Dr. Bryan C. Brinkman

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Education

• PhD, Ancient History, Brown University (2016)
• American Society of Papyrologists Summer Institute, University of Chicago (2012)
• British School at Athens Postgraduate Course in Greek Epigraphy (2011)
• M.A., History, University of Washington (2008)
• American School of Classical Studies at Athens Summer Program (2007)
• B.A., Classics and History (Honors), University of Utah (2006)

Teaching

• LLT 121: Classical Mythology
• LLT 180: From Hero to Superhero
• LLT 325: Greek Civilization
• LLT 326: Roman Civilization
• GBL 250: Introduction to Global Studies

Research and professional interests

• Ancient Greece and Rome (Bronze Age - Late Antiquity)
• Roman Imperialism
• Mass Communication in Ancient Rome (Graffiti; Acclamation)
• Ancient Greek and Roman Religion
• Epigraphy and Papyrology

Selected publications

• Life in Antiquity: A Comprehensive Introduction to the Ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, and Rome (with J. Troche), Routledge Press (under contract)
• “Epigraphy” in Bloomsbury History: Theory and Method [Forthcoming]
• Beyond Egypt: Relations and Imaginations of the Ancient Past, volume co-edited with J. Troche (Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections #36)
• “An Interior View: Osiris and Serapis in ca. 2^nd Century Rome” in Beyond Egypt: Relations and Imaginations of the Ancient Past

Select Refereed Papers and Organized Panels

• “Germanicus, Egypt, and the Dangers of Acclamation,” Cross-Cultural Contact between Egypt and the Roman Empire (Rome, Italy)
• “Domitian’s ‘Silence!’ and the Dynamics of Acclamation,” The Damned Despot. Rethinking Domitian and the Flavian World (Rome, Italy)
• “Modeling Crowd Behavior in Ancient Rome: Claques and Complex Adaptive Systems,” Society for Classical Studies Annual Meeting (Boston, MA)
• “How to Praise the Emperor: Graffiti Evidence for a Roman Acclamatory Formula,” Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting (San Francisco, CA)
• “Etching Out a Place for Venus: Graffiti and the Creation of Sacred Space at Pompeii,” American Philological Association Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL)
• “Varro on Animal Sacrifice: The De Re Rustica as Religious Exegesis,” The Role of Animals in Ancient Myth and Religion (Grumento Nova, Italy)
• “Antinoöpolis: a Study of Syncretistic Space,” American Research Center in Egypt Annual Meeting (Cincinnati, OH)
• “Think Globally, Act Locally: Envisioning Religious Practice in Local Contexts,” Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference, Session co-organizer (Chicago, IL)
• “Graffiti Prayers in Roman Italy and ‘Everyday’ Religious Experience,” Classical Association of the Middle West and South Annual Meeting (Grand Rapids, MI)                                                               

Awards and honors

• Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation Fellowship, Institute for Historical Studies, University of Cologne, 2014-2015
• Gerda Henkel and Jacobi Foundation Fellowship, German Archaeological Institute, Munich, 2013
• Graduate School Top Scholar Fellowship, University of Washington, 2006-2008