Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Professor of Papyrology and Greek
About
Arthur Verhoogt is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Professor of Papyrology and Greek in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His publications include editions of papyri and ostraca, and studies in the social, economic, and cultural history of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. He has a special interest in archaeologies of writing in ancient Egyptian villages through the study of legacy data from the University of Michigan excavations at ancient Karanis (1924-1935). His 2017 Discarded, Discovered, Collected: The University of Michigan Papyrus Collection (University of Michigan Press) received the 2018 UM Press Book Award. He is co-editor, with W. Graham Claytor, of Papyri from Karanis: The Granary C123 (P. Mich. 21; University of Michigan Press, 2018), which combines a thorough archaeological overview of one structure from Karanis with the edition of a number of papyri found in that structure. Dr. Verhoogt received national research grants from the American Council of Learned Societies in 2008-2009 and the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in 2014-2015.
Dr. Verhoogt received his BA and PhD from Leiden University in 1990 and 1997 respectively. He joined the University of Michigan faculty in Winter 2001 after his tenure as Research Fellow of the Leiden Papyrological Institute (1990-2000), and being consulting papyrologist for the Advanded Papyrological Information System project at the University of California at Berkeley from 1996 to 2000.
Dr. Verhoogt teaches courses on papyrology, ancient Greek, and classical civilization. In 2013 he received both the LSA Excellence in Education Award and the John Dewey Award. In 2016 he received an Arthur F. Thurnau professorship for his outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching. Dr. Verhoogt frequently mentors undergraduate students through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP).
Recent publications
Discarded, Discovered, Collected: The University of Michigan Papyrus Collection (University of Michigan Press, 2017). Winner of the 2018 UM Press Book Award.
W. Graham Claytor and Arthur Verhoogt (eds.), Papyri from Karanis: The Granary C123 (P.Mich. 21). (University of Michigan Press, 2018).
