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Frederic Clark is an Associate Professor at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences specializing in cultural intellectual history and the afterlife of classical antiquity. His research focuses on how the reception of the ancient past has informed and continues to influence humanistic scholarship. His recent book, 'Pagan Historian: Fortunes Fraud Antiquity Enlightenment' (Oxford University Press, 2020), explores the significance of overlooked texts in the debates about history, fiction, myth, philology, and criticism. Clark's ongoing projects include 'Dividing Time: Invention Historical Periods Early Modern Europe', examining how early modern scholars constructed historical periods. He holds a Ph.D. in History from Princeton University and has been a fellow at prestigious institutions like the Stanford Humanities Center and the Humanities Research Center at Rice University. Clark's work not only contributes to historical scholarship but also engages with literary and cultural studies, enriching the understanding of the interplay between past and present in humanistic fields.
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences • Los Angeles, CA
Teaching and conducting research in Classics and intellectual history.
Rice University • Houston, TX
Fellowship focusing on humanistic scholarship.
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University • New York, NY
Instruction in classical studies.
Stanford University • Stanford, CA
Research fellowship focusing on classical history.
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