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Graduate Program in History

Steve Mason

Degrees:  B.A., M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (St. Michael’s, Toronto)

 
Current Position:  Professor in the Department of History; Canada Research Chair in Greco-Roman Cultural Interaction
 
Recent Publications:
Josephus, Judaea, and Christian Origins: Categories and Methods (Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2008).

Judaean War 2, vol. 1b of Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary (Leiden: Brill, 2008). Edited or prepared other volumes (so far 3-5 and 9-10; 2000-2007) in the same series.

Edited, with J. Edmondson and J. Rives, Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005).


Courses taught recently:

 

The Judaean-Roman War of A.D. 66 to 73, Greek Politics and Culture under Roman Rule, Jews and Christians in the Roman Word

Research Interests: Judaea and Judaean Culture in the Graeco-Roman World; writings of Flavius Josephus; eastern provincial administration; ancient historiography and rhetoric; Christian origins

 
Awards/Grants:  Invited Fellow, research group on ancient monarchy and tyranny, University of Konstanz, Germany, summer 2008

SSHRC Standard Research Grants, 2005-2008; 2002-2005; 1998-2001; 1991-1995

Canada Foundation for Innovation Infrastructure Grant, 2003 (for pace.cns.yorku.ca)

Killam Research Fellowship, 2001-2003

Member of Common Room, Wolfson College, Oxford, 2003-present

Visiting Fellowship, All Souls College, Oxford, 2002-2003

Faculty of Arts Fellowship, 1999-2000