Julia Hoffmann-Salz
Teaching and Research Fellow in Ancient History
Availability
My drop-in hours are
Tuesdays 1 to 2pm
Fridays 11am to 12pm
in Room 2.28, Doorway 4, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School Teviot
Background
After studying Ancient History and a number of other subjects at the University of Bonn in Germany, where I received my PhD in 2011, I spent 15 years at the University of Cologne. Since having completed my second book and habilitation at Cologne in 2021, I worked in different positions at the Free University Berlin, the University of Mannheim, the University of Bonn and the University of Freiburg. I joined the University of Edinburgh in September 2025.
Research summary
My research focusses on the ancient Near East from Hellenistic to late Roman times. I am particularly interested in subjecting many ideas about the ancient Near East that have been established since the 19th century to a new and postcolonial reading, as, for example, in my book on the Ituraeans and Emesenes from 2022 and the conference volume on the Roman Near East under the Severans from 2024. My research focusses on periods of transformation in which local communities react to changes in political, military, economic, religious and social conditions. But I am also more broadly interested in economic and social history of the ancient world from Hellenistic to late Roman times.