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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.

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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
N.D. (Nicholas) Aherne, MA
Contact
n.d.aherne rug.nl
Function
PhD Researcher—MARE Team
Field / Discipline
Dead Sea Scrolls; Ancient History of the Near East; Ancient Judaism
dr. A.W. (Ayhan) Aksu
Contact
a.w.aksu rug.nl
Function
Postdoctoral Researcher
Field / Discipline
E-library
drs. A. (Alie) Bijker
Contact
a.bijker rug.nl
+31 50 36 35021
Function
Senior License manager
Field / Discipline
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
G.P. (Gavin) Blasdel, Dr
Contact
g.p.blasdel rug.nl
Function
Postdoctoral Researcher
Field / Discipline
Greek and Latin literature (late republic and empire), Pliny the Elder, ecocriticism, histories of making and materials, Latin literature of Italian Fascism
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Contact
h.b.de.boer rug.nl
Function
PhD Student
Field / Discipline
Greek, Roman, Early Christian and Contemporary Religion; History of Scholarship
prof. dr. J.N. (Jan) - Bremmer
Contact
j.n.bremmer rug.nl
+31 50 526 2503
Function
Emeritus Professor of Science of Religion and Comparative Religious Studies
Field / Discipline
Greek Literature, Athenaeus of Naucratis
F.D.H. (Friederike) Brunzema, MA
Contact
f.d.h.brunzema rug.nl
Function
PhD Student
Field / Discipline
Ancient Greek and Latin literature, especially Greek poetic and dramatic texts.
Cognitive humanities. 
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Contact
f.j.budelmann rug.nl
Function
Professor of Classics
Field / Discipline
M. (Marta) Capano, Dr
Contact
m.capano rug.nl
Function
Lecturer
Field / Discipline
Late Hellenistic Asia Minor; Greco-Roman Relationship; International Relations in Ancient World; Civic and Diplomatic Activities of Greek Poleis
D. (Dapeng) Chen, MA
Contact
michael.chen rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Field / Discipline
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.
dr. ir. B. (Bart) Danon
Contact
b.danon rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor of Ancient History
Field / Discipline
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
C.P. (Chris) Dickenson, PhD
Contact
chris.dickenson rug.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
Metadata (physical and digital collections), Linked Open Data, funding officer
dr. S. (Sharon) van Dijk
Contact
sharon.van.dijk rug.nl
Function
Information and Collection Specialist, Special Collections
Death, funerary ritual and commemoration in the Greco-Roman world
dr. T.M. (Tamara) Dijkstra
Contact
t.m.dijkstra rug.nl
+31 50 36 37682
Function
Postdoctoral researcher
Field / Discipline
Late Antiquity, Culture of leadership in the late Roman Empire, Christianization of the Roman Empire, Late-antique historiography (Ammianus Marcellinus), Latin panegyrics
dr. J.W. (Jan Willem) Drijvers
Contact
j.w.drijvers rug.nl
+31 50 36 38189
Function
Associate Professor/Reader in Ancient History
Field / Discipline
Roman poetry, comparative mythology
A. (Andrea) Harbach, Dr
Contact
a.harbach rug.nl
Function
Lecturer
Culture, Communication & Leadership 
Shakespeare, Presentism & Performance
Ethnic and Racial Studies
dr. C.P.A. (Coen) Heijes
Contact
c.p.a.heijes rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
- history of archaic and classical Greece
- ancient religion
- divination
- Athenian law and rhetoric
- Greek epigraphy
- cultural history
R. (Rebecca) Van Hove, Dr
Contact
r.van.hove rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor of Ancient History
Field / Discipline
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...
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dr. R.N. (Ruwan) van der Iest
Contact
r.n.van.der.iest rug.nl
Function
Lecturer Koinè and New Testament Greek
Field / Discipline
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
E. (Eleftheria) Ioannidou, Dr
Contact
e.ioannidou rug.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
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
dr. L.M. (Leanne) Jansen
Contact
l.m.jansen rug.nl
Function
University lecturer
Field / Discipline
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...
