Staff members with discipline Classics
Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.
Roman Sarcophagi; Roman East; Funerary Archaeology; Material and Visual Culture of the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds; Cults, Religion, Festival Culture; Classical Art and Archaeology. My PhD project (2022–2026) is titled 'Encoffined Bodies: on the Role of... read more
Dead Sea Scrolls; Ancient History of the Near East; Ancient Judaism
Ancient biographical literature with a special focus on the Hellenistic period and its epigrammatic sources. Religious aspects of ancient funerary literature. Reception and canonization of the classical legacy. Biographical narratives about the death and... read more
E-library
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Senior License manager
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History and archaeology of the eastern Mediterranean, especially in the Hellenistic and Roman periods; Roman Athens; Greek and Latin epigraphy; euergetism and honorific monuments; the history of emotions in the Greek and Roman worlds; early travelers to... read more
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g.p.blasdel rug.nl
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Postdoctoral Researcher
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Greek and Latin literature (late republic and empire), Pliny the Elder, ecocriticism, histories of making and materials, Latin literature of Italian Fascism
Greek, Roman, Early Christian and Contemporary Religion; History of Scholarship
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Emeritus Professor of Science of Religion and Comparative Religious Studies
Greek Literature, Athenaeus of Naucratis
Ancient Greek and Latin literature, especially Greek poetic and dramatic texts.
Cognitive humanities.
Cognitive humanities.
Late Hellenistic Asia Minor; Greco-Roman Relationship; International Relations in Ancient World; Civic and Diplomatic Activities of Greek Poleis
Socio-economic history of Roman Empire. Ancient economic inequality. Roman slavery. Roman urbanisation. Mass violence and genocide in Roman warfare. Military logistics in the Late Roman Republic.
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b.danon rug.nl
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Assistant Professor of Ancient History
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I am an Ancient Historian and Classical Archaeologist currently teaching for the University of Groningen. My work focuses on public space, public life, and statues and monuments in Hellenistic and Roman Greece and in the ancient world more broadly. I... read more
Metadata (physical and digital collections), Linked Open Data, funding officer
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sharon.van.dijk rug.nl
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Information and Collection Specialist, Special Collections
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Death, funerary ritual and commemoration in the Greco-Roman world
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Postdoctoral researcher
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Late Antiquity, Culture of leadership in the late Roman Empire, Christianization of the Roman Empire, Late-antique historiography (Ammianus Marcellinus), Latin panegyrics
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Associate Professor/Reader in Ancient History
Roman poetry, comparative mythology
Culture, Communication & Leadership
Shakespeare, Presentism & Performance
Ethnic and Racial Studies
Shakespeare, Presentism & Performance
Ethnic and Racial Studies
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c.p.a.heijes rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
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- history of archaic and classical Greece
- ancient religion
- divination
- Athenian law and rhetoric
- Greek epigraphy
- cultural history
- ancient religion
- divination
- Athenian law and rhetoric
- Greek epigraphy
- cultural history
Research interests:
Ancient Judaism in its Formative Phase
The (Political) History of Egypt during the Achaemenid Period
The (Political) History of Egypt during the Ptolemaic Period
Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian (Matrimonial) Law
Administration in Egypt... read more
Ancient Judaism in its Formative Phase
The (Political) History of Egypt during the Achaemenid Period
The (Political) History of Egypt during the Ptolemaic Period
Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian (Matrimonial) Law
Administration in Egypt... read more
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r.n.van.der.iest rug.nl
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Lecturer Koinè and New Testament Greek
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My research interests lie in the reception and performance of Greek tragedy in the twentieth century and the role of ancient theatre in reinforcing national and political ideologies. I welcome PhD proposals in the following areas: adaptation of Greek... read more
In my research I study a diverse range of subjects that are all connected with the classical tradition. In my dissertation Cicero, Statesmanship and Republicanism in Roman Historiography (Leiden, 2022), I ask the question why Cicero has the reputation of... read more
Ancient Philosophy
I specialize in Plato, Stoicism and Neoplatonism. My work is centrally concerned on the one hand with the question how ancient thinkers choose to communicate their insights in specific literary forms and on the other hand the reception... read more
I specialize in Plato, Stoicism and Neoplatonism. My work is centrally concerned on the one hand with the question how ancient thinkers choose to communicate their insights in specific literary forms and on the other hand the reception... read more
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l.a.joosse rug.nl
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Assistant Professor for Ancient Philosophy
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Ancient Greek and Latin Literature and Literary Theory: Hellenistic Poetry, Narratology. Literary activity and Ancient Political Leaders. Retellings of Ancient Myth from a Female Perspective
Special Collections/books written or printed before 1801; classical Greek & Latin; the Latin language and culture of the later Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period (c. 1300-1800); Rodolphus Agricola Phrisius (1444-1485); Erasmus of Rotterdam... read more
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Keeper of Special Collections, UB
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Eastern Roman Empire, Provincial administration, Hellenistic-Roman Judaea (society and life), Hasmonean Revolt and Rule, Jewish Wars against Rome, Judaean expatriate communities (Diaspora), works of Flavius Josephus, ancient historiography and rhetoric,... read more
Latin literature
Literary theory
Literary theory
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r.r.nauta rug.nl
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Professor of Latin emeritus
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Political, Cultural and Social History of the Greek city in the Hellenistic and Roman periods; Sport history, Greek Festivals, Epigraphy, Citizenship, Funerary culture .
