Person
Researcher
- Interdisc. Classical Greek
- Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Contact information
E-mail britt.dahlmanctr.luse
Phone +46 46 222 90 61
Room LUX:B410
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Internal post code 30
I am Associate Professor in (Ancient) Greek. Currently I am co-director of three projects: Knowledge, Magic and Horse Medicine in Late Antiquity; Authority, Community and Individual Freedom – Latin Monastic Culture and the roots of European educational ideals; and Metaphrasis and Gender: The Fluid Lives of Female Saints in Greek Menologia. My research is primarily focused on the study and editing of ancient and medieval Greek texts, especially collections of Apophthegmata Patrum and other monastic texts, but also hippiatric literature. Another research interest is digital editing and encoding of manuscripts. I am co-editor of four databases: APDB (the Apophthegmata Patrum DataBase), Monastica, HIPPO (with its digital platform Hippiatrica) and HAMEN – The Hagiography and Menologia Database.
I teach courses in Early Christianity, digital tools and textual criticism. Other engagements include being in charge of the regular translation seminar at the Academy of St John (Johannesakademin).
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My profile in Lund University research portal- Deputy president of Collegium Patristicum Lundense
- Member of the Research Collegium of the Academy of St John
- Co-editor of the book series Silentium Apophthegmata
- Co-editor of Patristica Nordica Annuaria
- The Harry Karlsson Prize for Research in the Humanities (issued by the New Society of Letters at Lund) 2008
- Assistant/Educational adviser, Department of Classics, Lund University, 1993-1997
- Member of the Governing Board of the Department of Classics, Lund University, 1993–2001 (with minor breaks)
- Member of the Governing Board of the Greek Section at the Department of Classics, Lund University, 1993–2001 (with minor breaks)
Research grants and participation in larger research projects
- Metaphrasis and Gender: The Fluid Lives of Female Saints in Greek Menologia. Research project funded by the Swedish Research Council, CTR 2025–.
- Authority, Community and Individual Freedom – Latin Monastic Culture and the Roots of European Educational Ideals (ELAM). Research project funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, CTR 2022–.
- Knowledge, Magic and Horse Medicine in Late Antiquity. Research project funded by the Swedish Research Council, CTR 2021–.
- Cultural Evolution of Texts. Research project funded by by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, Uppsala University 2020–2022.
- The Greek Reception of Monastic Sayings and the Development of a Digital Platform. Research grant from the Crafoord foundation, CTR 2017–2018.
- Formative Wisdom. The Reception of Monastic Sayings in European Culture: Scholarly Collaboration on a Digital Platform (FOWIS). Research project funded by the Swedish Research Council, CTR 2016–2019.
- Apophthegmata Patrum: Greek “derived” Alphabetic-anonymous Collections. Research grant from the Crafoord foundation, CTR 2012–2013.
- The Desert and the Paradise. Text-critical Edition of Material from the Historia Monachorum in Aegypto. Research grant from the Crafoord foundation, CTR 2009–2010.
- Early Monasticism and Classical Paideia (MOPAI). Research programme funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, CTR 2009–2015.
Researcher
- Interdisc. Classical Greek
- Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Contact information
E-mail britt.dahlmanctr.luse
Phone +46 46 222 90 61
Room LUX:B410
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Internal post code 30