Brent Shaw | |
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 Shaw in 2012 | |
| Born | Brent Donald Shaw May 27, 1947 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Occupation | Professor of Classics |
| Spouse | Shauna Shaw (m. 1969) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BA in Classics and Anthropology (University of Alberta, 1968) MA in Classics and Ancient History (University of Alberta, 1971) PhD in Classics and Ancient History (Cambridge University, 1978) |
| Doctoral advisor | Joyce Reynolds |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Department of Classics, Princeton University |
| Website | www |
Brent Donald Shaw (born May 27, 1947) is a Canadian historian and the current Andrew Fleming West Professor of Classics at Princeton University. His principal contributions center on the regional history of the Roman world with special emphasis on the African provinces of the Roman Empire, the demographic and social history of the Roman family, and problems of violence and social order.