Brief description
Dr Malcolm Choat is a Senior lecturer in the Department of Ancient History, and Secretary of the Macquarie University Ancient Cultures Research Centre. He studied Classics and Ancient History at the University of Queensland (1989-1993), before undertaking a PhD at Macquarie (1994-2000). Subsequently, he taught and researched in the School of Studies in Religion at the University of Sydney (2000-2002), before holding a Macquarie University Research Fellowship (2003-2006). He now teaches at Macquarie in Coptic Studies, Early Christianity, and Ptolemaic Egypt. His fields of research are, broadly, Graeco-Roman Egypt and the interaction of Classical (Greek and Roman) and Egyptian cultures from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquest (332 BCE - 642 CE), and early Christianity, particularly from a papyrological perspective. He has particular focuses on rise of the Coptic language and script in the3rd-5th centuries, especially early Coptic documents on papyrus, and the development of monasticism. Subjects
Archaeology |
Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant |
Christian Studies (Incl. Biblical Studies and Church History) |
Classical Greek and Roman History |
Historical Studies |
History and Archaeology |
Language Studies |
Language, Communication and Culture |
Latin and Classical Greek Languages |
Philosophy and Religious Studies |
Religion and Religious Traditions |
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