Rate My Professor Graeme Clarke

Clarke's research spanned Patristics, early Christianity, Late Antiquity, and classical archaeology. He authored a critical translation and commentary of Minucius Felix's Octavius (1973) and edited four volumes of the Letters of St. Cyprian of Carthage (1984-1989), with a fifth volume on De Lapsis co-authored in 2012. He co-edited influential collections including Rediscovering Hellenism (1989), Identities in the Eastern Mediterranean in Late Antiquity (1998), Reading the Past in Late Antiquity (1990), and Christianity in Roman Africa (2014). A pioneer in field archaeology, Clarke directed the Australian Mission to Jebel Khalid in Syria from 1987 to 2010, excavating a Seleucid fortress town and publishing seven comprehensive volumes between 2002 and 2023. His legacy includes a major donation of over 450 excavation artifacts to the ANU Classics Museum, establishing the Graeme Clarke Teaching Collection for hands-on learning. Clarke received the Order of Australia (AO) in 2009, was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA) in 1975, and held leadership roles such as President of the Australian Society for Classical Studies (1976-1978) and council member of the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens. He passed away in 2023.