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Alison John

Dr Alison John
BA (Hons.), MA, PhD, AFHEA

Research outputs

Selected research outputs

  1. Learning and Power in Late Antique Gaul Classical Education and the End of Roman Rule (Book - 2026)
  2. Translation and Greek-Latin Bilingualism in Late Antiquity (Edited special journal issue - 2025)
  3. Dometius’s Epitaph from Sixth-Century Narbonne ( IGF 134) and Non-elite Bilingualism in the Late Antique West (Journal article - 2025)
  4. Greek in the literary circles of Sidonius’ Gaul (Chapter - 2023)
  5. (Mis)Identifying Teachers in Late Antique Gaul (Journal article - 2021)
  6. LEARNING GREEK IN LATE ANTIQUE GAUL (Journal article - 2020)
  7. Multilingualism and history (Book Review - 2026)
  8. JAN R. STENGER, EDUCATION IN LATE ANTIQUITY: CHALLENGES, DYNAMISM, AND REINTERPRETATION, 300–550 CE. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Pp. viii + 325. ISBN 9780198869788. £75.00. (Book Review - 2023)
  9. The Slow Fall of Babel: Languages and Identities in Late Antique Christianity by Yuliya Minets (review) (Book Review - 2023)
  10. Education, Religion, and Literary Culture in the 4th Century CE. A Study of the Underworld Topos in Claudian's De raptu Proserpinae by Gabriela Ryser (Book Review - 2022)
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2026

Learning and Power in Late Antique Gaul Classical Education and the End of Roman Rule

John, A. (2026). Learning and Power in Late Antique Gaul Classical Education and the End of Roman Rule. Cambridge University Press.

Book

Multilingualism and history

John, A. (2026). Multilingualism and history. LANGUAGE IN SOCIETY. doi:10.1017/S0047404526101985

DOI
10.1017/S0047404526101985
Book Review

2025

Translation and Greek-Latin Bilingualism in Late Antiquity

John, A., & Ross, A. (2025). Translation and Greek-Latin Bilingualism in Late Antiquity (Vol. 18). Johns Hopkins University Press.

Edited special journal issue

Dometius’s Epitaph from Sixth-Century Narbonne ( IGF 134) and Non-elite Bilingualism in the Late Antique West

John, A. (2025). Dometius’s Epitaph from Sixth-Century Narbonne ( IGF 134) and Non-elite Bilingualism in the Late Antique West. Journal of Late Antiquity, 18(1), 180-206. doi:10.1353/jla.2025.a953363

DOI
10.1353/jla.2025.a953363
Journal article

2023

JAN R. STENGER, EDUCATION IN LATE ANTIQUITY: CHALLENGES, DYNAMISM, AND REINTERPRETATION, 300–550 CE. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Pp. viii + 325. ISBN 9780198869788. £75.00.

John, A. (2023). JAN R. STENGER, EDUCATION IN LATE ANTIQUITY: CHALLENGES, DYNAMISM, AND REINTERPRETATION, 300–550 CE. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Pp. viii + 325. ISBN 9780198869788. £75.00.. Journal of Roman Studies, 113, 296-297. doi:10.1017/s0075435823000175

DOI
10.1017/s0075435823000175
Book Review

Greek in the literary circles of Sidonius’ Gaul

John, A. (2023). Greek in the literary circles of Sidonius’ Gaul. In T. Meurer, & V. Egetenmeyr (Eds.), Gallia docta? Education and In-/Exclusion in Late Antique Gaul (pp. 303-330). Mohr Siebeck.

Chapter

The Slow Fall of Babel: Languages and Identities in Late Antique Christianity by Yuliya Minets (review)

John, A. (2023). The Slow Fall of Babel: Languages and Identities in Late Antique Christianity by Yuliya Minets (review). Journal of Early Christian Studies, 31(3), 391-393. doi:10.1353/earl.2023.a904934

DOI
10.1353/earl.2023.a904934
Book Review

2022

Education, Religion, and Literary Culture in the 4th Century CE. A Study of the Underworld Topos in Claudian's De raptu Proserpinae by Gabriela Ryser

John, A. (2022). Education, Religion, and Literary Culture in the 4th Century CE. A Study of the Underworld Topos in Claudian's De raptu Proserpinae by Gabriela Ryser. Journal of Late Antiquity, 15(1), 308-310. doi:10.1353/jla.2022.0011

DOI
10.1353/jla.2022.0011
Book Review

2021

(Mis)Identifying Teachers in Late Antique Gaul

John, A. (2021). (Mis)Identifying Teachers in Late Antique Gaul. Mnemosyne, 75(6), 996-1020. doi:10.1163/1568525x-bja10073

DOI
10.1163/1568525x-bja10073
Journal article

2020

LEARNING GREEK IN LATE ANTIQUE GAUL

John, A. (2020). LEARNING GREEK IN LATE ANTIQUE GAUL. CLASSICAL QUARTERLY, 70(2), 846-864. doi:10.1017/S0009838821000112

DOI
10.1017/S0009838821000112
Journal article