Kenneth W. Harl

Kenneth W. Harl is an American scholar, author, and classicist. He received his B.A. in Classics and History at Trinity College in 1973, and his M.A. (1975) and PhD (1978) at Yale University. He is currently a Professor of History at Tulane University in New Orleans.

Harl is known for his expertise in ancient numismatics, especially on the provincial and civic coinages of the Roman East. He was the visiting professor for the summer seminar of the American Numismatic Society in 2001, and is currently a fellow and trustee of the society. He teaches and publishes on Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Viking, Crusader, and military history.

Harl is most noted for his outstanding teaching, having received many awards voted him by the Tulane student body, as well as receiving the national David Cherry Award in Excellence in Teaching from Baylor University, and an honorary B.A. from Tulane University for forty years of teaching and advising in 2017. Eleven of his courses have been produced by the Great Courses Teaching Company.

Harl has worked at the excavations of Metropolis and Gordion in Turkey.

Works

Harl has published the following books:

• Civic Coins and Civic Politics in the Roman East, A.D. 180-275, 1987, ISBN 0-520-05552-7
• Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 B.C. to A.D. 700, 1996, ISBN 0-8018-5291-9