Anna Bonnell Freidin

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Professional Title

Assistant Professor of History

Department(s)

College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA)
History

About

Anna Bonnell Freidin is a cultural historian of the Roman empire. Her research and teaching focus on the history of gender, childbearing, domesticity, and science and medicine. Her forthcoming book, The Matter of the Mother: Childbirth and Risk in the Roman World, is under advance contract with Princeton University Press.

At U-M, she is a core faculty member in the Interdepartmental Program in Ancient History, as well as an affiliate of Classical Studies and the Science, Technology, and Society Program. 

Recent Publications

Undergraduate Courses

  • The Roman Family
  • Rome: The Roman Empire and the Transformation of the Mediterranean World
  • Women in the Ancient Mediterranean
  • Growing up in the Roman World 

Fields of study

  • Ancient Rome and the Mediterranean
  • Gender and society in Greco-Roman antiquity
  • Medicine and magic 
  • Roman imperialism

Research Interests

humanities
qualitative research
health
sexuality
violence