Background
Bang, Peter Fibiger was born on June 25, 1973 in Horsens, Denmark. Son of Erik Bernhard Hulten and Karen Marie Fibiger Bang.
Bang, Peter Fibiger was born on June 25, 1973 in Horsens, Denmark. Son of Erik Bernhard Hulten and Karen Marie Fibiger Bang.
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 Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Classics.
In 2002, Bang was appointed assistant professor in the department of history at the University of Copenhagen before defending his Doctor of Philosophy in Cambridge in the summer of 2003.
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. During the autumn of 2001, he was a visitor at the University of Chicago. 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 Cooperation in Science and Technology till 2009.
During his employment in Copenhagen, Bang has been a visiting professor at the University of Tübingen in summer 2004 and at the University of Heidelberg in summer 2011. A research leave in 2007 allowed him another stay in Cambridge, this time associated with King"s College.
Bang has authored, edited or co-edited nine volumes as of December 2012, 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.
Member of Den Jyske Historiker, Dansk Historisk Forening, Historisk-Filologisk Samfund.
Married Mette Kirchhoff Pedersen, July 24, 1999. Children: Helena Kirchhoff, Julian Kirchhoff, Daniel Kirchhoff.