Paul Stephenson is author or editor of ten books, most recently New Rome: the Empire in the East (Harvard University Press, 2022). He has held teaching and research posts at universities, museums, and institutes in seven countries, including four professorial chairs (Wisconsin, Durham, Nijmegen, Lincoln). His research has been supported by the British Academy, Dumbarton Oaks (Trustees for Harvard University), the Dutch Research Council (NWO), Humboldt Stiftung, the National Hellenic Research Foundation (EIE, Athens), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Onassis Foundation, Princeton University (Hellenic Studies), the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, UC San Diego, and the University of Cincinnati.