrative and Greek and Roman Ideas of Fairness 117th meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South
Classical Association of the Middle West and South (Cleveland, OH, United States)
2021/03/06 Sailing to Found Utopia The Ancient Sea Workshop
2019/11/10 King and Bandit in Greek and Roman Political Philosophy” at the 33rd meeting of the Classical Association of South Africa
Classical Association of South Africa (Stellenbosch, South Africa)
2019/08/15 No Triumphs for Pirates? the 20th UNISA Colloquium
University of South Africa (Pretoria, South Africa)
2019/01/03 The Pedagogy, Perils, and Pitfalls of Graphic Novels in the Classroom at the 150th Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies
Society for Classical Studies (San Diego, CA, United States)
2018/10/18 Freelancers in Warfare: Hellenistic Coping Strategies for Military Manpower the Biannual CAMWS-SS meeting
Classical Association of the Middle West and South (Winston-Salem, NC, United States)
2018/07/19 Manipulating Social Status, the Army, and Immigration in Late Antiquity 2nd Research Forum of the Tübingen Center of Advanced Studies “The Micropolitics of Mobility in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages”
Tübingen Center of Advanced Studies (Tübingen, Germany)
2017/10/26 Campaigning against Pirate Mercenaries: A Very Roman Strategy? 18th UNISA Classics Colloquium
UNISA (Pretoria, South Africa)
2017/07/19 The Violence Monopoly: Legitimacy, Imperialism and ‘the Other’ 10th Celtic Conference in Classics
Celtic Conference in Classics (Quebec, Canada)
2016/10/21 Morality and Mercenaries in Military Manuals Workshop 'Greek and Roman Military Manuals: Genre, Theory, Influence'
(Winnipeg, Canada)
2016/06/23 Soldier, Mercenary, or Bandit? Making Determinations of Legitimacy in the Ancient World Staff Seminar Series --Aaron Beek
Massey University (Palmerston North, New Zealand)
2016/05/05 Military Protests and Mutinies in the Republic Annual Meeting of the Association of Ancient Historians
Association of Ancient Historians (Tacoma, WA, United States)
2016/03/16 Soldiers of ‘Misfortune’ in Plautus at 112th Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South
Classical Association of the Middle West and South (Williamsburg, VA, United States)
2015/03/25 The Triumphs of Cilicia and Cicero’s Proconsulship 111th Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South
Classical Association of the Middle West and South (Boulder, CO, United States)
2015/01/08 The Pirate Connection: Rome’s Servile Wars and Eastern Campaigns 146th Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies
Society for Classical Studies (New Orleans, LA, United States)
2014/04/02 The Historians’ Agenda for Pirates: Describing the Balearic Campaign 110th Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South
Classical Association of the Middle West and South (Waco, TX, United States)
2013/04/13 Catch or Release?: The Use of a Seeking Character by Plautus 109th Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South
Classical Association of the Middle West and South (Iowa CIty, IA, United States)
2013/03/30 Piracy: Cause of Hospitality OSU Graduate Student Colloquium: “Hospitality and ???”
(Columbus, OH, United States)
2013/03/20 Where Have All the Pirates Gone? “Invisible Cultures: Historical and Archaeological Perspectives”
(Trento, Italy)
2012/09/29 The Effect of Diocletian's Price Edict on Egypt 2nd Annual Heartland Graduate Workshop
Heartland Graduate Workshops (Minneapolis, MN, United States)
2012/04/27 Captives, Loyalty, and Fides ) ColPAH Graduate Student Conference: “From the Inside Looking Out: Alterity and Creating the Other in Ancient History”
University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada)
2012/04/20 The Fides of Captives in Plautus: Changing Stereotypes OSU Graduate Student Colloquium: “Chosen Chains: The Creation of Loyalty in the Ancient World”
Ohio State University (Columbus, OH, United States)
2012/03/16 The Classical Idea of West Africa the CUNY Graduate Student Conference: “Classica Africana: The African and African-American Presence in the Classical Tradition.”
CUNY (New York, NY, United States)
2011/04/07 Cicero Reading Polybius: The Role of Polybius in the De Re Publica 107th Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South
Classical Association of the Middle West and South (Grand Rapids, MI, United States)
2011/02/12 Hanno the Carthaginian and the Exploration of West Africa Classical and Near Eastern Studies Departmental Colloquium
University of Minnesota Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies (Minneapolis, MN, United States)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/04/15 - 2021/04/18 Panel organizer for a series of panels on warfare at the (canceled) April 2021 UNISA conference (2021/04/15 - 2021/04/18)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 University of South Africa Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies, South Africa
2019/01/03 - 2019/01/06 Graphic Classics: Classical Education in a New Medium, a roundtable at the 150th Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies This Round table discussed both the production of classically-themed graphic novels and comics and the impact of these texts on students and the general public. (2019/01/03 - 2019/01/06)
Round table (Co-organisor)
 Society for Classical Studies, United States

