Samuel Lieu#
| Membership Number: | 6329 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/professor-samuel-lieu-fba/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2021 Honorary President, International Union of Academies (Union Académique Internationale)
- 2018 Oct. - 2026 Aug. Bye-Fellow, Robinson College Cambridge
- 2017 Sept. - 2021 Nov. President, International Union of Academies (Union Académique Internationale)
- 2017 Sept. - 2020 Sept. Visiting Professorial Research Associate, SOAS, University of London
- 2016 Oct. Emeritus (Distinguished) Professor, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- 2010 Oct, - 2015 Mar. Awarded title of Inaugural Distinguished Professor, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
- 1996 Jan. - 2015 Mar. Professor of Ancient History, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
- 1994 Sept. - 1995 Dec. (31st) Professor of Ancient History, Warwick University, UK (Personal Chair).
- 1992 Sept. - 1994 Sept. Reader in Ancient History, Warwick University, UK.
- 1989 Sept. - 1992 Aug. Senior Lecturer in Ancient History, Warwick University, UK.
- 1976 Sept. - 1989 Aug. Lecturer in Ancient History, Warwick University, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- History of Christianity in Central Asia and China
- Late Antique and Early Byzantine historiography
- History of Silk Road, esp. East-West contacts
- History of Romano-Persian relations
- History of Manichaeism in Byzantium, Central Asia and China
- History of Late Byzantine Chersonese (Gallipoli Peninsula)
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Fellow of the British Academy
- 2018 Fellow (Hon.) of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities
- 2017 - 2021 President, International Union of Academies
- 2016 Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1998 Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
- 1989 Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (London)
- 1983 Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (London)
