The Academic staff 

Director, dr. phil. Erik Hallager, from 1 January 2004
Cand.phil. in History from the University of Aarhus in 1972, lic.phil. in 1977, dr. phil. in 1996 and in 2001 appointed Honorary Professor at the Dept. of Classical Archaeology  at the University of Aarhus. 1972-73 assisting director at the Swedish Institute in Athens and since 1972 field director for the Swedish part of the Greek-Swedish Excavations at Kastelli, Khania in western Crete. Founded in 1977 the quarterly SFINX, whose main objective is to elucidate the cultural heritage of the Mediterranean. Worked as chief editor of the quarterly and since 1978 as Director of the Society Orbis Terrarum which publishes the periodical.
My area of research is the Minoan Crete with special attention to architecture, writing systems and administration. Has throughout the years held several research scholarships and published a number of scientific papers and monographs of which may be mentioned books on the final destruction of the Palace at Knossos, a unique seal impression from Khania and the Minoan administrative system based on the use of seals. Has furthermore worked as an editor and contributor to several scientific publications of which the most important are the publication of the Greek-Swedish Excavations at Kastelli Khania (GSE I-III have appeared) and the publication of a unique Hieroglyphic Archive from Minoan Petras in eastern Crete, which is being published.

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.

Senior Research Fellow, Rune Frederiksen, PhD, 1 January 2008 - 31 December 2010
Magister (2000) and PhD (2004) in classical archaeology from the University of Copenhagen and the Copenhagen Polis Centre. In 2003-2004 he was consultant for the Glyptothek (Copenhagen) at the project 'Middelhavshorisonten', and external lecturer at the University of Copenhagen. From 2004-2007 he held the Sackler Research Fellowship at the Ashmolean Museum and Worcester College, Oxford, where 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.
He has taken part 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, 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 Greek culture.
He is preparing his PhD dissertation on the prevalence and architecture of Archaic Greek city walls for publication, and is co-editing the acts of the Oxford 2007 Plaster Cast Conference to be published soon as well.
 

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

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Sidst opdateret: 14/07/08