Program in Medieval Studies

Patryk Imielski is a first-year PhD student in the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean track. His academic interests centre on late antique Christian literature and their use in the construction of religious identity, particularly focusing on the position of East Syriac martyr acts as a form of early Christian history-writing within the Sasanian Persian context. Before coming to Brown, Patryk was based at the University of Oxford where he received both his BA and MPhil in Theology and Religious Studies.