Dr. Simon Loseby

B.A. (Oxon.), M.A. (York), D.Phil. (Oxon.)

Senior Lecturer in History

Late antique and early medieval history and archaeology, especially cities; exchange-systems; Gaul/Francia; the Mediterranean; Gregory of Tours

Office Hours: Autumn 2013-14 - Tuesdays 12.30-2pm

s.t.loseby@sheffield.ac.uk

+44 (0)114 22 22562
 

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Major Publications

Biography

Simon Loseby read Ancient and Modern History at Oxford University as an undergraduate before taking an MA in Medieval Studies at the University of York. He then returned to Oxford to complete a doctorate, holding a junior research fellowship at St. Annes College (1991-93) and a Bowra Fellowship at Wadham College (1993-95), the latter in conjunction with a British Academy post-doctoral research fellowship. He has been a lecturer in medieval history at the University of Sheffield since 1995.

Membership of Professional Bodies

To Follow.

Research

Current Research

Simon's current research is dominated by the writing up of a monograph, Marseille in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, to be published by Oxford University Press, as well as assorted articles on late antique and early medieval towns and trade. He intends to write a further monograph on Provence in the same period, the project for which he was formerly awarded a British Academy PDF, and a general book on late antique urbanism, while also undertaking further work on various aspects of the fascinating world of Gregory of Tours.

Research Interests

Simon's research interests include all aspects of the history and archaeology of late antiquity and the early middle ages (c.300 - c.900) and the transition from the ancient to the medieval world, but in particular cities, exchange-networks, the Mediterranean world, late Roman and Frankish Gaul, and the writings of Gregory of Tours. He is especially happy to supervise research in any of these areas.

Public Engagement and Impact

To Follow.

Research Supervision and Teaching

 To Follow.

Current PhD Students

Chrissy Davison - 'Late Antique Cities in the Rhineland: a Comparative Study of Trier and Cologne in the Fourth to Fifth centuries.'

Administrative Roles and Responsibilities

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Selected Publications

Books

Towns in Transition: Urban Evolution in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, (co-edited with N. Christie) (Aldershot, 1996), including 'Arles in Late Antiquity: Gallula Roma Arelas and urbs Genesii', pp. 45-70.

Articles and Essays

- 'Mediterranean cities', in P. Rousseau (ed.), The Blackwell Companion to late Antiquity (Oxford, forthcoming).

- 'Ceramics and the transformation of the Roman world', in M.Bonifay et al (eds.), LRCW 2. Late Roman coarse wares, cooking wares, and amphorae in the Mediterranean: archaeology and archaeometry (BAR, Oxford, forthcoming).

- 'Decline and change in the cities of late antique Gaul', in J-U. Krause and C. Witschel (eds.), Die Stadt in der Spätantike – Niedergang oder Wandel?, (Historia Einzelscriften 190) (Stuttgart, 2006).

- 'The Mediterranean economy', in P. Fouracre (ed.), The New Cambridge Medieval History, vol. 1, 500-700 (Cambridge, 2005).

- 'Le rôle économique de Marseille pendant l´Antiquité tardive', in M. -P.Rothé and H. Tréziny (eds.), Carte archéologique de la Gaule, 13/3: Marseille et ses alentours (Paris, 2005).

- 'Réseau éphémère: la disparition des villes antiques britanniques et ses implications continentales', in A. Ferdière (ed.), Actes du Colloque « Capitales Éphémères », 25e supplément à la Revue Archéologique du Centre de la France, (Poitiers, 2004).

- 'Marseille and the Pirenne thesis, II: "ville morte"', in C. Wickham and I. Hansen (eds.), The Long Eighth Century, (Leiden, 2000).

- 'Power and towns in late Roman Britain and early Anglo-Saxon England', in Gisela Ripoll and Josep M. Gurt (eds.), Sedes regiae (ann. 400-800), (Barcelona, 2000).