Clifford Ando (born 1969) is an American classicist who specializes in Roman law and religion. He is currently the Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor of Classics, History and the College, at the University of Chicago. He also served as Chair of the Classics Department from 2017-2024.
His work deals primarily with law, religion, and government in the Imperial era, particularly issues of Roman citizenship, legal pluralism, and legal procedure. In the history of law, his work addresses the relations among civil law, public law, and international law.The Law School at the University of Chicago, Clifford Ando.
Ando is also a research fellow in the Department of Classics and World Languages at the University of South Africa, and the recipient of several fellowships, grants, and prizes.The Department of Classics faculty bio, Clifford Ando. He has held fellowship and visiting professorships in Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, and South Africa.The Law School at the University of Chicago, Clifford Ando and Additional activities. He earned his bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1990, and his doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1996.The Law School at the University of Chicago, Clifford Ando: Curriculum Vitae.
In 2008, he was among faculty members who questioned the establishment of the Milton Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago. More recently, Ando has been critical of the University's fiscal management, charging that university administrators have sacrificed the historic values, teaching quality, and commitment to the humanities that once defined the University.
Major works Imperial Ideology and Provincial Loyalty in the Roman Empire (2000), winner of the 2003 Goodwin Award from the American Philological Association Editor, Roman Religion (2003) Co-editor with Jörg Rüpke, Religion and Law in Classical and Christian Rome (2006) The Matter of the Gods (2008) Law, Language and Empire in the Roman Tradition (2011) Le Droit et l'Empire. Invention juridique et réalités politiques à Rome (2012) Imperial Rome: The Critical Century (A.D. 193–284) (2012) Religion et gouvernement dans l'Empire romain (2012) Roman Social Imaginaries. Language and thought in contexts of empire (2015) Ando has also published numerous articles, essays, and reviews.
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External links Clifford Ando, "History and Science, History as Science: Simplification, Modeling and Humility" Chicago Journal of History, Spring 2017 Bryn Mawr Classical Review, reviews of The Matter of the Gods and Imperial Ideology and Provincial Loyalty in the Roman Empire