Department of History
Kenneth S. Sacks
Professor of History, Professor of Classics
204 Peter Green
Areas of Expertise
Ancient History
Office Hours
Tuesdays 2:30-4pm by appointment only. Additionally, please email questions about transfer credits first. Often these can easily be resolved quickly.
Biography
I received my Ph.D. from California, Berkeley in Ancient History. I taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976-1995, at which time I came to Brown as Professor of History and Dean of the College. I've been full time in the history department since 1998. My area of specialty is Greek intellectual history, which led me to study American Transcendentalism and to questions of Classical Reception.