Prof. dr. Josine Blok

Drift 6
Drift 6
3512 BS Utrecht

Prof. dr. Josine Blok

Affiliate Researcher
General
j.h.blok@uu.nl

Highlighted publications

Blok, J. H. (2015). The diôbelia: On the political economy of an Athenian state fund. Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 193, 87-102.
Blok, J. H., & Krul, J. (2017). Debt and its aftermath: The Near Eastern background to Solon's seisachtheia . Hesperia, 86(4), 607-43. https://doi.org/10.2972/hesperia.86.4.0607
van den Eijnde, F., Blok, J. H., & Strootman, R. (Eds.) (2018). Feasting and Polis Institutions. (Mnemosyne Supplements; Vol. 414). Brill publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004356733
Blok, J. H., & van t Wout, P. E. (2018). Table arrangements: sitêsis as a polis institution (IG I3 131). In F. Eijnde, van den, J. Blok, & S. Rolf (Eds.), Feasting and polis institutions (pp. 181-204). (Mnemosyne, Supplements; Vol. 414). Brill publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004356733_008
Blok, J. H. (2018). An Athenian woman's competence: the case of Xenokrateia. Eugesta, 8, 1-48. https://eugesta-revue.univ-lille3.fr/en/issues/issue-8-2018/
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/375379/blok.pdf?sequence=1
Blok, J. H. (2017). Citizenship in classical Athens. Cambridge UP. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139017916
Blok, J. (2014). A ‘Covenant’ between gods and men: hiera kai hosia and the Greek polis. In C. Rapp, & H. A. Drake (Eds.), The City in the Classical and Post-Classical World : Changing Contexts of Power and Identity (pp. 14-37). Cambridge UP.
Blok, J. (2014). The priestess of Athena Nike: a new reading of IG I3 35 and 36. Kernos, 27, 99-126.

Publications

2024

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. (2024). The Challenge of Representative Government, Ancient and Modern. In C. Riedweg, R. Schmid, & A. Walser (Eds.), Demokratie und Populismus in der griechischen Antike und heute: Democracy and Populism in Greek Antiquity and Today: Proceedings of the First International Conference of the ZAZH – Zurich Center for Classical Studies, UZH 2020 (pp. 55-64). (Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; Vol. 415). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111339610-003
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/437033/10.1515_9783111339610-003.pdf?sequence=1

2023

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. (2023). Pope, Maurice: The Keys to Democracy. Sortition as a New Model for Citizen Power. Exeter 2023 ISBN 9781788360975. H-Soz-Kult. http://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-134326
Blok, J. (2023). Democracy in Crisis: Lessons from Ancient Athens, written by Jeff Miller. Polis. The Journal for Ancient Greek and Roman Political THought, 40(1), 159-64. https://doi.org/10.1163/20512996-12340397
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/437072/agpt-article-p159_13.pdf?sequence=1
Blok, J. (2023). Sortition and democracy. In V. Pirenne-Delforge, & M. Wecowski (Eds.), Politeia and Koinonia: Studies in ancient Greek history in honour of Josine Blok (pp. 289-309). (Mnem. Suppl.; Vol. 471). Brill publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004539914_018
Blok, J., & van Rookhuijzen, J. Z. (2023). Priestesses in the sacred space of the Acropolis: a close reading of the Hekatompedon inscription. In L. Dirven, M. Icks, & S. Remijsen (Eds.), The public lives of ancient women (500 BCE-650CE) (pp. 107-26). (Mnem. Suppl.; No. 468). Brill publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004534513_008

2022

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (2022). Political history and gender in ancient Greece in the work of Jean-Pierre Vernant. Manuscript submitted for publication. In S. Gödde (Ed.), Anthropology of classical Greece: The work of Jean-Pierre Vernant De Gruyter.

2021

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (2021). Ten Thousand: Fines, Numbers and Institutional Change in Fifth-Century Athens. In R. Sing, T. A. Van Berkel, & R. Osborne (Eds.), Numbers and Numeracy in the Greek Polis (pp. 96-130). (Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity; Vol. 446). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004467224_006
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/420192/_9789004467217_Numbers_and_Numeracy_in_the_Greek_Polis_Chapter_4_Ten_Thousand_Fines_Numbers_and_Institutional_Change_in_Fifth_Century_Athens.pdf?sequence=1
Blok, J. H. (2021). Educating citizens: Knowledge, competence and values in Greek poleis. In I. Salvo, & T. S. Scheer (Eds.), Religion and Education in the Ancient Greek World (pp. 19-32). (Studies in Education and Religion in Ancient and Pre-Modern History in the Mediterranean and Its Environs ; Vol. 13). Mohr Siebeck.
Blok, J. H. (2021). Greek numerals and numeracy. In Y. Suto (Ed.), Transmission and Organization of Knowledge in the Ancient Mediterranean World (pp. 21-40). Phoibos Verlag .

