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Biography
Bronwen Neil is Professor of Ancient History at Macquarie, and member of the Macquarie University Centre for Ancient Cultural Heritage and Envirinmnet and deouty directir of the Creative Documentary Research Centre. She studied Linguistics, Classics and Ancient History at the University of Queensland (1987-1991), before undertaking a Master of Arts in Theological Research at Durham University, UK (1997/1998) and completing her PhD at Australian Catholic University in 1999. Subsequently, she joined the Centre for Early Christian Studies there (2000-2015), serving as Associate Director (2014-2015). From 2001-2005 she held an ARC Postgraduate Research Fellowship, while teaching in the School of Theology at ACU. In 2010 she was appointed the inaugural holder of the Burke Senior Lectureship in Ecclesiastical Latin, and in 2015 was promoted to Associate Professor. She was awarded an ARC Future Fellowship (2014-2018) and joined Macquarie University as Professor of Ancient History in 2017. she is section head for Religious Studies in the Australian Academy of Humanities and a member of the Classics and History sections. In 2020-21 she was ARC Executive Director for Humanities and creative arts.
Education/Academic qualification
Medieval Latin, PhD, Edition and translation of Documenta ad vitam Maximi Confessoris pertinentia by Anastasius Bibliothecarius, Australian Catholic University
1992 → 1999
Award Date: 4 Apr 2000
Theological Studies, Masters of Arts, Maximus the Confessor, University of Durham
1997 → 1998
Award Date: 1 Dec 1998
Classics, Bachelor of Arts Honours, Latin Language and Literature, The University of Queensland
1990 → 1991
Award Date: 1 May 1992
External positions
Section Head, Religious Studies, Australian Academy of the Humanities
21 Nov 2022 → 20 Nov 2025
Vice President, Association internationale d’Etudes patristiques
21 Aug 2019 → 20 Aug 2024
Editorial board, Journal of Late Antiquity
2019 → …
Council, Australian Academy of the Humanities
2017 → 2020
Series editor, Byzantina Australiensia, E.J. Brill
2017 → …
Research Associate, University of South Africa
2017 → 2019
Editorial board, Vigiliae Christianae, E.J. Brill
2016 → …
Editorial board, Scrinium, Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven)
2015 → …
Subject editor, Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, E.J. Brill
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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DP24: Images of Power in the Roman Empire: Mass Media and the Cult of Emperors
Neil, B., Brown, A., Strazdins, E. & Strickler, R.
5/06/24 → 4/06/27
Project: Research
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Ancient Cultures Research Centre (MQACRC)
Neil, B., Choat, M., Behlmer-Loprieno, H., Chan, S., Kanawati, N., Evans, T., Evans, L., Gillett, A., Gore, D., McKechnie, P., Kohler, C., Mikkelsen, G., Ockinga, B., Parry, K. & Sheedy, K.
1/01/09 → …
Project: Research
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CAPAS: Back to the Garden? Apocalyptic imaginaries in Europe and the Pacific
16/02/24 → 15/07/24
Project: Research
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Back to the Garden? Apocalyptic Imaginaries in Europe and the Pacific
16/02/24 → 15/07/24
Project: Research
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Knowledge Consilience for Climate Solutions and Food Security in French Polynesia and the Cook Islands through Rahui/Ra’ui management
1/05/22 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
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Research Outputs
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Images of Power in Portraits, Texts and Context: Representation and Reception of Ancient Rulers from Alexander the Great to the Roman Emperors
Neil, B., Brown, A. & Strickler, R., 26 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Classical Review. p. 1-9 9 p., 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Rahui and the ethics of mutuality in the Cook Islands
Neil, B., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Food, Death and Ethics. Mohr SiebeckResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Teaching Biblical values of community in the Dialogues and Gospel Homilies of Gregory the Great
Neil, B., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Preaching the Christian life and faith: communication of religious education in Late Antique Latin sermons. Anders, N., Gemeinhardt, P. & Hantel, L. (eds.). Tuebingin: Mohr Siebeck, p. 169-186 (Studies in Education and Religion in Ancient and Pre-Modern History in the Mediterranean and Its Environs (SERAPHIM)).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Travel, Migration and Solitude
Edwell, P., Neil, B. & Wong, S., 4 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) A Cultural History of Solitude in the Middle Ages . Neil, B. & Rosbrook, C. (eds.). Bloomsbury AcademicResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Dream divination in a context of social disruption: Julian's vision of the two trees
Neil, B., Jun 2024, In: Religions. 15, 6, p. 1-12 12 p., 631.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Heidelberg University
Bronwen Neil (Visiting researcher)
16 Feb 2024 → 15 Jul 2024Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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The University of the South Pacific
Bronwen Neil (Visiting researcher)
8 Nov 2022Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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Aarhus University
Bronwen Neil (Visiting researcher)
23 Aug 2022 → 29 Aug 2022Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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Creative Documentary Research Centre (External organisation)
Karen Pearlman (Member), Tom Murray (Chair), Kate Rossmanith (Member) & Bronwen Neil (Member)
2022 → 2023Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Bloomsbury Publishing (Publisher)
Bronwen Neil (Reviewer)
21 Nov 2022 → 30 Jun 2024Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Editorial work
Press/Media
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The purpose of the research study is to discover what traditional practices of land and sea resource management contribute to communities impacted by climate change in the Pacific.
27/10/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Research in the 21st Century: legacy forms, ‘new’ media and ERA
Tom Murray, Bronwen Neil, Karen Pearlman & Kate Rossmanith
3/03/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment