The Academic staff
The Academic staff
Rune Frederiksen, PhD, Director
(from 1 September 2010)
Magister (2000) and PhD (2004) in classical archaeology from the University of
Copenhagen and the Copenhagen Polis Centre. In 2003-2004
he
was a
consultant for the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (Copenhagen) at the project 'Middelhavshorisonten',
as well as external lecturer at the University of Copenhagen. From 2004-2007 he
held the Sackler Research Fellowship at the Ashmolean Museum and Worcester
College, Oxford. Here he updated the catalogue of plaster casts of ancient
sculpture and prepared it for publication, curated the exhibition
Treasures of the Ashmolean Museum, and co-organized an international
conference on the role of plaster casts from antiquity to modern times
(published in August 2010).
Rune Frederiksen has participated in a number of archaeological excavations and
other field-missions since 1990, more recently the Danish-Greek excavations at
Calydon (2002-3) and the Brown University excavations at Petra, Jordan (Great
temple Excavations 2005).
His present project,
From Village to City, funded by the Carlsberg foundation, was initiated with
affiliation to the Danish Institute in January 2008. The project is a major
study of the urbanisation-process in ancient Greece between 1000 and 500 BC. The
aim is to establish an overview of the development in settlements (their
numbers, topography, size and major urban elements), and to attempt to identify
the century in which the city becomes the dominant settlement type in the
ancient culture.
Rune Frederiksen’s PhD dissertation on the prevalence and architecture of
Archaic Greek city walls will be published by Oxford University Press in
November 2010.
Assistant
Director, M.A. Sine Riisager,
from 1st July
2008
Master of Arts in 1999 in English literature and language with a minor in modern
Greek language and culture from Aalborg University and University of Copenhagen.
She has worked in Greece since 1999, among other things as an educator in
English language and literature, and as the Head of the English department at
the international and multicultural university Athenian College in
Athens. Since 2004 she has worked in the cultural department of both the Danish
Institute and the Danish Embassy in Athens, enhancing Greek-Danish relations in
the form of cultural exchange between the two countries.
Former members of the staff
Director of the Calydon investigations, dr.phil. Soeren Dietz, The Danish National Museum: Director 1992-1997
Senior research fellow, PhD Mogens Pelt, University of Copenhagen: Senior research fellow 1993-96
Curator, PhD Sanne Houby-Nielsen, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm: Senior research fellow 1994-95
Associate professor, cand.mag. Signe Isager, University of Southern Denmark, Odense: Director 1997-2000
Professor, dr.phil. Inge Nielsen, Universitaet Hamburg: Assistant director 1998-2000
Senior research fellow, PhD Peter Vejleskov, University of Copenhagen: Senior research fellow (The Carlsberg Foundation) 2000-2002
Dr.phil. Jorgen Mejer, University of Copenhagen , Director 2001-2003
Senior research fellow (The Calydon investigations), PhD Jonas Eiring, Assistant Director 2002-2004
Cultural attaché Panagiota Goula, (Eleni Nakou Foundation) Director of Cultural Affairs 2004-2005
Assistant Director, cand.phil. Jesper Tae Jensen, 2004-2007
Director, dr. phil. Erik Hallager, (2004-2010)
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Sidst opdateret:
17/09/10