Associate Professor Lisa Kaaren Bailey

Biography

• Associate Professor in History and in Classics and Ancient History

Research | Current

• Christianity in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
• Slavery and the rhetoric of religious service
• The religious cultures of the laity
• Preaching and sermon collections, especially in Gaul

Teaching | Current

ANCHIST 110 Dynasties, Democracy, Empire

HISTORY 239 Medieval Cultures: Faith, Power, Identities

Postgraduate supervision

Topics currently supervising

• Magic, religious deviance and the late antique legal tradition
• Virgins and sacrifice
• Models of female virtue in the fourth century
• Romanitas and late Roman poetry
• Burial customs in Anglo-Saxon and Norse cultures
• Transformation of late Roman law
• Origin myths in late antiquity and the middle ages

Topics available to supervise

• Late antiquity and early middle ages, especially religious and cultural history
• Saints, relics and miracles; religious conflicts
• ‘Barbarian’ cultures in Western Europe, early Byzantium
• The end/ transformation of the Roman empire
• Lay culture and religious experiences

Distinctions/Honours

• Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Grant 2017
• Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fast-Start Grant 2008

Responsibilities

Associate Dean Postgraduate, Faculty of Arts