Clifford Ando

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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. [1]

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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. [2]

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. [3] He has held fellowship and visiting professorships in Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, and South Africa. [4] He earned his bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1990, and his doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1996. [5]

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. [6]

Major works

Ando has also published numerous articles, essays, and reviews.

References

  1. "Clifford Ando | Department of History". history.uchicago.edu. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
  2. The Law School at the University of Chicago, Clifford Ando.
  3. The Department of Classics faculty bio, Clifford Ando. Archived 2012-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
  4. The Law School at the University of Chicago, Clifford Ando and Additional activities. Archived 2013-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
  5. The Law School at the University of Chicago, Clifford Ando: Curriculum Vitae. Archived 2013-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "The Crisis of the University Started Long Before Trump". Compact. August 14, 2025. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
  7. "Ando_Clifford_CV.pdf | Powered by Box". uchicago.app.box.com. Archived from the original on July 8, 2024. Retrieved September 1, 2025.