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Overview
Kate Cooper is Professor of Ancient History in the University of Manchester.
Her work explores the world of the Mediterranean in the Roman period, with a special interest in daily life and the family, religion and gender, social identity, and the fall of the Roman Empire.
Through her blog, kateantiquity, and frequently contributions to print, web, and broadcast media, she is an active advocate for ancient history in the public sphere in both the UK and US. (Details of her media work can be found at http://kateantiquity.com/media-links/ and on Twitter: @kateantiquity)
She has won numerous awards and prizes, including a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship (The Early Christian Martyr Acts: A New Approach to Ancient Heroes of Resistance, 2012-15), and an RCUK Global Uncertainties Fellowship (Constantine's Dream: Belonging, Deviance, and the Problem of Violence in Early Christianity, 2009-12).
Her books include Band of Angels: The Forgotten World of Early Christian Women, published by Atlantic Press (UK) and Overlook Press (US) along with The Virgin and the Bride (Harvard) and The Fall of the Roman Houshehold (Cambridge).
A c.v. and selected publications can be found on academia.edu.
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Marriage, Law, and Christian Rhetoric in Vandal Africa
Cooper, K., Mar 2016, North Africa under Byzantium and Early Islam . Stevens, S. T. & Conant, J. P. (eds.). Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks, p. 237-249 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Property, Power, and Conflict: Re-Thinking the Constantinian Revolution
Cooper, K., 2016, Making Early Medieval Societies : Conflict and Belonging in the Latin West, 300–1200. Cooper, K. & Leyser, C. (eds.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 16-32 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The Heroine and the Historian: Procopius of Caesarea on the Troubled Reign of Queen Amalasuentha
Cooper, K., 2016, A Companion to Ostrogothic Italy . Arnold, J. J., Bjornlie, M. S. & Sessa, K. (eds.). Leiden: Brill , p. 296-315 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Conversion, Conflict, and the Drama of Social Reproduction: Narratives of Filial Resistance in Early Christianity and Modern Britain
Cooper, K. & Corke-Webster, J., 2015, Conversion and Initiation in Antiquity. Secher Bøgh, B. (ed.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, p. 169-183 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Martyrdom, Memory, and the "Media Event": Visionary Writing and Christian Apology in Second-Century Christianity
Cooper, K., Jun 2014, Martyrdom and Terrorism: Pre-Modern to Contemporary Perspectives. Houen, A. & Janes, D. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 23-39Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter