Rate My Professor Bronwyn Hopwood

Bronwyn Hopwood is Associate Professor in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the University of New England, part of the Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education. She earned her PhD, BA with First Class Honours, and LLB with Second Class Honours from the University of Sydney, complemented by a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education and Graduate Certificate in Arts from the University of New England. Her research focuses on the politics and society of Republican and Julio-Claudian Rome, Roman women, law, rhetoric, and the material culture of the Roman world. As Curator of the University of New England Museum of Antiquities (UNEMA), she leads innovative projects including 'The New UNEMA' funded by an NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Heritage Near Me Grant, 'The Past In Your Palm,' and 'The UNEMA Automaton Project.' Hopwood teaches units such as Introduction to Ancient Rome (ANCH111), Augustus and the Roman Revolution (ANCH313/513), The Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum (ANCH315/515), and The Romans: From Cradle to Grave (ANCH318/518), as well as honours coursework and Museum of Antiquities projects.

Throughout her career at UNE, Hopwood has held key administrative roles including Discipline Convenor for Classics and Ancient History (2014-2016), School of Humanities Executive Committee member (2014-2016), School Research Committee member (2011-2015), HDR Coordinator (2011-2012), and Convenor of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies 40th Annual Conference (2019). She has received the 2013 Office for Learning and Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, the 2011 Faculty of Arts and Sciences Schools Excellence in Teaching Award, and grants such as the 2017 NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Grant, 2016 and 2015 Museums and Galleries NSW VIM Grants, and 2015 Vice-Chancellor's Scholars Special Project. Key publications include Women, Wealth and Power in the Roman Republic (Cambridge University Press), 'The Good Wife: Fate, fortune and familia in Augustan Rome' in The Alternative Age of Augustus (Oxford University Press, 2019), 'Hortensia Speaks: An Authentic Voice of Resistance' in Appian's Roman History (Classical Press of Wales, 2015), and encyclopedia entries on figures such as Agrippa Postumus, Agrippina Maior, and Julia daughter of Augustus (Blackwell, 2011-2017). She continues to contribute to classical studies through curatorial work, conference organization, and public engagement via UNEMA.