Dr Anne Alwis studied for her BA (Hons) in Classical Studies at Royal Holloway and received her MA and PhD in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies from King’s College, London. Her postdoctoral year was spent in Rome at the British School as a Rome Scholar. She subsequently taught at King's, Birkbeck, and Royal Holloway before taking up her post at the University of Kent in 2004.
In 2007, Anne was a Stanley Seeger Fellow at Princeton University. Her current book is about the concept of Secrecy in early Christianity.
Anne is currently a member of the editorial board of the Translated Texts for Byzantinists series (Liverpool University Press). She was part of the Development Committee for the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies (SPBS) as well a committee member both for the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies and the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. Anne has also been a member of the Editorial Board for Gender & History.
She is a member of the Centre for Late Antique Archaeology and MEMS (the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies)
Anne's research focuses on the worlds of Late Antiquity and Byzantium, in particular, all aspects of hagiography (the ‘lives’ of saints), the transmission and translation of Greek and Latin texts, and their social, literary, and cultural contexts. She also has interests in Greek palaeography, gender, and narrative.
Anne teaches Greek and Latin literature, Greco-Roman social/cultural history, early-Christian literature and Greek language.
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