J. (Janis) Oomen

September 2023-present: PhD candidate in Ancient History, University of Groningen

• Working title: Traditions of the Past, Innovations of the Present. Identity Formation in the Inscribed Funerary Monuments of Roman Sicily
• Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Onno van Nijf (University of Groningen, ICOG), Prof. Dr. Sofia Voutsaki (University of Groningen, GIA), and Prof. Dr. Jonathan Prag (University of Oxford)

2021-2023: Research MA in Ancient History, Leiden University (cum laude)

• Thesis: Somewhere in-between. The alumni of Roman Italy as part of an informal fosterage system and their position within the Roman household

2018-2021: BA in History, Leiden University (cum laude)

• Thesis: Identiteiten vereeuwigd. Sociaalwetenschappelijke theorieën als interpretatieve kaders voor de representatie van vrouwelijke vrijgelatenen op grafmonumenten uit Romeins Italië (On the self-representation of freedwomen in funerary monuments from Roman Italy)

2016-2020: BSc in Psychology, Leiden University