Research interests
My research interests include the social and religious history of the ancient world, particularly of the Eastern Mediterranean and Egypt during Roman times and in Late Antiquity. I have published on pagan religion, early Christianity, ancient demography, household & family, women's history, and ancient environmental & climate history. I am currently leading several projects funded by the Swiss National Science Foundations, 1) „The Roman Egypt Laboratory: Climate Change, Pandemics, and the Transition to Late Antiquity“ (2021–2026) and 2) "Urban Biographies of the Roman and Late Antique Worlds: Antinoopolis and Heracleopolis in Egypt, c. 100 – c. 650 CE" (2021–2026).
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Selected Publications
Huebner, S. R., & McDonald, B. T. (2023). Egypt as a Gateway for the Passage of Pathogens into the Ancient Mediterranean [Journal-article]. Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 54(2), 163–204. https://doi.org/10.1162/jinh_a_01977
Huebner, S. R., & McDonald, B. T. (2023). Egypt as a Gateway for the Passage of Pathogens into the Ancient Mediterranean [Journal-article]. Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 54(2), 163–204. https://doi.org/10.1162/jinh_a_01977
Journal of Roman Archaeology, 34(1), 151–174. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047759421000349
. (2021). The “Plague of Cyprian”: A revised view of the origin and spread of a 3rd-c. CE pandemic.
Journal of Roman Archaeology, 34(1), 151–174. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047759421000349
. (2021). The “Plague of Cyprian”: A revised view of the origin and spread of a 3rd-c. CE pandemic.
Studies in Late Antiquity, 4(4), 486–518. https://doi.org/10.1525/sla.2020.4.4.486
(2020). Climate Change in the Breadbasket of the Roman Empire-Explaining the Decline of the Fayum Villages in the Third Century CE.
Studies in Late Antiquity, 4(4), 486–518. https://doi.org/10.1525/sla.2020.4.4.486
(2020). Climate Change in the Breadbasket of the Roman Empire-Explaining the Decline of the Fayum Villages in the Third Century CE.
Papyri and the social world of the New Testament. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108556453
(2019).
Papyri and the social world of the New Testament. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108556453
(2019).
Haldon, John, Elton, Hugh, History Compass, 16(12), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/hic3.12506
, Izdebski, Adam, Mordechai, Lee, & Newfield, Timothy P. (2018). Plagues, climate change, and the end of an empire. A Response to Kyle Harper’s The Fate of Rome (2): Plagues and a crisis of empire.
Haldon, John, Elton, Hugh, History Compass, 16(12), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/hic3.12506
, Izdebski, Adam, Mordechai, Lee, & Newfield, Timothy P. (2018). Plagues, climate change, and the end of an empire. A Response to Kyle Harper’s The Fate of Rome (2): Plagues and a crisis of empire.