Jeanne Reames, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- Director, Ancient Mediterranean Studies
- Greece & Alexander the Great, Ancient Near East, Early Church
Education
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University (History)
M.Div., Emory University (Theology)
B.A., University of Florida (English)
Background
Dr. Reames somehow managed to acquire three different degrees in three different subjects but finally settled down to pursue ancient history after being lured in by the age-old fascination of Alexander the Great. She received her PhD from the Pennsylvania State University in 1998, where she studied Macedonian history under Eugene N. Borza.
She has authored fifteen articles about Alexander and his court, recent ones including, “Cyclops vs. Wolverine: Hephaistion and Krateros, Plutarch, and Swords,” in Repercussions of Violence under Alexander and the Successors. “Appropriating Narratives of Empire: Alexander and the Destruction of the Branchidai,” in Macedon and Its Influences, “Becoming Macedonian: Name-mapping and Ethnic Identity,” in Karanos, plus several book chapters in various Companion volumes: Brill's Companion to the Campaigns of Philip II and Alexander the Great (2025), Cambridge Companion to Alexander the Great (2024), Routledge’s Companion to the Reception of Greek and Roman Gender and Sexuality (2022), and Blackwell’s Companion to Greek Warfare (2021). Her current monograph project is a court study, Weaving Narrative Threads: Hephaistion and Krateros at Alexander’s Court. She also writes historical fiction and has a pair of novels from Riptide Publishers about the young Alexander before he became “the Great”—Dancing with the Lion: Becoming and Rise (2019).
She has appeared twice on The History Channel and was series historical consultant for Netflix's Alexander: the Making of a God. Read about her involvement in the Netflix series.
She is affiliated faculty for both the Native American Studies Program and the Goldstien Center for Human Rights.
Frequently Taught Courses
- Ancient Greek History (HIST 2510)
- Mesopotamia and Pre-Islamic Persia (HIST 4820/8826)
- Greek Myth, Religion, and Magic (HIST 4830/8836)
- Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Origin (HIST 4840/8846)
- Rome and the Early Church (HIST 4850/8856)