2019

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (2019). Philochoros, gifts of grain and the scrutiny of citizens. Paper presented at Institutionalising citizenship in ancient Greece, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Blok, J. H. (2019). review of B. Akrigg Population and Economy in Classical Athens. Pp. xii + 272. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. ISBN: 978-1-107-02709-1. The Classical Review, 2019, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009840X1900194X
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/391227/population_of_classical_athens_b_akrigg_population_and_economy_in_classical_athens_pp_xii_272_cambridge_cambridge_university_press_2019_cased_75_us9999_isbn_9781107027091.pdf?sequence=1

Professional publications

Blok, J. H. (2019). Democratie en religie: wat stond er op de Acropolis, waarom en voor wie? . Paper presented at Waar staat het Parthenon? , Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Blok, J. H., & Kessels, T. (2019). Aristoteles, De staatsinrichting van Athene: Vertaald en ingeleid door Josine Blok en Ton Kessels, met een bijdrage van Jan-Maarten Bremer. Boom.

2018

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H., & van t Wout, P. E. (2018). Table arrangements: sitêsis as a polis institution (IG I3 131). In F. Eijnde, van den, J. Blok, & S. Rolf (Eds.), Feasting and polis institutions (pp. 181-204). (Mnemosyne, Supplements; Vol. 414). Brill publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004356733_008
Blok, J. H. (2018). Retracing steps: finding ways into archaic Greek citizenship. In A. Duplouy, & R. Brock (Eds.), Defining citizenship in archaic Greece (pp. 79-101). Oxford University Press.
Blok, J. H. (2018). An Athenian woman's competence: the case of Xenokrateia. Eugesta, 8, 1-48. https://eugesta-revue.univ-lille3.fr/en/issues/issue-8-2018/
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/375379/blok.pdf?sequence=1
van den Eijnde, F., Blok, J. H., & Strootman, R. (Eds.) (2018). Feasting and Polis Institutions. (Mnemosyne Supplements; Vol. 414). Brill publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004356733

Professional publications

Blok, J. H. (2018). Cultuurgeschiedenis van het antieke Griekenland na de cultural turn. In R. Aerts, K. Berkel, van, & B. Hellemans (Eds.), Alles is cultuur: Vensters op moderne cultuurgeschiedenis (pp. 16-29). Verloren.

2017

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (2017). review of Linda-Marie Günther, Bürgerinnen und ihre Familien im hellenistischen Milet. Untersuchungen zur Rolle von Frauen und Mädchen in der Polis-Öffentlichkeit. Mit einem Beitrag v. Lara S. Köcke. Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz 2014. 337 S., Historische Zeitschrift, 304(1), 185-187. https://doi.org/10.1515/hzhz-2017-1010
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/361645/blok.pdf?sequence=1
Blok, J. H. (2017). Review of Theodora Suk Fong Jim, Sharing with the gods. Aparchai and dekatai in ancient Greece. Oxford Classical Monographs, Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-19-870682-3. xv + 373 p. Mnemosyne, 70(1), 167-69.
Blok, J. H., & Krul, J. (2017). Debt and its aftermath: The Near Eastern background to Solon's seisachtheia . Hesperia, 86(4), 607-43. https://doi.org/10.2972/hesperia.86.4.0607
Blok, J. H. (2017). Citizenship in classical Athens. Cambridge UP. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139017916
Blok, J. H. (2017). Review of: W. Mack, Proxeny and Polis. Institutional Networks in the Ancient Greek World. Pp. xx + 410, figs, ills, maps. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. The Classical Review, 67(1), 152-154. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009840X16002298

2016

Popularising publications

Claassen, R. J. G., Blok, J. H., Düwell, M., de Haan, I., & Raben, R. (2016). De onafhankelijke universiteit: een lastig idee. Dub Magazine.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/420846/Claassen_2016_e.a._De_onafhankelijke_universiteit_voor_DUB_.pdf?sequence=1

2015

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (2015). The diôbelia: On the political economy of an Athenian state fund. Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 193, 87-102.

Other output

Blok, J. H. (2015). Success and failure of anchoring political innovation: the case of Solon’s seisachtheia. Paper presented at Anchoring Innovation, Ravenstein, Netherlands.
Blok, J. H. (2015). The work of Jean-Pierre Vernant and social-political history: Strengths and weaknesses. Paper presented at Jean-Pierre Vernant und die Anthropologie der Antike, Munich, Germany.
Blok, J. H., & Krul, J. (2015). From an unexpected angle: A new look at the axones of Drako and Solon. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the European Network for the Study of Ancient Greek History, Liège, Belgium.
Blok, J. H., & Krul, J. (2015). Debt and its Aftermath: The Near Eastern background of Solon's Seisachtheia. Paper presented at Melammu-conference, Tartu, Estonia.

2014

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (2014). S. Lape, Race and Citizen Identity in the Classical Athenian Democracy. Mnemosyne, 67, 869-873.
Blok, J. (2014). The priestess of Athena Nike: a new reading of IG I3 35 and 36. Kernos, 27, 99-126.
Blok, J. (2014). A ‘Covenant’ between gods and men: hiera kai hosia and the Greek polis. In C. Rapp, & H. A. Drake (Eds.), The City in the Classical and Post-Classical World : Changing Contexts of Power and Identity (pp. 14-37). Cambridge UP.

Professional publications

Blok, J. (2014). Participatory governance: the case for allotment. Etnofoor, 26(2), 73-80.

Other output

Blok, J. (2014). De Akademie: van heiligdom tot hoger onderwijs. Paper presented at Universiteitsdag, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Blok, J., & Krul, J. (2014). Debt and its aftermath: anchoring innovation in Solon’s Athens . Paper presented at Colloquium Atticum, Hamburg, Germany.
Blok, J., & Lambert, S. (2014). The diobelia: the political economy of an Athenian state fund. Paper presented at annual meeting of the European Network for the Study of Ancient Greek History, , Mannheim, Germany.

2013

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (2013). review. Mnemosyne, 66, 518-521.
Blok, J. H. (2013). Citizenship, the citizen body and its assemblies. In H. Beck (Ed.), A Companion to Ancient Greek Government (pp. 161--175). Wiley-Blackwell.

Other output

Blok, J. H. (2013). organisatie KNAW themamiddag 'Is loting (on)rechtvaardig?'.

2012

Professional publications

Blok, J. H. (2012). Sumptuary legislation, Greece. In R. S. Bagnall (Ed.), Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Ancient History Wiley-Blackwell.

2011

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (2011). Hosiê and Athenian law from Solon to Lykourgos. In V. Azoulay, & P. Ismard (Eds.), Clisthène et Lycurgue d’Athènes: autour du politique dans la cité classique (pp. 233-254). Publications de la Sorbonne. https://doi.org/10.4000/books.psorbonne.32707
Blok, J. H. (2011). review. Ancient History Bulletin, 24/ 2010, 155-158.
Lardinois, A. P. M. H., Blok, J. H., & Poel, van der, M. G. M. (Eds.) (2011). Sacred Words: Orality, Literacy and Religion. (Mnem.Suppl. ed.) Brill.
Blok, J. H., & Lardinois, A. P. M. H. (2011). Solon of Athens. new historical and philological approaches (paperback edition of 2006). Brill.
Lardinois, A. P. M. H., Blok, J. H., & Poel, van der, M. G. M. (2011). Introduction. In A. P. M. H. Lardinois, J. H. Blok, & M. G. M. Poel, van der (Eds.), Sacred Words: Orality, Literacy and Religion (pp. 1-13). (Mnem.Suppl.; No. 332). Brill.

Popularising publications

Blok, J. H. (2011). Athene in de vijfde eeuw v. Chr. In N. Haan, de, & S. Mols (Eds.), Cultuurgeschiedenis van de oudheid (pp. 115-127). Open Universiteit/ Waanders.

Other output

Blok, J. H. (2011). The decrees for the priestess of Athena Nike (IG I3 35 and 36): some new evidence. Paper presented at Annual meeting of the European Network for the Study of Ancient Greek History, Paris.

