Peter Fibiger Bang
Peter Fibiger Bang (born 25 June 1973) is a Danish historian of Rome, empire, cross-cultural comparison and world history. Bang's main research interests are Roman economic history and imperial power, historical sociology and world history, as well as the reception of Classical culture in later ages. Life. Born in Horsens, Denmark, in 1973, Bang studied History, Latin and Greek at the University of Aarhus from 1992 to 1999. In 1997, he was a visitor at the University of Leicester, where he studied Roman Archaeology. In 1999, he moved to Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge , to work on his PhD in the Faculty of Classics. During the autumn of 2001, he was a visitor at the University of Chicago. In 2002, Bang was appointed assistant professor in the department of history at the University of Copenhagen before defending his PhD in Cambridge in the summer of 2003. In 2005, he was made associate professor in Copenhagen and during the same year he initiated and was elected chair of a European-based research network, "Tributary Empires Compared", to stimulate historical comparison between the Roman, Mughal and Ottoman Empires. This network was funded by COST till 2009 . During his employment in Copenhagen, Bang has been a visiting professor, fellow or academic affiliate at a range of institutions: at the University of Tübingen in summer 2004, at King's College, University of Cambridge in 2007, at the University of Heidelberg in summer 2011, at the Department of Classics, Stanford University in 2014, at the Centre for Advanced Study, Zhejiang University in 2017 and at the RomanIslam Centre, University of Hamburg in 2020. Bang has authored, edited or co-edited thirteen volumes as of December 2021, as well as written a substantial number of articles, chapter contributions, reviews and  essays. In addition to his academic activities, Bang writes on an occasional basis for the Danish newspaper, Weekendavisen.