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Associate Professor of Classics, of African and African American Studies and, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature
Grant Parker
Associate Professor of Classics, of African and African American Studies and, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature
Grant Parker joined Stanford from Duke University in 2006. He teaches Latin and other topics in Roman imperial culture; he has worked on the history of collecting and on historical maps. His books include The Making of Roman India (2008) and The Agony of Asar: a former slave's defence of slavery, 1742 (2001). He has edited a major volume, South Africa, Greece, Rome: classical confrontations (forthcoming 2016/7). Current research projects focus on memorialization and public history, in both Rome and South Africa (including comparison).
Education
B.A., University of Cape Town, English and Latin (1987)
B.A. (Honours), University of Cape Town, Latin (1988)
M.A., University of Cape Town, Latin (1991)
Ph.D., Princeton University, Classical Philology (1999)