From Kim S. Miles <classicsevents@listserv.unc.edu>:linebreak========================linebreaklinebreakTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLlinebreakDEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS PRESENTSlinebreaklinebreakThe Politics of Place: Participation, Status, and Citizen Mobility in Athens and AtticalinebreakDr. Danielle L. Kellogg, Associate Professor & Christopoulos Chair in Ancient Greek History, University of CincinnatilinebreaklinebreakWednesday, October 21, 2026 5:15 PMlinebreakMurphey Hall 104linebreakUNC-Chapel HilllinebreakCLE Credit AvailablelinebreaklinebreakAbstract: The shared communis opinio among scholars of the Athenian democracy in the classical period is that the average citizen of Athens took an active part in political life, both at the local level of the deme and at the level of the polis as a whole. While it has been acknowledged that socioeconomic differences would have affected the ability of citizens at different strata of wealth to participate equally, the general picture of the citizen as intensely involved in politics in both the deme and city has not been seriously questioned.linebreaklinebreakAt the same time, it is well-known that a substantial percentage of the Athenian population did not reside in the deme with which they were affiliated, and travel time and distance could adversely affect their ability to access the rights, obligations, and benefits associated with citizen status. A detailed examination of the evidence for citizen mobility in Attica, based on a comprehensive database of several thousand individuals, reveals not only that there was an insignificant degree of overlap among political participants at the deme and polis levels, but also hints at strategies that could have been used to mitigate the potential negative effects of mobility for the individual citizen, adding both complication and nuance to our understanding of the Athenian democratic apparatus.linebreaklinebreak--- linebreak