About
Aaron Johnson (Ph.D. in Classics, University of Colorado, Boulder) specializes in Greek literature of the later Roman Empire, particularly in the areas of ethnic and religious identities and of Hellenism. He has held fellowships at Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies (Harvard University), the Society of Fellows at the University of Chicago and the University of Tuebingen. His publications include a book entitled Ethnicity and Argument in Eusebius’ Praeparatio Evangelica (Oxford, 2006), Religion and Identity in Porphyry of Tyre (Cambridge, 2013) and Eusebius (Introducing Classics series, IB Tauris 2014) as well as over two dozen articles. He is currently working (with Matthew Crawford) on the first English translation of Cyril of Alexandria’s Against Julian the Emperor. Aside from reading Greek, Dr. Johnson enjoys skateboarding, playing piano, and hiking.