Nicola Denzey Lewis
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies:
Religious Studies
Phone: +1 401 863 3104
ndenzey@brown.edu
Nicola Denzey Lewis's research interests include the social and intellectual contexts of the ancient world, particularly the intersection of early Christianity and the Roman Empire from the first to the fourth century CE. Her work is interdisciplinary, incorporating methods and insights from Religious Studies, Classics, History, Art History and Archaeology. Particular areas of interest include Gnosticism, the social history of women in antiquity, and death in ancient Rome.
Biography
Born in Toronto, Nicola received a B.A. in Religious Studies at the University of Toronto then an M.A (1994) and Ph.D (1998) from Princeton University in Religion and the Program in the Ancient World. Nicola has published numerous articles covering the intellectual and social history of the ancient world and a book, The Bone Gatherers: The Lost Worlds of Ancient Christian Women (Beacon, 2007). She has two more books forthcoming, both on Gnosticism. Nicola has received honors and fellowships from, among others, the Mellon foundation, the American Academy of Religion, and Harvard University, where she has taught before moving to Brown. She is married to Prof. Thomas Lewis, who also teaches at Brown, and has 2 daughters.
Degrees
M.A., Ph.D.
Affiliations
American Academy of Religion
Society of Biblical Literature
Society for Ancient Mediterranean Religions
