Bronwen Neil Explained

Bronwen Neil FAHA (born 1969)[1] is an Australian academic. She is a Professor of Ancient History at Macquarie University.[2] She is an expert on Byzantine Greek and medieval literature, early Christianity, and ancient letter collections in Greek and Latin.

Career and research

Neil received her PhD from the Australian Catholic University in 1999. Her doctoral thesis was entitled A critical edition of Anastasius Bibliothecarius' Latin translation of Greek documents pertaining to the life of Maximus the Confessor, with an analysis of Anastasius' translation methodology, and an English translation of the Latin text.[3]

Neil has published widely on the Byzantine empire and the early Church, including nine monographs.[4] She is Director of the Centre for Ancient Cultural Heritage and Environment at Macquarie University.[5]

Neil is an Institute of Advanced Study Fellow at Trevelyan College, Durham University (January – March 2020).[6] She is a Research Fellow in the Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies at the University of South Africa.[7] She was the President of the Australian Association for Byzantine Studies. She has written for The Conversation.[8] She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2012.

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Neil, Bronwen (1969-) . 2023-12-14 . trove.nla.gov.au.
  2. Web site: Fellow Profile: Bronwen Neil . 2024-07-29 . Australian Academy of the Humanities . en-AU.
  3. Web site: A critical edition of Anastasius Bibliothecarius' Latin translation of Greek documents pertaining to the life of Maximus the Confessor, with an analysis of Anastasius' translation methodology, and an English translation of the Latin text . acu-edu-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com . 2019-10-25.
  4. Web site: Worldcat profile. Worldcat. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160926013733/http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr00009759/ . 2016-09-26 .
  5. Web site: Our people. Administration. Macquarie University. en-au. 2019-10-25.
  6. Web site: Institute of Advanced Study: Professor Bronwen Neil - Durham University. www.dur.ac.uk. 2019-10-25.
  7. Web site: Prof Bronwen Neil. www.unisa.ac.za. 2019-10-25.
  8. Web site: Bronwen Neil. The Conversation. 22 October 2017 . en. 2019-10-25.