Tim Parkin joined the Classics and Archaeology department at the University of Melbourne in 2018 as the inaugural Elizabeth and James Tatoulis Chair in Classics. Before this he had spent over 11 years as Professor of Ancient History at the University of Manchester (UK).
He is a New Zealander by birth who was awarded a D.Phil. at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and who, since 1989, has worked in universities in New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom, as well as spending 14 months in Germany as an Alexander von Humboldt research fellow. Tim1s teaching covers both Greek and Roman history and classical languages. His main research is in ancient history, particularly Roman social, cultural, and demographic history. Among his publications are Demography and Roman Society (1992), Old Age in the Roman World: A Social and Cultural History (2003), Roman Social History: A Sourcebook (2007), and The Oxford Handbook of Childhood and Education in the Classical World (2014). He is currently working on ancient sexual health, in particular sexually transmitted diseases. Tim is currently Deputy Head of the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, School Academic Lead in the new Academic Advising Scheme, and Arts Faculty representative on the University's Academic Staff Advisory Group. He is also Honorary President of the Classical Association of Victoria.
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Credentials
Positions
The Tatoulis Chair In Classics
Historical And Philosophical Studies
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Oxford
Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours
Victoria University of Wellington
Bachelor of Arts
Victoria University of Wellington