David M. Pritchard

David M. Pritchard is Associate Professor of Greek History at the University of Queensland (Australia), where he has chaired the Department of Classics and Ancient History. He has obtained 16 research fellowships in Australia, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. In 2026-7, he is the Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the University of Edinburgh. Associate Professor Pritchard is currently the lead chief investigator on a large project that is funded by the Australian Research Council. He is the author of Athenian Democracy at War (Cambridge University Press 2019), Sport, Democracy and War in Classical Athens (Cambridge University Press 2013) and Public Spending and Democracy in Classical Athens (University of Texas Press 2015). Associate Professor Pritchard has edited The Athenian Funeral Oration: After Nicole Loraux (Cambridge University Press 2024) and War, Democracy and Culture in Classical Athens (Cambridge University Press 2010). He has co-edited Waging War in Fourth-Century Athens: New Appraisals (Routledge 2026) and Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World (Classical Press of Wales 2003). Associate Professor Pritchard has also published 68 journal articles and book chapters. He has an h-index of 22 and 1800 known citations. He has obtained the equivalent of 2.2 million Australian dollars in research funding. Associate Professor Pritchard speaks on radio and regularly writes for newspapers around the world. His 64 op.-eds have appeared in, among other outlets, Die Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany), Le Monde (France), Le Figaro (France), Ouest-France, Sud Ouest (France), The Conversation (Australia, France and Spain), Kathimerini (Greece), Inside Story (Greece), Scroll.in (India), The Age (Australia), The Australian, Politike (Brazil) and The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Associate Professor Pritchard obtained his PhD in Ancient History from Macquarie University (Australia).