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/08/27 - 2020/08/28 r/AskHistorians on Ancient Mediterranean Piracy (Public outreach via an online Q&A.)
Other
 AMA at r/AskHistorians on Ancient Mediterranean Piracy
2017/01/06 - 2017/01/06 Digital Humanities Workshop and Training
Workshop
 Ancient MakerSpaces
Society for Classical Studies, United States
2017/01/03 - 2017/01/04 Digital Humanities Workshop and Training
Workshop
 Grammatical Treebanking (Perseids)
Society for Classical Studies, United States
2016/05/06 - 2016/05/06 Digital Humanities (Cartography and Text Analysis)
Workshop
Association of Ancient Historians, United States

University of Puget Sound, United States
2011/06 - 2011/08 Minnesota Manuscript Research Laboratory
Workshop
 Minnesota Manuscript Research Laboratory
Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, United States

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2019 MA in History Seth Harden (Master)
The University of Memphis Department of History, United States
2018 MA in History Kelci Hopp (Master)
The University of Memphis Department of History, United States

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2017/08/24 - 2019/05/01 Graduate Awards Committee-- Members disbursed travel funding and awards to MA and PhD students.
Member
 The University of Memphis Department of History, United States
2011/08 - 2015/07 Council of Graduate Students
Member
 University of Minnesota Twin Cities, United States
2013/07/01 - 2014/07/01 Council of Graduate Students (President)
President / Vice-president
 University of Minnesota Twin Cities, United States
2013 - 2013 Provost's Special Committee on Graduate Education (Designing restructure of the Graduate School and administration thereof)
Member
 University of Minnesota Twin Cities, United States
2012/05 - 2012/05 Committee of Institutional Cooperation’s Graduate Deans Meeting (Student Representative from Minnesota
Member

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2018/10/18 - 2018/10/20 Playing with Words, Playing with War CAMWS-SS meeting (Winston-Salem, NC)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021 - 2021 Advanced Greek (Drama): Aristophanes Advanced Greek(Drama): Aristophanes (Bachelor) North-West University Faculty of Theology, South Africa
2019 - 2019 Directed Studies in Latin: Plautus Classics (Bachelor) The University of Memphis, United States
2019 - 2019 Advanced Topics in History: Imperial Rome History (Master) The University of Memphis Department of History, United States
2017 - 2019 World Civilizations I (x9 times) History (Bachelor) The University of Memphis Department of History, United States
2018 - 2018 Advanced Topics in History: North Africa in Antiquity History (Master) The University of Memphis Department of History, United States
2018 - 2018 Advanced Topics in History: Ancient Mediterranean Piracy History (Bachelor) The University of Memphis Department of History, United States
2018 - 2018 The Hellenistic States History (Master) The University of Memphis Department of History, United States
2017 - 2018 The Ancient World (x2 times) History (Bachelor) The University of Memphis Department of History, United States
2017 - 2017 The Greek Experience History (Bachelor) The University of Memphis Department of History, United States
2016 - 2016 Greek History (x2 times) Classical Studies (Bachelor) Massey University School of Humanities, New Zealand
2016 - 2016 The Pursuit of Happiness in the Classical World Classical Studies (Bachelor) Massey University School of Humanities, New Zealand
2016 - 2016 Imperial Rome Classical Studies (Bachelor) Massey University School of Humanities, New Zealand
2010 - 2015 Greek and Roman Mythology Classical and Near Eastern Studies (Bachelor) University of Minnesota Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, United States
2011 - 2014 Technical Terminology for the Health Professions (x2 times) (Bachelor) University of Minnesota Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, United States
2011 - 2013 Beginning Latin 1 and 2 (x4 classes) Latin (Bachelor) University of Minnesota Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, United States

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019 - 2019 In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi
2019 - 2019 Edinburgh University Press (Review of Book manuscripts) Edinburgh University Press
Distinctions

Award

2019 SCS Travel Grant
Society for Classical Studies, United States
2018 Manson A. Stewart Award
Classical Association of the Middle West and South, United States
2017 SCS Travel Grant
Society for Classical Studies, United States
2016 Subvention Award
Association of Ancient Historians, United States
2014 Graduate Research Partnership Program Fellowship
University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts, United States
2013 GAPSA Travel Grant
University of Minnesota Twin Cities, United States
2009 Foreign Language/Area Studies Fellowship
US Department of State, United States
2002 Dewitt Wallace Distinguished Scholar
Macalester College, United States
2002 U. S. National Merit Scholar