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Clifford Ando Areas of Study:
Ancient Mediterranean World Cognition Legal Empires
Office: Classics 24 Phone: (773) 834-6708 Email Interests:

Religion, law and government in the Roman world; empire studies; and legal history

 
Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor of Classics, History and the College

University of Michigan, PhD'96

Chair, Department of Classics (2017-2020, 2021-2024)
Faculty Member, Renaissance Studies
Advisory Board, Program in Law, Letters and Society
Advisory Board, Democracy Curriculum
Advisory Board, Chicago Center on Democracy
Advisory Board, Translation Studies

Recent Research / Recent Publications

News and Recent Publications
  • The Cambridge History of Rights, volume I: The Ancient World. General editors: Nehal Bhuta, Anthony Pagden and Mira Siegelberg. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2025) with Mirko Canevaro and Benjamin Straumann.
  • Appointed Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Ancient Studies, Stellenbosch University (January 2024 – December 2026)
  • Elected member of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters (2024)
  • Visiting Professor, Faculté de Droit, Université Panthéon-Assas – Paris II (March 2022)
  • Published edited volume, A Cultural History of Ideas in Classical Antiquity (2022) with Thomas Habinek and Giulia Sissa
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