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Classical Archaeologist/
Ancient Historian

Basel, Switzerland

University of Basel, Switzerland

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Ancient Charity and Extreme Poverty. The Prospects of Destitute Women and Children in the Roman Empire
9 May 2025
Presentation, CRASIS Workshop ´Interdisciplinary Approaches to Marginalised Peoples in the Ancient World. Women and Children´, University of Groningen, Netherlands

Soziale Ungleichheit und Marginalisierung. Armutsdynamiken in antiken römischen Städten
31 January 2025
Freitagskolloquium für Fortgeschrittene Examenskandidat:innen der Abteilung Klassische Archäologie im Wintersemester 2024/ 2025, University of Bonn, Germany

“Eine Alte Frau, von Jahren gezeichnet und in Lumpen gehüllt”. Eine intersektionale Analyse Extremer Armut im römischen Reich”
20 November 2024
Invited Lecture: Ancient History Proseminar: ´Alter in der Antike‘, University of Basel, Switzerland

Extreme Poverty and the Roman Empire. Inequalities from an Urban Perspective
17 May 2024
Presentation, OIKOS Workshop: ´Imperialism & Inequality´, University of Groningen, Netherlands

Realities of the Marginalised Poor and Their Use of Public Space in Ancient Roman Cities 14 March 2024
Presentation, Conference: ‘Lifeworld Reconsidered. Approaches and Concepts to the Reconstruction of Ancient Lifeworlds from Augustus to Late Antiquity‘, (13.–15.03.2024), Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald, University of Greifswald, Germany

On the Margins of Roman Society. Social and Spatial Boundaries of Urban Poverty
28 November 2023
Presentation, ‘Borders? Borders! Separation Lines, Joining Spaces‘. Interationale Graduiertentagung im Rahmen des Doktoratsprogramms der Basler Altertumswissenschaften, (27.–28.11.2023), University of Basel, Switzerland

Im Schatten der Gesellschaft. Leben und Sterben in extremer Armut in Rom
27 September 2023
Presentation, Kolloquium: ‘Aus laufenden archäologischen Forschungen‘, Institute of Classical Archaeology and Institute of Provincial Roman Archaeology, University of Basel, Switzerland

Profiling Street Beggars. Intersecting Discriminations Against the Poor in Ancient Roman Cities
28 April 2023
Presentation, Conference: ‘Poverty and Vulnerability in Classical Antiquity. Gendered and Life-Cycle Approaches‘ (27.–28.04.2023), Manchester Centre for Youth Studies/ History Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom

Begging in the Streets of Pompeii. New Approaches to Social Stratigraphy and Spatial Contexts in the Roman Cityscape
27 May 2022
Presentation, Round-Table Conference for junior researchers: ‘Neue Forschungen in den Vesuvstädten‘ (27.–28.05.2022), eikones – Centre for Theory and History of the Image, University of Basel, Switzerland

The Effects of Social Class on Archaeological Research
9 September 2021
Presentation, Conference: European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) Annual Meeting, ‘Widening Horizons‘ (6.–11.09.2021). Session: ‘On Class, Elitism, and Poverty: Archaeology and Social Class‘, Kiel, Germany