Anna Dolganov

Mag. Dr.

APART-GSK Excellence Fellowship

Anna Dolganov

Mag. Dr.

APART-GSK Excellence Fellowship

  • Academy Scientist
  • RG »History of Ancient Law and Papyrology«

Biographical sketch

BA in Classics, Harvard University (magna cum laude, 2005). Gates Cambridge Scholar, MPhil in Ancient History, King's College Cambridge (1st class honors, 2006). MA in Ancient History, Princeton University (2009). Maternity leave, 3 children (2010-2014). DAAD Fellowship, University of Konstanz (2014). Visiting scholar at the Kulturwissenschaftliches Kolleg Konstanz (2014). PhD in ancient history, Princeton University (11.2018). Pre/Postdoctoral Researcher in FWF-funded projects at the University of Vienna (2018-2021). APART-GSK Excellence Fellowship of the OeAW (from 2022). Scientific Prize of the City of Vienna 2023. Academy Scientist at the OeAI (from 2025).

My research focuses on the edition and interpretation of documentary sources (papyri and inscriptions) as evidence for the social, legal and institutional history of the Roman empire. I am also pursuing the development of advanced digital tools to accelerate and facilitate work with ancient documents. My current research project at the ÖAI, which has been awarded the APART-GSK Excellence Fellowship, investigates the structure, function and dynamics of Roman archival institutions. My current book project (The Administration of Justice in the Roman Empire: Sociology and Institutions, under contract with Cambridge University Press) investigates the development of the Roman imperial court system and its impact on provincial societies during the late Republic and first three centuries of the Principate (ca.133 BCE-284 CE). This is the first systematic attempt to integrate the rich papyrological documentation from Egypt into a general discussion of Roman imperial jurisdiction. A second book project (Documents of Roman Trials from the Late Republic to the Reign of Diocletian, under contract with Cambridge University Press) analyzes the genre of Roman judicial records and presents new or revised critical editions with translation and commentary of ca. 100 records of trials from the Roman empire.

Publications and lectures

Research Projects

Research interests

  • Papyrology, edition of documentary papyri
  • Social, legal and institutional history of the Roman empire
  • Greek and Latin epigraphy
  • Archives in the Roman empire
  • Graeco-Roman Egypt; Roman North Africa