Samuel N. C. Lieu

Samuel N. C. LieuFBAFRHistSFSAFAHA(Chinese:Lưu nam cường;full name:Samuel Nan-Chiang Lieu;born 4 March 1950) is a British historian ofManichaeismandChristianityin Central Asia and China.

Education

Born in Hong Kong and educated atSt. Paul's College,Lieu received a BA in Ancient and Medieval History fromEmmanuel College, Cambridgein 1969. He later attended theUniversity of Oxford,where he completed a DPhil in Ancient History in 1981, writing a comparative study on Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China.

Career

From 1974-1976, Lieu worked as a Junior Research Fellow inWolfson College, Oxford.He became a Lecturer in Ancient History atUniversity of Warwickand was eventually promoted to full professor (1976-1996). In 1996, he became Professor of Ancient History atMacquarie University,becoming a Distinguished Professor in 2010 and retiring in 2016 and becoming Emeritus Professor in 2017.^[1]

He has been elected aFellow of the Royal Asiatic Society(1981), Fellow of theRoyal Historical Society(1983), Fellow of theSociety of Antiquaries(1989), Fellow of theAustralian Academy of the Humanities(1999), andFellow of the British Academy(2021).^[2]^[3]A festschrift has been prepared in his honour, entitledByzantium to China: Religion, History and Culture on the Silk Roads: Studies in Honour of Samuel N.C. Lieu(2022).^[4]

Personal life

He marriedJudith Lieu,a British theologian and historian of early Christianity, in 1976.^[5]

Works

Monographs

Lieu, Samuel (1998).Manichaeism in Central Asia and China.Brill.ISBN 978-90-04-43983-2.
Lieu, Samuel N. C. (1994).Manichaeism in Mesopotamia and the Roman East.Brill.ISBN 978-90-04-29581-0.
Lieu, Samuel N. C. (1985).Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China: A Historical Survey.Manchester University Press.ISBN 978-0-7190-1088-0.

Edited volumes

Lieu, Samuel N. C.; Thompson Glen L., eds. (2020).The Church of the East in Central Asia and China.Brepols.ISBN 9782503586649.

Greatrex, Geoffrey; Lieu, Samuel N. C., eds. (2005).The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 363-628.Routledge.ISBN 978-1-134-75645-2.
Lieu, Samuel N. C.; Hunter, Erica C. D.; Morano, Enrico; Pedersen, Nils Arne, eds. (2017).Manichaeism East and West.Brepols Publishers n.v.ISBN 978-2-503-57457-8.
Lieu, Samuel N. C.; Montserrat, Dominic, eds. (1998).Constantine: History, Historiography and Legend.Routledge.ISBN 978-1-134-84185-1.
Lieu, Samuel N. C.; Montserrat, Dominic, eds. (1996).From Constantine to Julian: Pagan and Byzantine Views: A Source History.Psychology Press.ISBN 978-0-415-09335-4.
Dodgeon, Michael H.; Lieu, Samuel N. C., eds. (1994).The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 226-363: A Documentary History.Routledge.ISBN 978-1-134-96114-6.

References

^Parry, Ken; Mikkelsen, Gunner, eds. (2022)."Foreword".Byzantium to China: Religion, History and Culture on the Silk Roads: Studies in Honour of Samuel N.C. Lieu.Brill. p. xi.ISBN 978-90-04-51798-1.
^"Professor Samuel Lieu FBA".The British Academy.Retrieved4 August2022.
^"Professor Samuel Lieu".SOAS University of London.Retrieved4 August2022.
^Parry, Ken; Mikkelsen, Gunner, eds. (2022).Byzantium to China: Religion, History and Culture on the Silk Roads: Studies in Honour of Samuel N.C. Lieu.Brill.ISBN 978-90-04-51798-1.
^"Lieu, Prof. Judith Margaret".Who's Who.A & C Black. 2007.doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U245139.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)

[1] Parry, Ken; Mikkelsen, Gunner, eds. (2022)."Foreword".Byzantium to China: Religion, History and Culture on the Silk Roads: Studies in Honour of Samuel N.C. Lieu.Brill. p. xi.ISBN 978-90-04-51798-1.

[2] "Professor Samuel Lieu FBA".The British Academy.Retrieved4 August2022.

[3] "Professor Samuel Lieu".SOAS University of London.Retrieved4 August2022.

[4] Parry, Ken; Mikkelsen, Gunner, eds. (2022).Byzantium to China: Religion, History and Culture on the Silk Roads: Studies in Honour of Samuel N.C. Lieu.Brill.ISBN 978-90-04-51798-1.

[5] "Lieu, Prof. Judith Margaret".Who's Who.A & C Black. 2007.doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U245139.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)

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