Noel Lenski

Lenski focuses on Roman history and particularly the history of the later Roman Empire. He is interested in power relations as these played themselves out at all levels of society, from emperors to slaves. His research ranges broadly across Late Antiquity and includes studies in political, military, social, economic, religious, cultural and art history. His two monographs, on the emperors Valens and Constantine, explore the limits of imperial power in light of reader response theory and life-worlds theory. He has also published extensively on the history of slavery in antiquity and is currently working on monographs on slavery in Late Antiquity and another on the global history of slavery in premodernity. His study of ancient law will soon result in a co-authored translation and commentary of the Liber Iudiciorum or Laws of the Visigoths, to appear with Liverpool University Press. And he is also working on a monograph on human migration in the late Roman period.