Richard Berthold
Richard Martin Berthold (born 1946)[1] is an American classical historian, an associate professor emeritus at the University of New Mexico.[2]
He is the author of two books on classical history, and is also known for his controversial positions on politics and religion.
Books[edit]
Berthold is the author of the book Rhodes in the Hellenistic Age (Cornell University Press, 1984)[3] and of the self-published Dare to Struggle: The History and Society of Greece (2009).
Education and career[edit]
Berthold graduated from Stanford University in 1967.[4] He did his graduate studies at Cornell University, earning a M.A. in 1969 with the thesis The Battle at Marathon[5] and completing his Ph.D. in 1971 with the dissertation Rhodian Foreign Affairs 205-164 B.C..[6] After a year as a part-time lecturer at Cornell, he joined the faculty of the University of New Mexico in 1972 as an assistant professor.[4] He retired from the University of New Mexico in 2002, but was recalled to teaching in 2006.[7]
Controversies[edit]
On the day of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks Berthold told two large freshman classes that "Anybody who blows up the Pentagon gets my vote."[8] After a university investigation, Berthold received an official reprimand and was removed from teaching first-year classes.[9] The semester after the official reprimand and teaching sanctions took effect, Berthold took early retirement after being charged with sexual harassment.[10]
In 2005 he was barred from a local religious conference center after presenting archaeological research contradicting the biblical story of the Exodus.[7] He drew renewed media attention in 2018 for using Nazi insignia to protest the policies of the Republican Party.[11]
References[edit]
- ↑ Full name and birth year from WorldCat identities, retrieved 2019-02-12.
- ↑ All faculty, UNM Department of History, retrieved 2019-02-12
- ↑ Reviews of Rhodes in the Hellenistic Age:
- Rice, E. E. (1985), "Hellenistic Rhodes", The Classical Review, 35 (2): 320–322, JSTOR 3063315
- Coleman, John E. (September–October 1986), The Classical World, 80 (1): 49, doi:10.2307/4349975, JSTOR 4349975CS1 maint: Untitled periodical (link)
- Eddy, Samuel K. (December 1988), The American Historical Review, 93 (5): 1302, doi:10.2307/1873559, JSTOR 1873559CS1 maint: Untitled periodical (link)
- Migeotte, Léopold (Winter 1985), Phoenix, 39 (4): 400–402, doi:10.2307/1088408, JSTOR 1088408CS1 maint: Untitled periodical (link)
- Ehrhardt, Norbert (April 1987), Historische Zeitschrift, 244 (2): 388–389, JSTOR 27625580CS1 maint: Untitled periodical (link)
- Deininger, Jürgen (1986), Gnomon, 58 (5): 412–417, JSTOR 27689320CS1 maint: Untitled periodical (link)
- Oliva, Pavel (1987), Listy filologické / Folia philologica, 110 (1): 57–59, JSTOR 23465480CS1 maint: Untitled periodical (link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Berthold, Richard, "About", qqduckus, retrieved 2019-02-12
- ↑ WorldCat catalog entry for The Battle at Marathon, retrieved 2019-02-12.
- ↑ WorldCat catalog entry for Rhodian Foreign Affairs 205-164 B.C., retrieved 2019-02-12.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Uyttebrouck, Olivier (September 8, 2005), "Retired Professor Berthold to Teach at UNM", Albuquerque Journal
- ↑ Wilson, John K. (2016). Patriotic Correctness: Academic Freedom and Its Enemies. Routledge. pp. 10–11. ISBN 9781317254706. Search this book on
- ↑ O'Neil, Robert (2009). Academic Freedom in the Wired World: Political Extremism, Corporate Power, and the University. Harvard University Press. pp. 79–81. ISBN 9780674033726. Search this book on
- ↑ Gerstmann, Evan; Streb, Matthew Justin (2006), Academic Freedom at the Dawn of a New Century: How Terrorism, Governments, and Culture Wars Impact Free Speech, Stanford University Press, p. 44, ISBN 9780804754446
- ↑ Abundis, Megan (November 8, 2018), Former UNM professor unapologetic about hanging Nazi banner outside his home, KOB
External links[edit]
- Berthold's defense of his 2001 statements
- qqduckus, Berthold's blog
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