Newcastle University

Research Interests

Dr Brosius teaches ancient Greek History and the History of Ancient Persia. She specialises in the history of the Achaemenid empire, but also pursues research in the history of the later Parthian and Sasanian empires. Her particular interest is the link between the ancient Mediterranean and the classical world

Other Expertise

- Greek historiography and the Persian empire
- Women in the ancient world
- Ancient archives and archival traditions

Current Work

The Transmission of Knowledge in the Ancient World

Postgraduate Supervision

supervision of M.A. students
Supervision of PhD student

Esteem Indicators

Visiting Scholar Wolfson College, Oxford 2005-2006
Visiting Scholar, FU Berlin, 2006-2007

Assessor for Research projects of the NFN, Austria

Editorial Boards:
Journal of Ancient Iranian Studies
Ancient Iranian Studies Series
Dictionario de Mulheres do Mundo Antigo, Lisbon
Centre for the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East, Durham

Funding

St. John's College Scholarship, summer 2005
Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship 2005-2007

Undergraduate Teaching

West meets East: Greek History 776-404 BC
Women in the Ancient World
Issues in Ancient History
The Persian Empire 559-330 BC
Co-Instructor for Portfolio I, II, III and for CAH3024

Postgraduate Teaching

MA in Ancient History
PhD Supervision

• Brosius M. Pax Persica and the Peoples of the Black Sea Region: Extent and Limits of Achaemenid Imperial Ideology. In: Rehm, E., Nieling, J, ed. Achaemenid Impact in the Black Sea: Communication of Powers. Sandbjerg, Denmark: Aarhus University Press, 2010, pp.29-40.
• Brosius M. Tempelprostitution im antiken Persien. In: T. Scheer, ed. Tempelprostitution im Altertum: Fakten und Fiktionen. Berlin: Verlag Antike, 2009, pp. 126-153.
• Brosius M, ed. The Persian Empire from Cyrus II to Artaxerxes I. London: London Association of Classical Teachers, 2000.
• Brosius M, ed. Ancient Archives and Archival Traditions : Concepts of Record-Keeping in the Ancient World. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2003.
• Brosius M. Alexander and the Persians. In: Roisman, J, ed. Brill's companion to Alexander the Great. Leiden: Brill, 2003, pp.169-193.
• Brosius M. Pax persica: Königliche Ideologie und Kriegführung im Achämenidenreich. In:Meissner, B., Schmitt, O., Sommer, M., ed. Krieg - Gesellschaft - Institutionen : Beiträge zu einer vergleichenden Kriegsgeschichte.Berlin:Akademie Verlag,2005, pp. 135-161.
• Brosius M. Why Persia became the enemy of Macedon. In: Kuhrt, A., Henkelman, W, ed. A Persian Perspective: Essays in Memory of Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg. Leiden: NINO, 2003, pp.227-237.
• Brosius M. New out of old? Court and court ceremonies in Achaemenid Persia. In: Spawforth, AJS, ed. The Court and Court Society in Ancient Monarchies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 17-57.
• Brosius M. The Persians. London:Routledge,2006.
• Brosius M. Persian Diplomacy between ‘Pax Persica’ and ‘Zero Tolerance’. In: Maintaining Peace and Stability in the Greek World.2011,Humanities Center, Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts [forthcoming]
• Brosius M. Greeks and the Persian court. In: Ctesias and the Orient.2010,Kiel
• Brosius M. Keeping up with the Persians: between cultural identity and Persianization in the Achaemenid Period. In: Cultural Identity and the Peoples of the Mediterranean.2010,The Getty Villa, Malibu
• Brosius M. Pax Persica and the peoples of the Black Sea Region: Extent and limits of Achaemenid imperial ideology. In: Nieling, J., Rehm, E, ed. Achaemenid Impact in the Black Sea: Communication of Powers. London, UK: Aarhus University Press, 2010, pp.29-40.
• Brosius M. Some Remarks on the Channels of the Transmission of Knowledge in the Ancient Mediterranean World. In: Die komplexe Welt der Kulturkontakte: Kolloquium aus Anlass des 60 Geburtstages von Univ.-Prof.Mag.Dr. Christoph Ulf.2010,Innsbruck In Press.
• Brosius M. The Royal Audience Scene Reconsidered. In:J. Curtis and St. J. Simpson, ed. The World of Achaemenid Persia.London:IB Tauris,2010, pp. 141-152.
• Brosius M. Das Hofzeremoniell. In: Griechische Geschichtsschreibung und Altvorderasien: Der Achaimenidenhof.2009,Basel
• Brosius M. The Near East. In:A. Erskine, ed. A Companion to Ancient History.Oxford:Wiley-Blackwell,2009, pp. 177-186.
• Brosius M. Persian rule in Cyprus. Sources, problems, perspectives.. The Classical Review 2007. EDINBURGH BLDG, SHAFTESBURY RD, CB2 8RU CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 57(2), 562-562.
• Brosius M. Ancient Archives. An introduction. In: Brosius, M, ed. Ancient Archives and Archival Traditions: Concepts of Record-Keeping in the Ancient World. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp.1-16.
• Brosius M. Reconstructing an Archive. Account and Journal Texts from the Persepolis Fortification Texts. In: Brosius, M, ed. Ancient Archives and Archival Traditions: Concepts of Record-Keeping in the Ancient World. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp.264-286.
• Brosius M. Persians at Work. Ad Familiares 2003,25 15-16.
• Brosius M. The Persian Empire from Cyrus II to Artaxerxes II. London:London Association of Classical Teachers,2000.
• Brosius M. Women in Ancient Persia (559-331 BC). Oxford :Clarendon Press,1996.