Citation: Colarusso, J. (2015), Comment on “Can human populations be stabilized?” by Stephen G. Warren, Earth’s Future, 4, 16–17.

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The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, originally published in Hesperia 83 (2014), pp. 447–493. 

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John
Colarusso

Professor of Languages and Linguistics and Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, McMaster University.

Since 1976, he has taught at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

In the course of his career, he served as an adviser to the U.S. government, including the White House, on matters of Russian affairs.

He has published or edited seven books and has written over 100 articles. He is a recognized authority on the Caucasus, on mythology, and on historical linguistics. He has also done work in vastness theory, the formal theory of “how big is language.”

  • 1988

    The Northwest Caucasian Languages A Phonological Survey

  • 1992

    A Grammar of the Kabardian language This is the first comprehensive grammar of a non-Indo-European language from the Northwest Caucasian family in a language other than Russian.

  • 2002

    Nart Sagas from the Caucasus Myths and Legends from the Circassians, Abazas, Abkhaz, and Ubykhs

'The Conversation' | Politics

Articles about politics written for 'The Conversation'

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Ancient Linguistic Links in Western Eurasia

Radcliffe Exploratory Seminar on Comparative Mythology 6-7 October 2010

A grammar of the Kabardian language

This is the first comprehensive grammar of a non-Indo-European language from the Northwest Caucasian family in a language other than Russian.

Is Trump Putin’s ‘stooge?’

Trump is travelling to Helsinki to have his first summit with Vladimir Putin despite news that the U.S. Justice Department has indicted 12 Russian nationals for interfering in the 2016 presidential election.

Found in translation: John Colarusso 'is not your usual person'

A polyglot who can speak 18 languages and also talk mythology, philosophy, physics and Faulkner, McMaster’s John Colarusso seems from another era.

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This Greek cup, dating from around 510 B.C., depicts an Amazon warrior on a horse. Scholars suggest wording on the vase names the woman Worthy of Armor in ancient Circassian.

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Dr. Colarusso will not be taking graduate students for the 2020 program year.

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The Legacy of the Berserker

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Comparative Mythology, December 2019, Volume 5, Issue 1 Abstract: The Norse saga of King Hrolf...

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Dr. John Colarusso on the Narts Sagas

The Nart sagas lie like bedrock, or like groundwater, deep under the surface of the cultures here in the Caucasus. It is our immense privilege to welcome our esteemed guest Dr. John Colarusso to the podcast today. Dr. Colarusso ranks as the world’s leading expert on the Narts.

FROM THE NART SAGAS

If our lives are to be short, "Then let our fame be great! Let us not depart from truth! Let fairness be our path! Let us not know grief!Let us live in freedom!"

Amazons of the North Caucasus

Women Heroes and Feminist Lessons from the Nart Sagas a-mez-a:-n the-forest-intimate.prefix-mother, a leader of a band of women warriors Greeks and Amazons Warrior women in the modern Caucasus

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The Origin of Our Origin Stories

Where do myths come from? The roots of Eurasian Lore Language evolved to tell tales, among other things. Telling stories as social glue. Time passes and tales grow old.

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Myth and Politics

Deep Sight with John Colarusso: Myth and Politics

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