His latest book, South Africa, Greece, Rome: Classical Confrontations, was published in 2017, and he is currently working on a book about monumentality in South Africa. His recent research has been at the intersection of South Africa, where he grew up, and the Mediterranean. Parker joined Stanford in 2006 and teaches Latin, as well as topics linked to the exotic and geographic elements of Roman imperial culture. Grant Parker, associate professor of classics and, by courtesy, of comparative literature, will serve as the interim Sakurako and William Fisher Family Director of the Stanford Global Studies Division (SGS) in 2023-24 while previous director Jisha Menon is on sabbatical.
