Dr Bronwyn Hopwood
Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Humanities
Qualifications
PhD (USyd), BA Hons I (USyd), LLB Hons II (USyd), GCHE (UNE)
Contact
| Email: | bhopwood@une.edu.au |
| Room: | E11 G64 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2216 (or +61 2 6773 2216 overseas) |
Areas of Teaching
| ANCH111 | Introduction to Ancient Rome |
| ANCH310/510 | The Art of Roman Government |
| ANCH312/512 | Rome and the Caesars |
| ANCH313 | Augustus and the Roman Revolution |
| ANCH314/514 | The Roman Family: Living and Dying in Ancient Rome |
| ANCH515 | The Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum |
| ANCH 400 | Honours in Ancient History |
| CLST320/321 | Roman Society, Art, and Architecture in Text and Context |
| HINQ101 | The Ancient World: Virgil and Rome (Module One) |
| HUMS300/500 | Special Options: Research Units |
| MHIST510 | Imperialism in the Roman Republic (Module) |
| MHIST511 | Crime and Punishment in Ancient Rome (Module) |
| MHIST512 | Urbs Roma: The City of Ancient Rome (Module) |
Research
Publications
2013 Hopwood, B., The lex Voconia: Roman Women and the Rhetoric of Empire. (Under revision for Cambridge University Press).
2011 Hopwood, B., ‘Hortensia Speaks’, in Welch, K.E., Brodersen, K., & Powell, A., Appian and the Romans, Classical Press of Wales, UK.
2011 Hopwood, B., ‘Antonia Minor’, The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford.
2011 Hopwood, B., ‘Octavia Minor’, The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford.
2011 Hopwood, B., ‘Agrippina Maior’, The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford.
2010 Hopwood, B., ‘Great Disasters in Human History: still burning books in the age of information”, APH August 2011.
2009 Hopwood, B., ‘Livia and the lex Voconia’, in Herring, E., & Lomas, K., eds., Gender Identities in Italy in the First Millennium BC, BAR Int. S1983, 143-148.
2008 Hopwood, B., ‘Valerie M. Warrior, Roman Religion’, Classical Bulletin 84.1: 135-137.
2007 Hopwood, B., ‘The Testament of Sempronius Tuditanus’, Antichthon 41: 1-12.
2001 Hopwood, B., ‘Livy and the Repeal of the lex Oppia’, Stele 5: 121-139.
Projects and Research Interests
Dr Hopwood’s research interests include the politics, society, and literature of Republican and Julio-Claudian Rome, Roman women, law, rhetoric, religion, and public space, art, and architecture in the Roman world. Current projects include work on: Agrippina Minor, The Laudatio Turiae, The condicio nominis ferendi, and the ratio Voconiana.
Supervision
Dr Hopwood has supervised a variety of doctoral, masters, and honours research theses, as well as coursework masters and undergraduate research papers in Roman history, and has formal qualifications and training in academic supervision. A selection of the research supervised by Dr Hopwood includes:
2011 The Roman Family (Graduate Research Paper, UNE).
2006 The Mosaics of Roman Pompeii (Graduate Research Paper, UNE).
2006 Cicero and Roman Inheritance (Graduate Research Paper, UNE).
2005 Roman Imperialism in Dacia (Doctorate Awarded 2007, UNE).
2005 Women in Roman Republican Literature (Honours Thesis, UNE).
2004 Livia (Iulia Augusta) (Undergraduate Research Paper, UNE).
Grants and Awards
2011 Faculty of Arts and Sciences Teaching Development Award
2010 National Conference Grant
2006 International Conference Grant
2005 University Research Project Grant
2004 PhD Acceleration Grant
2004 Faculty of Arts Research Project Grant
2003 ASCS Postgraduate Conference Grant
2002 AFUW Tempe Mann Scholarship, Finalist.
2001 ARC Team Project: ‘Women, status and property in the Roman civil wars’, Short-listed. 1992 The NSW Department of School Education Metropolitan South West Region Assistant Director-General’s and Secondary Principals Council 1992 Higher School Certificate Award for 3 Unit Ancient History.
Service and Administrative Duties
| 2012-2011 | HDR Coordinator, School of Humanities UNE |
| 2012-2011 | Academic Board Higher Degree Research Committee (ABHDRC), UNE |
| 2012-2011 | Research Committee, School of Humanities, UNE |
| 2011-2003 | Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS), UNE Representative |
| 2011-2009 | Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS), Essay Competititon Marker |
| 2011-/2006 | Library Liaison Officer, Classics and Ancient History, UNE |
| 2011- | Moodle Mentor, School of Humanities, UNE |
| 2011- | Faculty of Arts Honours Committee, UNE |
| 2008/2006 | Academic Tour: Rome & Vesuvian Region with USYD and Academy Travel Pty Ltd |
| 2005-2003 | HSC Study Days: Baulkham Hills, Bourke High, and St Andrews Cathedral School |
| 2004-2002 | HSC Study Days for Ancient History Seminars Pty Ltd |
| 2011 | “After Standards: The Future of History” ALTC Project, SHums Representative |
| 2011 | Probus Armidale Branch, Guest Speaker |
| 2005 | Commonwealth National History Project Rural Student Mentor: Roman History |
| 2001 | Continuing Education Programme, USYD: Livia and the Women of Rome |
| 2000 | HSC Teachers’ Conference hosted by the University of Sydney |