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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, Australian Catholic University
1992 → 1999
Award Date: 4 Apr 2000
Theological Studies, Masters of Arts, University of Durham
1997 → 1998
Award Date: 1 Dec 1998
Classics, Bachelor of Arts Honours, 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
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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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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Crises of Leadership in the Eastern Roman Empire (250-1000 CE)
Neil, B., Anagnostou, E., de Bruyn, T. & Edwell, P.
5/02/20 → 31/12/23
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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MQRC: Centre for Ancient Cultural Heritage and Environment (CACHE) - MQRC 2019
Power, R., Sowada, K., Ens, E., Keegan, P., Choat, M., Salvemini, F., Davis, G., Sheedy, K., Neil, B., Herberstein, M., Carthey, A., Evans, L., Pryke, L., Kotarba, A., Ralph, T., O'Gorman, E., Worthington, I., Alvarez-Mon, J., Ockinga, B., Keimer, K., Anagnostou, E., Beness, L., Yuen-Collingridge, R., Gore, D., Sowada, K., Chan, S., Binder, S., Woods, A., Hardtke, F., Di Biase-Dyson, C., Mourad-Cizek, A., Westaway, K., Handley, H., Haynes, P., Rampe, M., Lupack, S., Murray, T., Ross, S., Kosnik, M., Russell, S., Miller, F., McLean, J., Houston, D., Collinson, I., Suchet-Pearson, S. & Taylor, M.
1/01/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Mycenaean Religion: The Formation and Expression of a Society's Identity
1/01/19 → 31/12/19
Project: Other
Research Outputs
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Congregational exegesis and apocalyptic visions in Shepherd of Hermas
Neil, B., 2023, (Accepted/In press) Patristic Biblical exegesis in context: exploring the genres of early Christian interpretation. Catholic University of America PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Learning with the heart or with the mind: using virtual reality to bring historical experiences to life and arouse empathy
Richards, D., Lupack, S., Bilgin, A. A. B., Neil, B. & Porte, M., 2023, In: Behaviour and Information Technology. 42, 1, p. 1-24 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Antichrists of the fourth century? Responses to crisis in Cyril of Jerusalem's Catechetical Homily 15
Neil, B., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Hermathena.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From local authority to episcopal power: bishops of Rome and Italy (250-500)
Neil, B., 2022, (Accepted/In press) From imperium to regnum: Italy in Late Antiquity. Edinburgh University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Laying down Papal Law in the Sixth-Century Collectio Avellana
Neil, B., 2022, (Accepted/In press) Companion to the Roman Curia. BrillResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Prizes
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Creative Documentary Research Centre (External organisation)
Karen Pearlman (Member), Tom Murray (Chair), Kate Rossmanith (Member) & Bronwen Neil (Member)
2022 → …Activity: 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
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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 Univ, Aarhus University, Dept Study Relig
Bronwen Neil (Visiting researcher)
23 Aug 2022 → 29 Aug 2022Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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Cambridge University Press (CUP) (Publisher)
Bronwen Neil (Reviewer)
21 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2023Activity: 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