Elizabeth Donnelly Carney
Ph.D., Duke University, 1975
Professor
110 Hardin Hall
(864) 656-2856
elizab@clemson.edu
www.clemson.edu/~elizab/carneyhome.html

Professor Carney is the Department’s coordinator of undergraduate advising. She teaches courses in the Ancient world, with a special interest in Alexander the Great, the Hellenistic period, and women. She has written dozens of essays on topics as diverse as gender and naming practices, Ptolemaic Egypt, and women and military leadership. Her most recent book, Women and Monarchy in Macedonia (2000), examines the lives of royal mothers, wives, and daughters. She is currently finishing up a biography of Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great.  Prof. Carney has taught at Clemson since 1973.

For Dr. Carney’s course syllabi, curriculum vitae, and other useful resources, please visit her webpage at http://www.clemson.edu/~elizab/carneyhome.html.

Selected Publications
Women and Monarchy in Macedonia (Univ. of Oklahoma, 2000)

"The Emergence of a Title for Royal Women in the Hellenistic Period," in Women's History and Ancient History (North Carolina, 1991)

"The Sisters of Alexander the Great: Royal Relics," in Historia, 1985

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