Dr Elizabeth Baynham

Elizabeth Baynham is a Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Newcastle, having received her doctorate from the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her primary research interests are in the areas of Greek history, Greek and Roman historiography and Greek and Roman art; in particular, the reign of Alexander the Great and his Successors. She has published three books, one sole authored, the others co-edited. One of her co-edited books (with A. B. Bosworth) Alexander the Great in Fact and Fiction (Oxford, 2000) was the result of an international symposium; Alexander the Great, History and Romance held at UON in July, 1997, which was funded by an ARC Strategic Research Initiative Grant for 20k.

Baynham's articles have appeared in Classical Quarterly (Oxford) as well as European and North American journals, and she has contributed chapters to many edited collections of thematic studies. She has been invited to present public lectures and graduate seminars in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States and South Africa.

She has supervised four UON RHD candidates to completion, and two from Macquarie University as an Adjunct (2012 and 2014), and she was appointed the Panel Chair in Classical Studies and Archaeology for the prestigious Undergraduate Awards, Dublin, Ireland (2015).

She is currently engaged in three projects in collaboration with other international scholars:

i. an edited book with Assoc. Prof. John Walsh (Univ. Guelph), Selling Alexander; Propaganda in the Era of Alexander the Great and his Successors (Taylor and Francis; formerly Routledge, due 2019)

ii.  a book with Prof. Emeritus J. C. Yardley (Univ. Ottawa) A Translation and Commentary to the Metz Epitome and Liber de Morte (Oxford, due 2019)

iii.  a book with A. B. Bosworth and Assoc. Prof. P. Wheatley, A Historical Commentary on Arrian's History of Alexander, vol iii, Books VI-VII (Oxford, die 2020)

Research Expertise
Her work is primarily focussed on Greek history from the 4th century B.C., in particular the reign of Alexander the Great and his Successors and the relevant ancient historiography.

Teaching Expertise

Ancient Greek and Roman history; particularly Greek history of the 5th and 4th centuries B.C.; Greek and Roman social history; Greek, Etruscan and Roman art and architecture.

Administrative Leadership
At UON: Discipline co-ordinator (2007; 2012-13, 2015-2016, 2018); School equity officer (2003-2005); Honours convenor (2005); course co-ordinator for AHIS 1010, AHIS1000, AHIS3140; AHIS3540; AHIS3530; AHIS2051, AHIS3550

Panel Chair, Classical Studies and Archaeology for The Undergraduate Awards, Dublin, Ireland.