2010

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (2010). review. Mnemosyne, 63, 692.
Blok, J. H. (2010). Deme-accounts and the meaning of hosios money in fifth-century Athens. Mnemosyne, 63, 61-93.
Blok, J. H. (2010). Citizenship in action: „reading“ sacrifice in classical Athens. In C. Mann, M. Haake, & R. von den Hoff (Eds.), Rollenbilder in der athenischen Demokratie : Medien, Gruppen, Räume im politischen und sozialen System : Beiträge zu einem interdisziplinären Kolloquium in Freiburg i. Br., 24.-25. November 2006 (pp. 89-111). Reichert Verlag.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/179192/Blok_Citizenship_in_action.pdf?sequence=1

Professional publications

Blok, J. H. (2010). De rechtvaardige gemeenschap van Aristoteles. In C. Simons (Ed.), Het politieke dier. De ontdekkking van een soort (pp. 8-17). Historische Uitgeverij Groningen.

2009

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (2009). Sacrifice and processions on Attic black- and red-figure pottery: reflections on the distinction between "public" and "private". In E. M. Moormann, & V. Stissi (Eds.), Shapes and Images. Studies on Attic Black Figure Black Figure and Related Topics in Honour of Herman A.G. Brijder (pp. 127-135). Peeters.
Blok, J. H. (2009). Gentrifying Genealogy: on the genesis of the Athenian autochthony myth. In C. Walde, & U. Dill (Eds.), Antike Mythen. Medien, Transformationen, Konstruktionen. Fritz Graf zum 65. Geburtstag (pp. 251-275). De Gruyter. http://www.reference-global.com/doi/abs/10.1515/9783110217247.4.251
Blok, J. H., & Lambert, S. (2009). The Appointment of Priests in Attic Gene. Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 169, 95-121.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/35198/blok_09_appointment.pdf?sequence=1
Blok, J. H. (2009). Perikles' Citizenship Law: a new perspective. Historia, 58(2), 141-170.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/35197/blok_09_perikles.pdf?sequence=1

2008

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (2008). De studie van internationale betrekkingen in Griekenland. Tijdschrift Voor Geschiedenis, 215-216.

Professional publications

Blok, J. H. (2008). Amazons. In B. G. Smith (Ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History (pp. 99-100). Oxford University Press.

Other output

Blok, J. H. (2008). Orality, literacy and religion. Paper presented at Congres in Studiecentrum Soeterbeeck, Nijmegen.
Blok, J. H. (2008). Gutachterin.

2007

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (2007). Fremde, Bürger und Baupolitik im klassischen Athen. Historische Anthropologie, 15, 309-326.

Popularising publications

Blok, J. H. (2007). Klassiek burgerschap: een ideaal voor nu? Geschiedenis Magazine, 42(5), 16-19.

2006

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H., & Lardinois, A. P. M. H. (2006). Solon of Athens. New historical and philological approaches. Brill.
Blok, J. H. (2006). Solon's funerary laws: questions of authenticity and function. In J. H. Blok, & A. P. M. H. Lardinois (Eds.), Solon of Athens. New historical and philological approaches (pp. 197-247). Brill.
Blok, J. H. (2006). Introduction. In J. H. Blok, & A. P. M. H. Lardinois (Eds.), Solon of Athens. New historical and philological approaches (pp. 1-12). Brill.
Blok, J. H. (2006). Solons begrafeniswetten. Lampas, 39(2), 110-130.

Professional publications

Blok, J. H. (2006). Passie en precisie: drie leermeesters. Tijdschrift Voor Geschiedenis, 119, 504-508.

Popularising publications

Blok, J. H. (2006). Kwam Athene uit Afrika? De Black Athena-affaire opnieuw gepeild. Hermeneus, 78(2), 190-198.

2005

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (2005). Bookreview Girls and women in classical Greek religion. Gnomon, 77, 131-135.
Blok, J. H. (2005). Becoming citizens. Some notes on the semantics of "citizen" in archaic Greece and classical Athens. Klio, 87, 7-40.

2004

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (2004). Recht und Ritus der Polis. Zu Bürgerstatus und Geschlechterverhältnissen im klassischen Athen. Historische Zeitschrift, 278, 1-26.

Professional publications

Blok, J. H. (2004). Bookreview Girls and women in classical Greek religion. Dialoog, 7, 36-45.

2003

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (2003). Oude en nieuwe burgers. Lampas, 36, 5-26.
Blok, J. H. (2003). A nation without a country. Classical Greece in the writings of Jeanne Gallien (1773-1830). In M. Haagsma, & P. den Boer (Eds.), The impact of classical Greece on European and national identities. Proceedings of an international colloquium, held at the Netherlands Institute at Athens, 2-4 October 2000 (pp. 117-136). Gieben.

Other output

Blok, J. H., & Hooff, A. (2003). Klassiek Athene. Digital or Visual Products, VPRO.

