Degree programmes of the Antiquity cluster are taught within the framework of ACASA, a joint programme with the University of Amsterdam.
The secretariat of the Faculty of Humanities can be reached by e-mail: afdelingensecretariaat.fgw@vu.nl. The secretariat is located in room HG 12A-57, phone number 020 5982683.
An overview of the staff of the Antiquity cluster.
dr. mr. Rutger Allan
Associate Professor of Ancient Greek language and literature, Linguistics, discourse analysis, narratology
Bert Brouwenstijn
Cartographer | archaeological Illustrator | 3D specialist archaeology
prof. dr. Jan Paul Crielaard
Professor of Mediterranean Pre- and Protohistorical Archaeology, Greek prehistory and the Archaic period; exchanges and migration in the Mediterranean Antiquity
Dr. Dries Daems
Docent Digital Humanities, Eastern Mediterranean anthropology, agent-based modelling, human-environment interactions
Teun van Dijk
PhD student, Hagiography, early Christian language and literature, Classical philosophy
dr. Fokke Gerritsen
Assistant professor of archaeology, Archaeology of Anatolia and the Near East & Early Farming Societies
prof. dr. Bas ter Haar Romeny
Professor of Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern History, Semitic languages in late Antiquity, Syriac Christianity, history of the Bible
dr. Stijn Heeren
Assistant professor, Archaeology, Material culture, late Roman and early Medieval Northwestern Europe
drs. Anne van Hilst
Fieldwork coordinator, Archaeology
Dr. Sjoerd Kluiving
Associate Professor Archaeology, Anthropocene, geological methods in archaeology
drs. Cindy Meijer
PhD candidate, History, Antiquity, Arts & Culture
dr. Emilie van Opstall
Assistant Professor Greek and Latin Languages and Cultures, Ancient Greek literature and culture
dr. Mieke Prent
Assistant Professor, Archaeology, Greek archaeology, archaeology of cult, Laconia and Crete
dr. Klazina Staat
Assistant professor of Latin language and literature and Roman cultural history, Postclassical Latin, hagiography, travel literature
dr. Shiyanthi Thavapalan
Assistant Professor, ancient history, Ancient Mesopotamia, history of technology, material culture
dr. Philip Verhagen
Assistant Professor Archaeology, Spatial analysis and modelling in landscape archaeology
dr. Nienke Vos
Assistant Professor Early Christian Greek and Latin, Early Christian language and literature, hagiography, discourse linguistics
dr. Shana Zaia
Assistant Professor of Ancient History, Ancient Mediterranean intercultural contact; Mesopotamian Empires; religion; education
