Dennis P. Kehoe

Department of Classical Studies
Jones Hall 210
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Office phone: 504-862-3082

PUBLICATIONS

Books:

The Economics of Agriculture on Roman Imperial Estates in North Africa, Hypomnemata 89, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht 1988, xvi + 281 pp.

Management and Investment on Estates in Roman Egypt during the Early Empire, Papyrologische Texte und Abhandlungen 40, Bonn: Habelt, 1992, xiv + 188 pp.

Investment, Profit, and Tenancy: The Jurists and the Roman Agrarian Economy, Ann Arbor MI: University of Michigan Press, 1997, xiv + 269 pp.

Law and the Rural Economy in the Roman Empire, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2007, x + 265 pp.

Principal Articles:

“Allocation of Risk and Investment on the Estates of Pliny the Younger,”Chiron 18 (1988): 15-42.

“Legal Institutions and the Bargaining Power of the Tenant in Roman Egypt,” Archiv fur Papyrusforschung 41, no. 2 (1995): 232-62.

“Roman-Law Influence on Louisiana's Landlord-Tenant Law: The Question of Risk in Agriculture,” Tulane Law Review 70, no. 4 (1996): 1053-68.

“The Early Roman Empire: Production,” in W. Scheidel, I. Morris, R. Saller, eds., The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), 543-69.

With B. W. Frier, “Law and Economic Institutions,” in W. Scheidel, I. Morris, R. Saller, eds., The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), 113-43.

“Landwirtschaft” (“Agriculture,” trans. Gerhard Rexin), Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum XXII (2008), 945-977.

“Law and Social Formation,” forthcoming in M. Peachin, ed., Handbook of Roman Social Relations (Oxford University Press).

“Das kaiserzeitliche Gymnasion, Bildung und Wirtschaft im Römischen Reich,” forthcoming in Wolfgang Habermann, Hartmut Leppin, and Peter Scholz, eds., Das kaiserzeitliche Gymnasion (Frankfurt; see under invited papers).

“Chapter 17, The Economy, Graeco-Roman Period,” forthcoming in A. B. Loyd, ed., The Blackwell Companion to Ancient Egypt.

Dennis P. Kehoe
Professor Office: Jones Hall 206 B
Department of Classical Studies Jones Hall 210 Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118 Office phone: 504-862-3082 kehoe@tulane.edu
EDUCATION Dartmouth College, 1973-1977, A.B. in Classics and German, Summa cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa Oxford University (Magdalen College), 1977-1979, B.A. in Classics, First Class Honors University of Michigan, 1979-1982, Ph.D. in Classical Studies RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS My research interests are in Roman social and economic history and Roman law. My current research is on the role of legal institutions in shaping the economy of the Roman Empire. I offers courses in Roman political and social history, Latin, and Roman law. PUBLICATIONS Books: The Economics of Agriculture on Roman Imperial Estates in North Africa, Hypomnemata 89, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht 1988, xvi + 281 pp. Management and Investment on Estates in Roman Egypt during the Early Empire, Papyrologische Texte und Abhandlungen 40, Bonn: Habelt, 1992, xiv + 188 pp. Investment, Profit, and Tenancy: The Jurists and the Roman Agrarian Economy, Ann Arbor MI: University of Michigan Press, 1997, xiv + 269 pp. Law and the Rural Economy in the Roman Empire, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2007, x + 265 pp. Principal Articles: “Allocation of Risk and Investment on the Estates of Pliny the Younger,”Chiron 18 (1988): 15-42. “Legal Institutions and the Bargaining Power of the Tenant in Roman Egypt,” Archiv fur Papyrusforschung 41, no. 2 (1995): 232-62. “Roman-Law Influence on Louisiana's Landlord-Tenant Law: The Question of Risk in Agriculture,” Tulane Law Review 70, no. 4 (1996): 1053-68. “The Early Roman Empire: Production,” in W. Scheidel, I. Morris, R. Saller, eds., The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), 543-69. With B. W. Frier, “Law and Economic Institutions,” in W. Scheidel, I. Morris, R. Saller, eds., The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), 113-43. “Landwirtschaft” (“Agriculture,” trans. Gerhard Rexin), Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum XXII (2008), 945-977. “Law and Social Formation,” forthcoming in M. Peachin, ed., Handbook of Roman Social Relations (Oxford University Press). “Das kaiserzeitliche Gymnasion, Bildung und Wirtschaft im Römischen Reich,” forthcoming in Wolfgang Habermann, Hartmut Leppin, and Peter Scholz, eds., Das kaiserzeitliche Gymnasion (Frankfurt; see under invited papers). “Chapter 17, The Economy, Graeco-Roman Period,” forthcoming in A. B. Loyd, ed., The Blackwell Companion to Ancient Egypt.
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