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Dr Shaun Tougher 


Dr Shaun Tougher
Position:Senior Lecturer in Ancient History

Telephone:+44 (0)29 208 76228
Fax:+44 (0)29 208 74929
Extension:76228
Location:John Percival Building, 5.02

Research Interests

  • History of the later Roman and Byzantine empires
  • Byzantium’s Macedonian dynasty
  • Eunuchs in the Byzantine empire
  • The history of eunuchs in general
  • The Emperor Julian the Apostate
  • The dynasty of Constantine the Great
  • The family in Byzantium

Selected Publications

Shaun Tougher (ed. with N. Baker-Brian) (2012) Emperor and Author: The Writings of Julian the Apostate. Classical Press of Wales.

Shaun Tougher (2008) The Eunuch in Byzantine History and Society. Routledge.

Shaun Tougher (2007) Julian the Apostate. Edinburgh University Press.

Shaun Tougher (ed.) (2002) Eunuchs in Antiquity and Beyond. Classical Press of Wales.

Shaun Tougher (1997) The Reign of Leo VI (886–912): Politics and People. Brill.

Research Projects

Emperor and Author: the Writings of Julian the Apostate

The Byzantine Family: the Case of the Macedonian Dynasty

Eunuchs of the Roman Empire

In the Shadows of Constantine and Julian: The Roman Empire AD 337–361

Teaching

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

  • Special Topic: Aspects of Late Antiquity and Byzantium - 20 credits (HST941/HST942)
  • Researching and Writing Late Antiquity and Byzantium - 10 credits (HST944)
  • Special Topic: The Golden Age of Byzantium - 20 credits (HST945)
  • Themes in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies - 20 credits (HST946)

Research supervision

I am currently supervising a PhD on baths and bathing in Late Antiquity. I would welcome supervising PhDs on topics in late Roman and Byzantine social and political history; I have particular expertise in Julian the Apostate, Byzantium's Macedonian dynasty, and eunuchs.