Janis Oomen, MA

Janis Oomen, MA

Janis Oomen obtained her bachelor’s degrees (Psychology and History) and her research master’s degree (Ancient History) at Leiden University. She is currently working on her PhD project provisionally titled ‘Traditions of the Past, Innovations of the Present: Identity...
Koen Klein, BA

Koen Klein, BA

Urban innovation is crucial to understanding the changes of the Roman republic between the mid-second and mid-first centuries BCE. This period has seen some investigation into urban monumentality, but a holistic perspective of change and innovation is missing. Turning...
Oonagh Grant, BA

Oonagh Grant, BA

My thesis research will focus on gender and youth culture in Fascist Italy, specifically looking at how the Piccole Italiane (PI) were portrayed by Fascist publications, such as magazines, newspapers, photographs, and musical scores. In doing so, I will examine...
Giulio Dalla Grana, MA

Giulio Dalla Grana, MA

The research focuses on the Polish religious leader Andrzej Towiański. Towianism developed in Lithuania in 1828 and was diffused in Poland, France, Italy, and Switzerland. Through the study of archives present in the various institutions this research aims at...
Roelie Kuijpers, BA

Roelie Kuijpers, BA

In my PhD proposal, using gender theories and classical reception methodology, I aim to elaborate on the following research question: ‘How do contemporary, transnational far-right groups appropriate elements of Greco-Roman Antiquity and the Middle Ages for both...