Dr. Benjamin McCloskey
Associate Professor and Classical Studies Program Coordinator
Contact Info 
202 Eisenhower Hall
Bio
I am a Classicist, an academic who focuses, broadly, on the world of the ancient Mediterranean. I was broadly trained in Greek and Latin philology, history, and culture (my PhD is from Ohio State, 2012) but I am a Hellenist in my disciplinary and research focus.
I teach basically every course K-State offers in ancient history, culture, and Greek and Latin languages. I teach the introductory Latin sequence each year (LATIN 1-4), an ancient history course in the spring (HIST 565—Greece, HIST 566—Rome, and HIST 581—Ancient Gender are recent topics), and sometimes a literature in translation course (CLSCS 501—recently on the ancient romance novels) in the fall.
I work on Xenophon, the other student of Socrates (i.e. not Plato). I work with a variety of lenses, including narratology, (Socratic) dialectics, polyphony, and, to my horror, I find myself recently flirting with modern dialectics and Hegelianism. I am interested in Xenophon’s Socratic philosophy, both how it functions and how it functions alongside the philosophy of Xenophon’s fellow student Plato.