IU alumni, Diane Shane Fruchtman just received tenure at Rutgers University. She is a scholar of Christian thought, specializing in medieval Christianity.
Her recent book, Living Martyrs in Late Antiquity and Beyond, is an important resource for historians of Christianity, scholars of religious studies, and anyone interested in exploring or understanding martyrological discourse. This book demonstrates that living martyrdom was an important spiritual aspiration in the late antique Latin west and argues that, consequently, attempts to define, study, or locate martyrdom must move away from conceptualizations that require or center on death.
Dr. Fruchtman received her doctorate from Indiana University in 2014. Her dissertation (“Living in a Martyrial World: Living Martyrs and the Creation of Martyrial Consciousness in the Late Antique Latin West”) examined the attempts of fifth century Latin authors to make martyrdom accessible to the masses, despite the end of official persecution.
Fruchtman Receives Tenure at Rutgers University
Friday, May 5, 2023
The College of Arts