Hans Beck's work focuses on local and regional manifestations of Greek culture, in relation with the natural environment. For more info, see www.hansbeck.org and his work with WWU's Religion and Politics Excellence Cluster.
Sophia Nomicos currently surveys the size and structure of the graves, burial goods, grave-markers and tombstones, and others, in the Saronic region. Her new book, "Laurion: Montan- und siedlungsarchäologische Studien zum antiken Blei-Silberbergbau" (2021) explores resource exploitation in Laureion, southern Attica.
Marian Helm comes to the team with a research expertise in the history and political ecology in central Italy. His new book, "Kampf um Mittelitalien: Roms ungerader Weg zur Großmacht" (2021) employs Central Place Theory to chart the convoluted exchanges between communities in a dense natural environment. His current project traces lines of religious alignment and misalignment across the Saronic.
Lukas Duisen is currently working on his PhD-dissertation, in which he scrutinizes the relationship between early polis communities in Archaic Greece and their natural environments. He is also involved in excavation and survey work at ancient Amyklai. Lukas has recently completed the European Master in Classical Cultures with a thesis on ecocritical readings of Homer’s Odyssey.
