Birgitta Hoffmann

Birgitta Hoffmann
Born (1969-05-18)18 May 1969
Maisières, Belgium
Residence United Kingdom
Alma mater Ustinov College
University of Durham Universitaet Freiburg
Known for Study and new interpretation of Gask Ridge, Roman Military installations, Roman frontiers and Ancient Glass
Scientific career
Fields History
Archaeology
Institutions University of Liverpool
University College Dublin

Birgitta Hoffmann (born 18 May 1969) is an archaeologist, teacher, and scholar of the Roman installations on the Gask Ridge and Roman Scotland north of the Antonine Wall,[1][2] the Roman Army and the study of glass in antiquity.

Education and career

Hoffmann studied at the University of Durham under Brian Dobson before studying at the University of Freiburg for her Ph.D.[3][4][5] She was a lecturer at University College Dublin and an honorary research associate at the University of Liverpool, as well as working at Queen's College Canada and the Virginia Military Institute [6] She was the editor and regular speaker of the Hadrianic Society and 2012-2014 the co-ordinator of the Roman Army School. Since 1995, she is the co-director of the Roman Gask Project.[7][8][9][10] Since 2008, she is the course director of the Manchester Continuing Education Network.[11]

Her research covers the Roman military,[2] especially the Roman frontiers and ancient glass and beads of the first millennium AD.[3][12]

Politics

In 2016 Birgitta was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the Wilmslow East Ward local council elections.[13][14]

Selected publications

  • Freeman, P., Bennett, J., Fiema,Z., Hoffmann, B. (eds.) 2003. Limes XVIII. Proceedings of the 18th Congress on Roman Frontier Studies, Amman September 2000. BAR International Series 1084. Oxford.
  • Hoffmann, B. 1995. 'Quarters of the Legionary Centurions of the Principate', Britannia, Vol.26
  • Hoffmann, B. 2002. 'Römisches Glas aus Baden-Württemberg aus Zusammenhängen von 70-260 n.Chr' in Archäologie und Geschichte. Freiburger Forschungen zum ersten Jahrtausend in Südwestdeutschland, 11
  • Hoffmann, B. 2004. 'Tacitus, Agricola and the role of literature in the archaeology of the first century AD'. in: E.Sauer (ed.), Archaeology and Ancient History: Breaking down the Boundaries. London: Routledge
  • Hoffmann, B. 2013. The Roman Invasion of Britain: Archaeology Versus History. Pen & Sword [2]
  • Woolliscroft, D. and Hoffmann, B. 2005. The Romans in Perthshire. Athole Publishing
  • Woolliscroft, D. and Hoffmann, B. 2006 Rome’s First Frontier. Stroud: Tempus [15]
  • The Roman Gask Project webpage http://www.theromangaskproject.org/

See also

References

  1. ↑ Woolliscroft, D. and Hoffmann, B. 2006 Rome’s First Frontier. Stroud: Tempus
  2. 1 2 3 Roman Invasion of Britain - Birgitta Hoffmann - Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  3. 1 2 Hoffmann, Birgitta (1996), Römisches Glas aus Baden-Württemberg aus Zusammenhängen von 70-260 n.Chr, Archäologie und Geschichte
  4. ↑ "Dissertationen". Provroem.uni-freiburg.de. Archived from the original on 2013-07-09. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  5. ↑ Brigitta Hoffmann. 2012. https://liverpool.academia.edu/BirgittaHoffmann
  6. ↑ Staff Profile - Birgitta Hoffmann. 2013.
  7. ↑ "The Roman Gask Project". Roman Gask Project. 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  8. ↑ "Most northerly Roman fort at Stracathro Hospital surveyed". BBC. 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  9. ↑ "Angus field may hold church where Balliol abdicated". BBC. 2012-09-26.
  10. ↑ "Archaeologists uncover secrets of the worlds most northerly Roman fort". 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
  11. ↑ "Mancent Home". Mancent.org.uk. 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  12. ↑ Hoffmann. B. 2013. 'Vessel Glass and Beads' in Eberhard W Sauer et al. Persia's Imperial Power in Late Antiquity. The Great Wall of Gorgan and Frontier Landscapes of Sasanian Iran, British Institute of Persian Studies (Archaeological Monograph Series II): 535-539.
  13. ↑ Lisa Reeves (20 July 2016). "Candidate for Wilmslow East election: Birgitta Hoffman". wilsmlow.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  14. ↑ Lisa Reeves (4 August 2016). "Tories lose seat on Wilmslow Town Council". Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  15. ↑ Rome's First Frontier: The Flavian Occupation of Northern Scotland - David J. Woolliscroft, Birgitta Hoffmann - Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
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