Birgitta Hoffmann

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Birgitta Hoffmann
Born (1969-05-18)18 May 1969
Maisières, Belgium
Residence United Kingdom
Fields History
Archaeology
Institutions University of Liverpool
University College Dublin
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
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] 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.[2][3][4] She is an honorary research associate at the University of Liverpool[5] and director of excavations for the Roman Gask Project.[6][7][8] She is the editor and regular speaker of the Hadrianic Society and since 2012 the co-ordinator of the Roman Army School. Since 2008, she is the course director of the Manchester Continuing Education Network.[9]

Her research covers the Roman military, especially the Roman frontiers and ancient glass and beads of the first millennium AD.[2][10]

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 [11]
  • Woolliscroft, D. and Hoffmann, B. 2005. The Romans in Perthshire. Athole Publishing
  • Woolliscroft, D. and Hoffmann, B. 2006 Rome’s First Frontier. Stroud: Tempus [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Woolliscroft, D. and Hoffmann, B. 2006 Rome’s First Frontier. Stroud: Tempus
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hoffmann, Birgitta (1996), Römisches Glas aus Baden-Württemberg aus Zusammenhängen von 70-260 n.Chr, Archäologie und Geschichte 
  3. ↑ "Dissertationen". Provroem.uni-freiburg.de. Retrieved 2013-04-09. 
  4. ↑ Brigitta Hoffmann. 2012. http://liverpool.academia.edu/BirgittaHoffmann
  5. ↑ Staff Profile - Birgitta Hoffmann. 2013.
  6. ↑ "Most northerly Roman fort at Stracathro Hospital surveyed". BBC. 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2013-04-09. 
  7. ↑ "Angus field may hold church where Balliol abdicated". BBC. 2012-09-26. 
  8. ↑ "Archaeologists uncover secrets of the worlds most northerly Roman fort". 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2013-06-15. 
  9. ↑ "Mancent Home". Mancent.org.uk. 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2013-04-09. 
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ Roman Invasion of Britain - Birgitta Hoffmann - Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-04-09. 
  12. ↑ 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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