Researchers
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Dr. Floris van den Eijnde |
| Project leader | |
| E-mail: f.vandeneijnde@uu.nl | |
| Telephone: +31 (0) 253 2174 | |
| Floris van den Eijnde is Assistant Professor of Ancient History at the department of History and Art History of Utrecht University. He is interested in religious and cultural integration and interaction in the premodern Mediterranean world with a special focus on the Archaic and Classical Greek World. Floris van den Eijnde is founder and co-director of the national (OIKOS) research group Cultural Interactions in the Ancient World (CIAW) and editor-in-chief of the academic book series Cultural Interactions in the Mediterranean (CIM, Brill, Leiden). | |
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Dr. Janric van Rookhuijzen |
| Postdoctoral Researcher (NWO – Veni) | |
| E-mail: j.z.vanrookhuijzen@uu.nl | |
| I joined Utrecht University in 2018 as a Veni researcher and lecturer. My field of interest is the history and archaeology of Classical Greece, and my current research concerns the Acropolis of Athens, in particular the Parthenon. | |
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Dr. Helle Hochscheid |
| UU Guest Researcher (Roosevelt Academy) | |
| E-mail: h.hochscheid@ucr.nl | |
| Telephone: +31 (0) 118 655 560 | |
| Helle is the author of Networks of Stone (Peter Lang, 2015), in which she explore the networks of patrons, craftsmen and traders that were involved in the production of sculpture in Athens in the sixth and fifth centuries BC. Other research interests are network theory, labour specialisation in ancient sculpture, craft as an ‘owned’ skill, and the embodied power of objects both in historical settings and in modern classrooms. She is the co-founder of the Ancient Sculpture Association. | |
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Dr. Jean Vanden Broeck-Parant |
| Postdoctoral Researcher (NWO – Anchoring Innovation) | |
| E-mail: j.m.j.vandenbroeck-parant@uu.nl | |
| Jean Vanden Broeck-Parant is a postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University. His research interests include topography, building techniques, ancient architectural restorations and perceptions of the built environment in sanctuaries, from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period. Jean is the co-founder of EMBLEMA, an interdisciplinary work group dealing with architectural restorations in the ancient Mediterranean. His research project in Utrecht, which is part of the Anchoring Innovation agenda, focuses on the architectural developments of sanctuaries in Central Greece and the Northern Peloponnese. | |
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Alma Kant |
| PhD. Researcher (NWO – Anchoring Innovation) | |
| E-mail: a.kant@uu.nl | |
| Alma Kant has been employed at Utrecht University as a PhD student since 2019. Her research focusses on the conceptual and physical development of the Greek agora from the Early Iron Age until the Late Classical period. Her broader research interests involve Greek religion, archaeology, and history of the Archaic and Classical period and she loves to work with ceramics and inscriptions. | |
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Amber Brüsewitz |
| Associated Researcher (University of Ghent) | |
| E-mail: amber.brusewitz@ugent.be | |
| Amber Brüsewitz is a PhD student at Ghent University. During her studies at Utrecht University, she picked up a special interest in the history and archaeology of Attica and became a staff member of the Thorikos Archaeological Research Project. Amber’s research focuses on the effects of crucial developments in classical Athenian society, such as the Peloponnesian War, on the landscape of the Mesogeia region in Attica. Since 2020, she is a board member of the Dutch Classical Association (Nederlands Klassiek Verbond). | |