has published a new open-access article in Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture (Cambridge University Press), now available online in FirstView and scheduled to appear in print later this month. The article, “Scandal and the Late Ancient Christian Historian,” develops research from her current book project, Scandalous Christian Histories.
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies Jennifer Barry presented two invited talks this week on her recent book, Gender Violence in Late Antiquity: Male Fantasies and the Christian Imagination (2025).
The first lecture was hosted by the Department of Religious Studies at Towson University, where Barry spoke about how late ancient Christian Read more…
Associate Professor of Religious Studies Jennifer Barry participated in a Soul Speak Press webinar titled What We Inherit: Gender, Faith, and Violence Across Time on January 15, 2026.
This 90-minute roundtable brought together Barry, a child sex trafficking survivor, and a domestic violence survivor for a wide-ranging conversation about the historical Read more…
Associate Professor of Religious Studies Jennifer Barry was recently featured on the Broadcast Seeding podcast, hosted by Richard Newton (University of Alabama), to discuss her new book, Gender Violence in Late Antiquity: Male Fantasies and the Christian Imagination (University of California Press, 2024).
In the episode, Barry and Newton explore political Read more…
Associate Professor of Religious Studies Jennifer Barry was recently featured on the New Books in Late Antiquity podcast, part of the New Books Network, in conversation with host Miranda Melcher of King’s College London.
In this episode, Barry discusses her recent monograph, Gender Violence in Late Antiquity: Male Fantasies and the Read more…Read more about Jennifer Barry.