| Grant R. Parker, Assistant Professor, Classical Studies
Please note: Grant has left the "History" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.
- Contact Info:
Office Location: | 326 Allen Bldg | Email Address: | | - 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 |
- Specialties:
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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.)
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