Dr. Susanna Elm

Biography

Susanna Elm is a Distinguished Professor of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies and History at DAGRS University. She holds the Sidney H. Ehrman Professorship in European History. Her research areas focus on ancient history, particularly the political, economic, and religious cultural history of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity. Elm's current projects include a monograph titled 'Importance Gorgeous: Queering Christian Imperial Rule' submitted to UC Press and a volume entitled 'War Community in Late Antiquity' edited by Kristina Sess. She has published several notable works, including 'Sons of Hellenism, Fathers of the Church: Emperor Julian, Gregory Nazianzus, Vision of Rome', which was published by UC Press in 2012 and reissued in paperback in 2015. Elm is honored as the winner of the 2013 C. J. Goodwin Award of Merit from the American Philological Association and has contributed to the Oxford Classical Monograph Series with her work 'Virgins of God: Making Asceticism in Late Antiquity'.

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