John Moorhead (born 1948) is an

Australian Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Au ...

historian specializing in

late antiquity Late antiquity is the time of transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, generally spanning the 3rd–7th century in Europe and adjacent areas bordering the Mediterranean Basin. The popularization of this periodization in English ha ...

and the

early Middle Ages The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th or early 6th century to the 10th century. They marked the start of the Mi ...

. A Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities, and now an emeritus, he was formerly McCaughey Professor of History at the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

. Moorhead is best known for his ''The Roman Empire Divided 400-700'', which deals with the post-Roman world. He is also a scholar of Pope Gregory the Great and the teaching of Latin, in which he claims to finally have something in common with “the Venerable Bede." His work with religious sources of the period led to an association with the University's

Islamic Studies Islamic studies refers to the academic study of Islam, and generally to academic multidisciplinary "studies" programs—programs similar to others that focus on the history, texts and theologies of other religious traditions, such as Easter ...

program, in which he lectured on "Christians, Muslims and Jews in the Middle Ages". Moorhead is married to Lynn Selepak, originally from Perth, Western Australia. They live in Brisbane.

Select bibliography

*''Theoderic in Italy'' Oxford 1992 *''Justinian'' London and New York 1994 *''Ambrose of Milan'' London and New York 1999 *''The Roman Empire Divided 400-700'' London and New York 2001 (2nd edition 2013) *''Gregory the Great'' London and New York 2005 *''The Popes and the Church of Rome in Late Antiquity'' London and New York 2015 (paperback 2017)

External links

Moorhead's page at the University of Queensland

Official Website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moorhead, John People from Brisbane Australian historians Living people 1948 births