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dr. L.A. (Albert) Joosse
Contact
l.a.joosse rug.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
dr. J.J.H. (Jacqueline) Klooster
Contact
j.j.h.klooster rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
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
dr. A.H. (Adrie) van der Laan
Contact
a.h.van.der.laan rug.nl
+31 50 36 35063
Function
Keeper of Special Collections, UB
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
prof. dr. S.N. (Steve) Mason
Contact
s.mason rug.nl
Function
Em. Distinguished Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions and Cultures
Field / Discipline
Latin literature
Literary theory
R.R. (Ruurd) Nauta
Contact
r.r.nauta rug.nl
Function
Professor of Latin emeritus
Political, Cultural and Social History of the Greek city in the Hellenistic and Roman periods;  Sport history, Greek Festivals, Epigraphy, Citizenship, Funerary culture .
prof. dr. O.M. (Onno) van Nijf
Contact
o.m.van.nijf rug.nl
+31 50 36 36968
Function
Professor of Ancient History
Field / Discipline
Ancient Greek religion, Ancient Greek literature, Greek epigraphy, digital humanities
dr. S. (Saskia) Peels-Matthey
Contact
s.peels rug.nl
Function
Senior Lecturer
Field / Discipline
Political subjectivities and temporality in IR, classical reception, populism
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Contact
f.p.petris rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Field / Discipline
Greek Language and Literature, Aristophanes, scholia, textual criticism
dr. R.F. (Remco) Regtuit
Contact
r.f.regtuit rug.nl
+31 50 36 36116
Function
Assistant professor
Field / Discipline
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
prof. dr. B.L. (Bettina) Reitz-Joosse
Contact
b.l.reitz-joosse rug.nl
+31 50 36 34905
Function
Aletta Jacobs Professor of Latin Literature and Culture
Field / Discipline
New Testament and Early Christianity
Nag Hammadi codices and Gnosticism 
Early Christian Apocrypha
Religion and Philosophy in Late Antiquity
Plutarch of Chaeronea
F.L. (Lautaro) Roig Lanzillotta, Prof
Contact
f.l.roig.lanzillotta rug.nl
Function
Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies
Field / Discipline
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.
dr. G. (Gert) Sikkema
Contact
g.sikkema umcg.nl
Function
Roman History, social and cultural history of the Late Republic and Early Empire, Roman eating rituals, Roman greeting rituals, social hierarchy.  
S.A. (Simon) Speksnijder
Contact
s.a.speksnijder rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Field / Discipline
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
C.J. (Caroline) van Toor, MA
Contact
c.j.toor rug.nl
Function
PhD Candidate Ancient History & Archaeology
Field / Discipline
Ancient Latin commentary writing, Late Antique Latin literature, History of classical scholarship, Reception studies
dr. A.J.L. (Bram) van der Velden
Contact
a.j.l.van.der.velden rug.nl
Function
Assistant professor
Field / Discipline
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
prof. dr. S. (Sofia) Voutsaki
Contact
s.voutsaki rug.nl
+31 50 36 36726
Function
Professor of Greek Archaeology
Field / Discipline
Ancient Greek linguistics; Ancient Greek Literature; Discourse Analysis
prof. dr. G.C. (Gerry) Wakker
Contact
g.c.wakker rug.nl
+31 50 36 38192
Function
Professor of Ancient Greek Language and Literature
Research: The International Law on Dead Bodies of Armed Conflict
W. (Welmoet) Wels, LLM MA
Contact
w.wels rug.nl
Function
PhD student
New Testament, Early Christianity, Frisian Language and History
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Contact
l.h.westra rug.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
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.
H.G.D. (Hamish) Williams, PhD
Contact
h.g.d.williams rug.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
urbanization, landscape, deep-mapping, network theory, ritual performance, cultural interaction, collective identity, territorial formation, Hellenistic Asia Minor
C.G. (Christina) Williamson, Dr
Contact
c.g.williamson rug.nl
+31 6 3198 4393
Function
senior lecturer
Field / Discipline
Hellenistic history, Thessaly, network theory, cults and festivals, regional identity
A.J.R. (Adam) Wiznura, MA
Contact
a.j.r.wiznura rug.nl
Function
PhD student
Field / Discipline
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
dr. D. (Dinah) Wouters
Contact
dinah.wouters rug.nl
Function
Postoctoral researcher
Field / Discipline
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