Clifford Ando (born 1969) is an American classicist who specializes inRoman law andreligion. He is currently theRobert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor of Classics, History and the College, at theUniversity of Chicago. He also served as Chair of the Classics Department from 2017-2024.[1]
His work deals primarily with law, religion, and government in theImperial era, particularly issues ofRoman citizenship, legal pluralism, and legal procedure. In thehistory of law, his work addresses the relations amongcivil law,public law, andinternational law.[2]
Ando is also a research fellow in the Department of Classics and World Languages at the University ofSouth Africa, and the recipient of several fellowships, grants, and prizes.[3] He has held fellowship and visiting professorships inCanada,France,Germany,New Zealand, and South Africa.[4] He earned his bachelor's degree fromPrinceton University in 1990, and his doctorate from theUniversity of Michigan in 1996.[5]
In 2008, he was among faculty members who questioned the establishment of theMilton 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.[6]
Ando has also published numerous articles, essays, and reviews.
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