Ancient History (research) (MA)
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Dr. K. Beerden
Kim Beerden is an university lecturer at the Institute for History. Her research interests lie in the field of the ancient mentalities, with a focus on the religions in the Graeco-Roman world View her full profile here.
Dr. L.M.G.F.E. Claes
Liesbeth Claes is a university lecturer at the Institute for History. Her research interests lie in field of imperial legitimacy and the economic impact of the Roman Empire, with a specialism in ancient numismatics. She teaches the research workshop: Roman Numismatics. View her full profile here.
Dr. M. Flohr
Miko Flohr is University Lecturer at the Institute for History. His research interests lies with the impact of empire formation on everyday praxis in culture, society and economy, particularly in the Roman world. In his work he studies the archaeological remains of urban architecture, as well as epigraphy. View his full profile here.
Prof.dr. L. de Ligt
Luuk de Ligt teaches Hellenistic history and Roman history, including the history of cultural interactions and identities in the Graeco-Roman world Geographically, the scope of his courses reached from the mainland Italy and North Africa to Egypt and the Near East. His research interests lie in the social and economic history, demography, Roman republic, legal sources, and epigraphy. View his full profile here.
Dr. R. Matuszewski
Rafał Matuszewski is university lecturer at the Institute for History. His research focuses primarily on social, cultural and religious history of the ancient (esp. Greek) Mediterranean. In his research, he seeks to integrate textual, material, and epigraphic evidence in an attempt to illuminate the lived experiences of people in the past. View his full profile here.
Dr. L.E. Tacoma
Rens Tacoma is a senior university lecturer at the Institute for History. His research focusses on Roman social history, the role of documentary texts, and Roman political culture. View his full profile here.
Prof.dr. J.K. Zangenberg
Jürgen K. Zangenberg is Professor for the History and Culture of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity. His research focuses on the place of ancient Jewish communities in the Greco-Roman context, their self-definition as cultural and ethnic minorities, their literature and material culture, and on how early Christianity originated from its Jewish and Greco-Roman matrix and slowly developed its peculiar way of life and thought. View his full profile here.