Emma Dench | |
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| Born | 1963 (age 60–61) |
| Title | McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History |
| Spouse | Jonathan Bowker |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent | Jeffery Dench (father) |
| Relatives | Judi Dench (aunt) Finty Williams (cousin) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Wadham College, Oxford (MA) St Hugh's College, Oxford (DPhil) |
| Thesis | Peoples of the Central Appennines in Roman Ideology to c. 80 B.C. (1993) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classics and Ancient History |
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Emma Dench (born 1963) is an English ancient historian, classicist, and academic administrator. She has been McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University since 2014, and Dean of its Graduate School of Arts and Sciences since 2018. Her previous positions include Professor of Ancient History at Birkbeck College, University of London and Professor of Classics and of History at Harvard.