2002

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (2002). Women in Herodotus' Histories. In E. Bakker, I. J. F. de Jong, & H. van Wees (Eds.), A New Companion to Herodotus (pp. 225-242). Brill.
Blok, J. H. (2002). Woord en daad in de Atheense democratie. Tijdschrift Voor Geschiedenis, 280-282.
Blok, J. H. (2002). Interior Designs. Approaches to the Mind in the Greco-Roman World. In J. Art, & F. Geerardyn (Eds.), The Sublime Object of Religion. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Psychological History, Ghent Nov. 23-24, 2000 (Psychoanalytische Perspectieven) (pp. 155-179). Universiteit Gent.
Blok, J. H., Flinterman, J. J., & de Ligt, L. (2002). Tesserae Romanae. Opstellen aangeboden aan Hans Teitler. Utrechtse Historische Cahiers.

Professional publications

Blok, J. H. (2002). De nieuwe strijd om Troje. Een debat in Duitsland over wetenschap en samenleving. Hermeneus, 74(3), 218-230.
Blok, J. H. (2002). Portret van Heleen W.A.M. Sancisi-Weerdenburg (1944-2000). Jaarboek voor Vrouwengeschiedenis, (22), 156-166.

Other output

Blok, J. H. (2002). Oude en nieuwe burgers. Faculteit der Letteren.

2001

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (2001). Fremde Frauen als Gegenbilder. Über die Amazonen. In R. P. Janz (Ed.), Faszination und Schrecken des Fremden (pp. 84-106). Suhrkamp.
Blok, J. H. (2001). Virtual Voices: Towards a Choreography of Women's Speech in Classical Athens. In A. Lardinois, & L. McClure (Eds.), Making Silence Speak: Women's Speech in Ancient Greece (pp. 95-116). Princeton University Press.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/384622/Blok_Virtual_Voices._Toward_a_Choreography_of_Women_s_Speech.pdf?sequence=1
Blok, J. H. (2001). Bookreview House and Society in the Ancient Greek World. Tijdschrift Voor Geschiedenis, 114, 81-83.

2000

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (2000). Phye's Procession: Culture, Politics and Peisistratid Rule. In H. Sancisi-Weerdenburg (Ed.), Peisistratos and the Tyranny: A Reappraisal of the Evidence (pp. 17-48). Gieben.
Blok, J. H. (2000). Bookreview Household interests. Property, marriage strategies, and family dynamics in ancient Athens. Mnemosyne, 53, 251-255.

Professional publications

Blok, J. H. (2000). De laatste reis van Jeanne Gallien. In J. de Bruijn, J. H. A. Lokin, L. J. van Soest-Zuurdeeg, & W. J. Zwalve (Eds.), Een vreemde man, die ons vreemd ontviel. Liber amicorum voor E.W.A. Henssen (1950-1999) (pp. 104-115). Bas Lubberhuizen.

1998

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (1998). Romantische Poesie, Naturphilosophie, Construktion der Geschichte: K.O. Müller's Understanding of History and Myth. In W. R. III. Calder, R. Schlesier, & S. Gödde (Eds.), Zwischen Rationalismus und Romantik; K.O. Müller und die Antike Kultur Hildesheim (pp. 55-97). Weidmann.
Blok, J. H. (1998). Hemelse rozen door 't wereldse leven. Sekse en de Nederlandse burgerij in de negentiende eeuw. In R. Aerts, & H. te Velde (Eds.), De stijl van de burger. Over Nederlandse burgerlijke cultuur vanaf de Middeleeuwen (pp. 123-156). Kok Agora.

1997

Scholarly publications

Blok, J. H. (1997). -. Gender and History.
Blok, J. H. (1997). Proof and Persuasion in 'Black Athena': the case of K.O. Müller. Journal of the History of Ideas, 57, 173-208.
Blok, J. H. (1997). A Tale of Many Cities. Amazons in the Mythical Past of Greek Cities of Asia Minor. In E. Lunbeck, & S. Marchand (Eds.), Proof and Persuasion: Essays on Authority, Objectivity and Evidence (pp. 81-99). Brepols.
Blok, J. H. (1997). Geschiedenis als dialoog: bij het nieuwe boek van Natalie Zemon Davis. Feit & fictie: tijdschrift voor de geschiedenis van de representatie, 1997, 68-81.

Professional publications

Blok, J. H. (1997). De nacht van de verminkte Hermen (Athene, 7/8 juni 415 v.C.). Groniek, 1997, 155-158.