Patrick Gouw is subject librarian for History, Archaeology, Classics and Papyrology at the Leiden University Libraries.

You can contact him for questions about:

• Collection development
• Purchase requests
• Instructions about library skills
• Virtual Research Environments for researchers
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and crowdsourcing project Maps in the Crowd

Office: University Library Leiden, room 028
Phone: +31 71 527 7749
Workdays: Monday – Tuesday – Wednesday - Thursday

Patrick holds a PhD in Ancient History from the University of Amsterdam (UvA), specializing in the urban life of the Greek East during the Roman Imperial period (31 BC - 400 AD). His dissertation centered around the world of athletes and performers in Greco-Roman agonistic festivals. Besides Antiquity his research and teaching interests include the post-classical history of Greece, especially the early modern and contemporary period. Recently, he taught courses for HOVO Leiden (Senior Academy) on Thessaloniki and Greece.

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