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Grant R. Parker, Assistant Professor, Classical Studies
Office Location: | 228 Allen Building |
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- Office Hours:
- M 2:30-3:30p & W 10:00-11:00a
- Education:
PhD Princeton University 1999 MA Princeton University 1997 Visiting student and member of Graduiertenkolleg Textüberlieferung und Wissenschaftsgeschichte University of Hamburg, Germany 1997 MA with distinction University of Cape Town, South Africa 1991 BA University of Cape Town, South Africa 1988 BA University of Cape Town, South Africa 1987
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- Research Interests: Roman literary/cultural studies
Current projects: The Making of Roman India (book MS), The afterlife of obelisks
Roman imperial culture, particularly relating to literary texts; Reception of classical texts, objects, ideas
- Areas of Interest:
- Latin literature
Roman material culture
- Keywords:
- Europe • Rome • Classics • obelisks • exoticism • reception
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- Work in progress: Book Manuscript, The Making of Roman India, in Book manuscript of c. 100,000 words undergoing revision and polishing (forthcoming, February 2005), under contract with Cambridge University Press
- Work in Progress: Book Project:, The Afterlife of Obelisks. Case-studies in the Roman appropriation of Egyptian obelisks (2005)
- Work in Progress: Edited Books:, Ancient India and its Wider World, edited with Carla Sinopoli, edited by reviewed and under consideration with Center for South Asian Studies, University of Michigan (2005)
- Moments in the Mediterranean: a reader in Mediterranean history, edited by miriam cooke, (projected completion, summer 2005), prospectus with sections under review with Duke University Press
- Topographies of taste: Indian textiles and Mediterranean contexts, edited by Alka Patel, Ars Orientalis, vol. 34 (Submitted, forthcoming) (forthcoming.)