Véronique Dasen

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Véronique Dasen (born December 7, 1957 ) is a Swiss classical archaeologist who teaches at the University of Friborg . Her research focuses on interdisciplinary issues, in particular on the contribution of archeology and iconography to cultural history. Research fields are medical and body history as well as child and gender research.

Live and act

Véronique Dasen studied Classical and Provincial Roman Archeology , Ancient History and French Literature at the University of Lausanne from 1976 to 1982 and graduated in 1982 with a licentiate . She then did her doctorate in Egyptology and Classical Archeology at the University of Oxford and completed her habilitation in 2000 at the University of Freiburg. There she has been Professor of Classical Archeology since 2008.

She has worked as a visiting professor at various universities, including Bern , Lausanne , Angers , Palermo and Paris ( Paris I Sorbonne , Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes , Ecole normal supérieure ). She is a member of the ANHIMA research center ( Anthropologie et histoire des mondes antiques ) in Paris.

Since 2017 she has been leading the research project “Locus Ludi”, which deals with gaming culture in ancient Greece and Rome. The research project will last until 2022 and will be supported by the European Research Council with almost 2.5 million euros.

Publications (selection)

  • Dwarfs in Ancient Egypt and Greece (Oxford Monographs on Classical Archeology). Clarendon Press, Oxford 1994, ISBN 978-0-19-814699-5 (dissertation).
  • Jumeaux, jumelles dans l'Antiquité grecque et romaine . Akanthus, Zurich 2005, ISBN 978-3-905083-20-0 .
  • with Helen King: La médecine dans l'Antiquité grecque et romaine . Edition BHMS, Lausanne 2008, ISBN 978-2-9700536-6-8 .
  • with Thomas Spath (Ed.): Children, Memory, and Family Identity in Roman Culture . Practitioner, Oxford 2010. ISBN 978-0-19-958257-0 .
  • with Jean-Michel Spieser (Ed.): Les savoirs magiques et leur transmission de l'Antiquité à la Renaissance . Sismel, Florence 2014, ISBN 978-88-8450-493-7 .
  • Le sourire d'Omphale. Maternity et petite enfance dans l'Antiquité. Rennes 2015, ISBN 978-2-7535-4015-6 .
  • Probaskania: Amulets and Magic in Antiquity in: Dietrich Boschung , Jan N. Bremmer (Ed.): The Materiality of Magic (Mophomata 20). Wilhelm Fink, Paderborn 2015, ISBN 978-3-7705-5725-7 .
  • Amulets, the Body and Personal Agency in: Adam Parker, Stuart McKie (Eds.): Material Approaches to Roman Magic: Occult Objects and Supernatural Substances (= TRAC Themes in Roman Archeology 2). Oxbow Books, Oxford 2018, ISBN 978-1-78570-881-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annuaire de l'Université - Université de Friborg. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
  2. ↑ SWITCHdrive -. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Véronique Dasen on Linked in. In: Linked in. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Prof. Dr. Véronique Dasen - AcademiaNet. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
  5. ^ Locus Ludi: The Cultural Fabric of Play and Games in Classical Antiquity. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Dasen, Véronique
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Classical Archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 7th December 1957