It’s official! (sort of)

I am pleased to report that it appears I will be teaching ancient Greek history at the University of California, Riverside this winter term. I say ‘appears’ because the faculty of the Comparative Literature department (where Classics lives at UCR) has voted to hire me, I am listed as the course instructor, and it’s too late to hire anyone else, but as far as I know the appointment hasn’t been finalized yet and the university administration is shutting down for the holidays! I shall proceed under the assumption that when the term begins in January everything will be in place. It will be an interesting experience to teach on both coasts simultaneously, which, strangely enough, has been made possible by the pandemic.