Name Birgitta Hoffmann Residence United Kingdom | Fields History, Archaeology | |
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Born 18 May 1969
Maisieres, Belgium ( 1969-05-18 ) Institutions University of Liverpool
University College Dublin Alma mater Ustinov College
University of Durham Universitaet Freiburg Known for Study and new interpretation of Gask Ridge, Roman Military installations, Roman frontiers and Ancient Glass Books The Roman Invasion of Britain: Archaeology Versus History | ||
Birgitta Hoffmann (born 18 May 1969) is an archaeologist, teacher, and scholar of the Roman installations on the Gask Ridge and Roman Scotland north of the Antonine Wall, the Roman Army and the study of glass in antiquity.
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Education and career
Hoffmann studied at the University of Durham under Brian Dobson before studying at the University of Freiburg for her Ph.D. She is an honorary research associate at the University of Liverpool and director of excavations for the Roman Gask Project. She is the editor and regular speaker of the Hadrianic Society and since 2012 the co-ordinator of the Roman Army School. Since 2008, she is the course director of the Manchester Continuing Education Network.
Her research covers the Roman military, especially the Roman frontiers and ancient glass and beads of the first millennium AD.
Politics
In 2016 Birgitta was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the Wilmslow East Ward local council elections.