PhD Mariana Bodnaruk

Dr. Mariana Bodnaruk is Assistant Professor in Ancient History at the Faculty of History of the University of Warsaw. They received a PhD in Medieval Studies from Central European University in Budapest (2019).

They taught at Al-Quds Bard College, Central European University, Bard College, Masaryk University, and the University of Olomouc.

Their research was published in Journal of Epigraphic Studies, Journal of Late Antiquity, Antichthon, and Phoenix.

They authored An Empire of Elites: The Self-Representation of the Senatorial Aristocracy in the Later Roman State in the Fourth Century AD and edited Artistic Practice, Materiality and Ideology in the Medieval East Roman Empire and Neighboring Eastern Polities. Their research interests include epigraphy, art history, and hagiography of the medieval East Roman Empire, queer and trans studies, and historical materialism.

“Transgender Materialism: Gender and Sexuality in the Life and Passion of Susanna” Journal of Late Antiquity 17.2 (2024), 422-50, https://doi.org/10.1353/jla.2024.a946854

“Clarissimae memoriae: Two Inscribed Roman Senatorial Sarcophagi in Jerusalem’s Bible Lands Museum.” The Journal of Epigraphic Studies 6 (2023), 201-16; https://doi.org/10.19272/202313701011

“Two Decorated Early Christian Sarcophagi for Senatorial Women from Rome in the Bible Lands Museum of Jerusalem: Authenticity, Provenance, Dating.” Phoenix 77.1-2 (2023), 131-56, https://doi.org/10.1353/phx.2023.a926367

“Late Antique Slavery in Epigraphic Evidence.” In: Slavery in the Late Antique World, 150–700 CE. Eds. C. de Wet, M. Kahlos, V. Vuolanto (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022), 224-48, https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108568159.013