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Supratik Baralay is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Princeton University and Lecturer in the Council of the Humanities and Classics, previously holding a Perkins-Cotsen Fellowship in Humanistic Studies through the Society of Fellows. He earned his B.A. in Literae Humaniores (Classics) from the University of Oxford in 2014, M.Phil. in Ancient Greek and Roman History in 2016, and Ph.D. in Ancient History from Harvard University in 2023.
His research destabilizes boundaries between ancient Mediterranean and Asian histories with focus on Parthian imperialism, cultural resistance, and religious transformation. Baralay argues that Arsacid coercion underpinned Silk Roads formation while migrant societies drove cross-continental exchange of ideas and goods. His work integrates imperial subjection analysis with studies of how Parthian rule catalyzed religious syncretism across Mazdism, Judaism, Christianity, and Buddhism.
Baralay is developing two book projects: 'Parthian Eurasia' reinterprets Silk Roads as products of imperial violence and migrant agency, while his second project traces Parthian imperialism's role in Manicheism's emergence. He teaches Princeton's Humanities Sequence and freshman seminars like 'The Camera and Classical Art', bridging classical reception with visual culture.
