Claudia Moatti is Professor of Ancient History at Universite de Paris VIII and of Classics at the University of Southern California, with a courtesy joint appointment in Law. Recent projects include an international program on 'The Control of Human Mobility in the Mediterranean from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period', which culminated in three edited volumes (Le controle de la mobilite des personnes en Mediterranee, de l'antiquite a l'epoque moderne, Rome, 2004; Gens de passage en Mediterranee, Aix-Marseille, 2007; Le monde de l'itinerance en Mediterranee, Bordeaux, 2009). She is currently