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    John Walsh

    John Walsh

    Associate Professor & Director

    College of Arts, School of Languages and Literatures

    waljo@uoguelph.ca
    (519) 824-4120, Ext. 53167
    Office:MacKinnon Building, Room 266
    Higher Education Teaching Certificate / Harvard University PhD (Classics) University of Otago

    Publications

    Edited Books

    Walsh, John and Elizabeth Baynham, edd. Alexander the Great and Propaganda. London and New York: Routledge, 2021.

    Refereed Journal Articles

    Walsh, John. “Why Does Canada Have a Navy? Reflecting on the Canadian Leaders at Sea Program.” Canadian Naval Review, vol. 21, no. 3 (2026). https://www.navalreview.ca

    Walsh, John. “A Note on Diodorus 18.11.1, Arybbas, and the Lamian War.” Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 109 (2017): 199–208.

    Walsh, John. “Reading Diodorus 18.9.3 and ΜΕΤΑ ΠΟΛΛΗΣ ΗΣΥΧΙΑΣ.” Cambridge Classical Journal 63 (2017): 167–76.

    Walsh, John. “The Benefits of Latin Language Learning in 21st Century Education.” Classicum 42, no. 1 (2016): 19–44.

    Walsh, John. “Antipater and the Lamian War: a Study in 4th Century Macedonian Counterinsurgency Doctrine.” Ancient History Bulletin 29, nos 1–2 (2015) [2016]: 1–27.

    Collins, Andrew, and John Walsh. “The Debt Deflationary Crisis and the Roman Republic.” Ancient Society 45 (2015): 125–70.

    Collins, Andrew, and John Walsh. “Fractional Reserve Banking in the Roman Republic and Empire.” Ancient Society 44 (2014): 179–212.

    Walsh, John. “The Concept of Dunasteia in Aristotle and the Macedonian Monarchy.” Acta Classica 57 (2014): 142–60.

    Walsh, John. “Antipater and Early Hellenistic Literature.” Ancient History Bulletin 26, nos 3–4 (2012): 149–62.

    Walsh, John. “Leosthenes and the Transportation of Greek Mercenaries from Asia Minor.” Studia Humaniora Tartuensia 13 (2012): 1–11.

    Walsh, John. “The Lamiaka of Choerilus of Iasos and the Genesis of the Term ‘Lamian War’.” Classical Quarterly 61, no. 2 (2011): 538–44.

    Chapters in Edited Books

    Walsh, John. "The History and Development of Latin Language Education from the Late 19th to the Early 21st Centuries." Nouvelle Revue Synergies Canada, no. 19 (2025).

    Walsh, John. “Hieronymus of Cardia and the Siege of Nora.” In Alexander the Great and Propaganda, edited by John Walsh and Elizabeth Baynham, 71–93. London and New York: Routledge, 2021.

    Walsh, John. “Ring Composition in Diodorus Siculus’ Account of the Lamian War.” In Diodoros of Sicily: Historiographical Theory and Practice in the Bibliotheke (Studia Hellenistica 58), edited by Lisa Hau, Alexander Meeus, and Brian Sheridan, 303–28. Leuven: Peeters, 2018.

    Walsh, John. “Historical Method and a Chronological Problem in Diodorus, Book 18.” In Alexander and His Successors: Essays from the Antipodes, edited by Pat Wheatley and Robert Hannah, 62–71. Claremont: Regina Books, 2009.

    Encyclopedia Entries

    Walsh, John. “Antipater.” In Encyclopedia of Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, edited by Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey. ABC-Clio, 2016.

    Walsh, John. “Lamian War.” In Encyclopedia of Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, edited by Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey. ABC-Clio, 2016.

    Walsh, John. “Leosthenes.” In Encyclopedia of Conflict in Ancient Greece and Rome: The Definitive Political, Social, and Military Encyclopedia, edited by Sara E. Phang, Iain Spence, Douglas Kelly, and Peter Londey. ABC-Clio, 2016.

    Walsh, John. “Lamian War (323–322).” In Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome, edited by Michael Gagarin. Oxford University Press, 2010.

    Reviews

    Walsh, John. “Greek Slave Systems in Their Eastern Mediterranean Context, ca. 800– 146 BC. By David M. Lewis.” Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Business History Review 95, no. 4 (2021): 841–43.

    Public Scholarship

    Walsh, John. “The student-as-customer model is an expensive lie that burdens Canadian universities.” The Globe and Mail, Opinion. Accessed January 21, 2026. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-student-as-customer-model-expensive-lie-canadian-universities/.

    Walsh, John. “Universities and Military Mobilization.” Policy Options / Options politiques (IRPP), January 2026. https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/01/universities-military-mobilization/.

    Walsh, John. “Arma et Litterae: Reuniting Canada’s Civic Foundations.” NATO Association of Canada, February 5, 2026. https://natoassociation.ca/special-report-arma-et-litterae-reuniting-canadas-civic-foundations/

    Authored Books (creative works)

    Walsh John. The Poppies of Troy. Dubuque: Kendall Hunt, 2021.

    Walsh, John. Case Studies in Ancient Leadership. Dubuque: Kendall Hunt, 2018.