Smith Kyle
Associate Professor Religious Studies
University of Toronto
Canada
Biography
Kyle Smith, Associate Professor of Historical Studies (UTM) and Religion (St. George), studies early Christianity. His primary research focus is late ancient Syriac Christianity in Roman Mesopotamia and Sasanian Persia. Currently, he is working on two book projects: a translation of a medieval Syriac martyrdom narrative called the History of Mar Behnam and Sarah (with Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent of Marquette University) and a spatial-theoretical study of texts about martyrs' shrines and place-making in northern Iraq. Smith holds a BA in philosophy and peace studies (University of Notre Dame, 2000), an MA in early Christian studies (University of Notre Dame, 2003) and a PhD in early Christianity (Duke University, 2011). In 2003-04 he was a Fulbright Research Fellow at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem. Kyle Smith, Associate Professor of Historical Studies (UTM) and Religion (St. George), studies early Christianity. His primary research focus is late ancient Syriac Christianity in Roman Mesopotamia and Sasanian Persia. Currently, he is working on two book projects: a translation of a medieval Syriac martyrdom narrative called the History of Mar Behnam and Sarah (with Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent of Marquette University) and a spatial-theoretical study of texts about martyrs' shrines and place-making in northern Iraq. Smith holds a BA in philosophy and peace studies (University of Notre Dame, 2000), an MA in early Christian studies (University of Notre Dame, 2003) and a PhD in early Christianity (Duke University, 2011). In 2003-04 he was a Fulbright Research Fellow at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem.
Research Interest
Ancient Syriac Christianity in Roman Mesopotamia and Sasanian Persia
