Michael Whitby
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L. Michael Whitby is a British ancient historian of Late Antiquity. He specialises in late Roman history, early Byzantine history and historiography. He is currently pro-vice-chancellor and head of the College of Arts and Law at the University of Birmingham.
Early life
Whitby read Literae Humaniores at Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford.[1] He then spent three years working as a civil servant in the Scottish Office. He returned to Oxford to conduct postgraduate study in Byzantine history.[2]
Academic career
Whitby held a junior research fellowship at Merton College, Oxford.[3] In 1987, he joined the Ancient History department at the University of St Andrews. He became head of department in 1993 and received a personal chair in 1995 as Professor of Ancient History.[2]
He was Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick,[4] having joined the Department of Classics and Ancient History in 1996.[5] He also served as pro-vice-chancellor 'Teaching, Learning and Quality' from 2003,[6] and then 'Academic Planning and Resources'.[1]
On 1 September 2010, he became pro-vice-chancellor and head of College of Arts and Law at the University of Birmingham.[1]
Honours
In 2007, Whitby was awarded a Doctor of Letters (DLitt) honorary degree by the University of Warwick.[7] He received one of the 2009 Distinguished Book Awards from the Society for Military History for The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare.[8]
Works
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- The Emperor Maurice and his Historian: Theophylact Simocatta on Persian and Balkan Warfare (1988).
- Chronicon Paschale 284–628 AD (1989), with Mary Whitby.
- The Cambridge Ancient History XIV; AD 425–600 (2000), co-editor.
- Rome at War AD 293–696 (2002).
- The Cambridge History of Ancient Warfare (2005), co-editor.
- Christian Persecution, Martyrdom and Orthodoxy (2006).
- Sparta. New York: Routledge (2002).
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- Living people
- British historians
- Academics of the University of Birmingham
- Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- Academics of the University of Warwick
- Academics of the University of St Andrews
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