Samuel Lieu

Biography

  Entrance Exhibition in History, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1969 B.A. History (Ancient and Medieval), Cambridge,1972 and awarded Herbert Boys Prize in Byzantine History by Emmanuel College DPhil Literae Humaniores (Ancient History), Oxford, 1981: Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China - a comparative study, 1981 Junior Research Fellow in Comparative Ancient History, Wolfson College, Oxford, 1974-1976 Lecturer in Ancient History, Warwick University, 1976-1989. Senior Lecturer, Warwick University, 1989-1992 Reader in Ancient History, Warwick University, 1992-1994 Professor of Ancient History, Warwick University, 1994-1996 Professor of Ancient History, Macquarie University, Sydney in succession to Prof. E. A. Judge, A.O., Jan. 1996 Leverhulme Visiting Professor, NME SOAS 2000-2001. Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1981 Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, 1983 Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, 1989 Visiting Professorial Fellow, NME, School of Oriental and African Studies 2000-2009. Member of Council of the British Institute of Archaeology and History at Amman, 1993-95, Member of Grants Sub-Committee, 1994-1995 Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, 1999 Representative of the Australian Academy of the Humanities at the International Union of Academies 2004 Awarded Centenary Medal by Governor General of Australia for contribution to Classical and Oriental Studies, 2001 Member of ARC Research Evaluation Committee of the Humanities & Creative Arts Panel for ERA Trial, 2009 President of the International Society of Manichaean Studies, 2010-2013

Research Interest

Religions & Philosophies