Hannah Ewing

I am an Associate Professor of History at Rollins College, where I have taught since 2014. I earned my Ph.D. at the Ohio State University.

At Rollins, I mostly teach courses on Ancient and Medieval history, with an emphasis on the Mediterranean (including the Islamic world), although I offer a few more modern courses as well. I also contribute courses to the General Education, Classical Studies, Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and International Relations programs. Teaching is my academic priority; in 2017, I won an Outstanding Faculty Award from the Rollins Student Government Association, and in 2021-22 was an Arthur Vining Davis fellow for faculty excellence. 

On campus, I also advise students and served as a R-Compass Advising Mentor to other faculty. I have served as department chair and the Rollins chapter advisor to Phi Alpha Theta, the history honor society. I have been a member of the Executive Committee, Curriculum Committee, Student Life Committee, co-chaired the Scholarship for High Impact Practices grant program, and am a member (and former director) of the Classical Studies Program steering committee. 

In my research, I study culture, religion, religious administration, and intellectual history; most particularly, I work on middle Byzantine history and literature (roughly 10th-12th centuries). My current research interests include the twelfth century, monasticism and monastic reform, female abbots, hagiography, Byzantine-Western relations, the crusades, and bishops.