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Research overview
Elizabeth's PhD research explores how women from Greek colonies in Sicily constructed a ‘Sicilian’ identity through the building of sanctuaries and performing of rituals; utilizing the natural, local landscape and drawing influence from native Sicilian and Phoenician sanctuaries and practices. This thesis combines the methodologies of topoalanysis of sacred space and neuropsychology to illustrate the relationship between cognitive memory, social memory, and identity to place.
Elizabeth's PhD research is supervised by Dr. Sian Lewis and Dr. Ralph Anderson.
Research interests
- Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Periods
- Women and Gender in Antiquity
- Greek Religion
- Cognitive approaches to Religion
- Sensory Archaeology
- Phenomenology
- Material Study of Religion
Education/Academic qualification
Master of Studies, Classical Archaeology, University of Oxford
Award Date: 26 Jul 2024
Bachelor of Arts, History & History of Art (Double Major), Regent's University London
Award Date: 21 Jul 2023
Keywords
- AM Museums (General). Collectors and collecting (General)
- BL Religion
- DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World
- HM Sociology
- HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
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