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Professor of Ancient History
Ancient Greek religion, Ancient Greek literature, Greek epigraphy, digital humanities
Political subjectivities and temporality in IR, classical reception, populism
Greek Language and Literature, Aristophanes, scholia, textual criticism
Latin literature of the late republic and early empire, text and material culture in the Roman world, the politics of Latin in the 20th and 21st century
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Aletta Jacobs Professor of Latin Literature and Culture
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New Testament and Early Christianity
Nag Hammadi codices and Gnosticism
Early Christian Apocrypha
Religion and Philosophy in Late Antiquity
Plutarch of Chaeronea
Nag Hammadi codices and Gnosticism
Early Christian Apocrypha
Religion and Philosophy in Late Antiquity
Plutarch of Chaeronea
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f.l.roig.lanzillotta rug.nl
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Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies
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Galaxies, Galaxy Evolution, Large Astronomical Surveys, Astronomical Data processing, Astronomy in general.
Medical Visualization, DICOM, Anonimysation of patient data, DVH calculations.
Roman and Greek History, Ancient History.
Medical Visualization, DICOM, Anonimysation of patient data, DVH calculations.
Roman and Greek History, Ancient History.
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g.sikkema umcg.nl
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Roman History, social and cultural history of the Late Republic and Early Empire, Roman eating rituals, Roman greeting rituals, social hierarchy.
My interest is in societal history. During my studies, I specialized in funerary epigraphy and iconography in the Greek East, from the Archaic to Late Roman/Early Christian period. In my PhD I focus on mortuary practices, particularly on commemoration... read more
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c.j.toor rug.nl
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PhD Candidate Ancient History & Archaeology
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Ancient Latin commentary writing, Late Antique Latin literature, History of classical scholarship, Reception studies
Aegean prehistory (specialisation: Greek mainland in the Bronze Age), Classical archaeology, integration of archaeological methods and scientific techniques (especially stable isotope analysis, ancient DNA analysis), mortuary studies, archaeological... read more
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Professor of Greek Archaeology
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Ancient Greek linguistics; Ancient Greek Literature; Discourse Analysis
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Professor of Ancient Greek Language and Literature
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Research: The International Law on Dead Bodies of Armed Conflict
New Testament, Early Christianity, Frisian Language and History
Ancient epic (Homer, Virgil), Classical reception studies, Minoans in modern literature, J.R.R. Tolkien, fantasy literature, historical fiction, genre studies, utopianism in literature, hospitality narratives, sublime narratives, the sea, mythmaking.
spatial approaches, temporality, digital history, Greek sanctuaries, Greek religion, urbanization, landscape, deep-mapping, network theory, ritual performance, cultural interaction, collective identity, territorial formation, Hellenistic world, Asia Minor
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Associate professor - ancient history
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Hellenistic history, Thessaly, network theory, cults and festivals, regional identity
Latin literature of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period, Classical knowledge in Dutch colonialism, history of ideas and religion, European drama, visionary literature and Hildegard of Bingen, dialogue and debate literature
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dinah.wouters rug.nl
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Postoctoral researcher
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