Lidewijde de Jong

Lidewijde finished her my Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology in 2007. Her dissertation, Becoming a Roman province: an analysis of funerary practices in Roman Syria in the context of empire, analyzes ancient imperialism from the perspective of the archaeology of local communities in Roman Syria. In particular she focuses on funerary practices as evidence for social change. Her other research interests include theories of acculturation (Romanization and Hellenization), the history of Classical archaeology, the Hellenistic Near East, mortuary practices, and Islamic Archaeology. Currently, she is Assistant Professor in Roman Archaeology in the Classics Department at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.