Francis Jarman taught English, Cultural Studies, and Intercultural Communication at Hildesheim University, Germany, until his retirement in 2013. Dr. Jarman has also taught or lectured in Egypt, Thailand and Japan, and at 18 European universities, and been a Scholar-in-Residence at Symbiosis, Pune, and a Visiting Professor at American College, Madurai. He is a novelist, critic, playwright and a classical numismatist.