Cundill History Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (2017) Winner
Walter Scheidel
ヴァルター・シャイデル
Walter Scheidel
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1966-07-09 （Vienna）
- Nationality
- Austrian
- Languages
- German, English
- Residence History
- Vienna, Austria → Stanford, California, United States
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, Professor
- Active Years
- 1993-2024
- Affiliations
- Department of Classics, Stanford University
- Memberships
- Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Nominations
- Cundill History Prize 2017 shortlist (The Great Leveler)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Vienna | — | Ancient History and Numismatics | 博士号 | 1984-1993 | Austria |
| University of Graz | — | Ancient History | Habilitation | — | Austria |
University of Vienna
Ancient History and Numismatics
Degree:
博士号
Period:
1984-1993
Year of Graduation:
1993
Country:
Austria
University of Graz
Ancient History
Degree:
Habilitation
Year of Graduation:
1998
Country:
Austria
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | New Directions Fellowship | — | — | Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | 受賞 |
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
New Directions Fellowship
Organization:
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century
2017 HistoryArgues that violence has been the primary mechanism for reducing inequality throughout history.
InequalityViolenceEconomic History
Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity
2019 HistoryExamines how the failure of the Roman Empire led to prosperity in the West.
EmpireProsperityComparative History
Death on the Nile: Disease and the Demography of Roman Egypt
2001 Ancient DemographyAnalyzes disease and demography in Roman Egypt.
DemographyDiseaseAncient History
Bibliography
- Grundpacht und Lohnarbeit in der Landwirtschaft des römischen Italien
- Measuring Sex, Age and Death in the Roman Empire: Explorations in Ancient Demography
- Debating Roman Demography
- Death on the Nile: Disease and the Demography of Roman Egypt
- The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century
- Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity
- What Is Ancient History?
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Comparative historical methodsTransdisciplinary approachesData-driven analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- Socio-economic inequalityViolence and collapseDynamics of empires
Legacy
A leading scholar in ancient social and economic history and historical demography, renowned for groundbreaking research on the history of inequality. Author of numerous monographs and edited volumes, professor at Stanford University.