Emma Dench
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Emma Dench (born 1963) is an English
Birkbeck College, University of London
and Professor of Classics and of History at Harvard.
Early life and education
Dench was born in 1963 in
speech therapist. Her paternal aunt is Judi Dench, an award-winning film actress.[2] Emma appeared in the 1968 film version of A Midsummer Night's Dream as Peaseblossom alongside her aunt, who played Titania.[2][3]
Dench studied
Master of Arts degree in 1989.[4] She then undertook postgraduate research in ancient history at St Hugh's College, Oxford.[1] She held the Craven Fellowship at Oxford from 1989 to 1991, and was Rome Scholar at the British School at Rome from 1991 to 1992.[4] She completed her Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1993;[1] her thesis was titled Peoples of the Central Appennines in Roman Ideology to c. 80 B.C..[5]
Academic career
Dench began her academic career with just an undergraduate degree. From 1987 to 1988, between graduating with her bachelor's degree and starting her doctorate, she taught classics at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York, United States.[2][4]
In 1992, Dench joined the
research professor.[4]
On 1 January 2007, Dench moved to the United States to join the faculty of
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) for the 2017/2018 academic year, and was appointed GSAS Dean on 1 July 2018 (since 2023, the GSAS is known as Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences).[9][10]
Dench holds a number of appointments outside of her university faculty positions. She is on the executive committee for Harvard University of the
American Philological Association.[4] She delivered the Grey Lectures, titled "Agreeing to differ: consensus, culture and politics in the Roman empire", at the University of Cambridge in May 2016.[1][12]
Personal life
Dench is a
permanent resident of the United States.[4]
Dench is married to Jonathan Bowker, an artist. Together they have a son, Jacob.[2]
Selected works
- Dench, Emma (1995). From Barbarians to New Men: Greek, Roman, and Modern Perceptions of Peoples from the Central Apennines. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0198150213.
- Dench, Emma (2005). Romulus' Asylum: Roman Identities from the Age of Alexander to the Age of Hadrian. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198150510.
- Dench, Emma (2018). Empire and Political Cultures in the Roman World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521810722.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Emma Dench". Scholars at Harvard. Harvard University. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Emma Dench". Harvard Magazine. March 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- IMDb
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Emma DENCH" (PDF). Harvard University. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ Dench, Emma (1993). "Peoples of the central Appennines in Roman ideology to c.80 B.C." Search Oxford Libraries Online. Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ Rayman, Noah S.; Spitzer, Elyssa A. L. (12 May 2010). "Faculty Awarded Teaching Prizes". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ "Emma Dench". Harvard Business School. Archived from the original on 28 November 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ "Emma Dench receives named chair!". Department of the Classics. Harvard University. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Emma Dench". Department of the Classics. Harvard University. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ Dooher, Kathleen (8 March 2018). "Dench named dean of Graduate School of Arts and Sciences". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ "Personnel". The Center for Hellenic Studies. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Video & Audio: "Agreeing to differ: consensus, culture and politics in the Roman empire (Prof. Emma Dench)"". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
