Research and teaching interests
- Greek and Roman magic
- Society and religion in Late Antiquity
- Syria, Palestine, Asia Minor, Egypt (particularly in the Roman & Byzantine periods)
- Women in Greco-Roman society
- Prophecy in the early Church
- Early Christianity
- John Chrysostom, Cappadocian Fathers, Bardaisan
- Thecla
- Hagiography
Publication
"Identity: The Indigent and the Wealthy in the Homilies of John Chrysostom", Vigiliae Christianae, forthcoming.
Co-translator, English translation of R. Brändle, John Chrysostom. Bishop–Reformer–Martyr, trans. J. Cawte & S. Trzcionka, Early Christian Studies 8 (St Pauls 2004).
“Calypso’s Cauldron. The ritual ingredients of early Byzantine love spells” in W. Mayer & S. Trzcionka (eds), Feast, Fast or Famine. Food and Drink in Byzantium, Byzantina Australiensia 15 (Brisbane 2005).
W. Mayer & S.Trzcionka (eds), Feast, Fast or Famine. Food and Drink in Byzantium, Byzantina Australiensia 15 (Brisbane 2005).
Education background
B.Bus. (Uni SA), B.A. Hons (Adel), M.A. (Cardiff), Ph.D. (Adel).