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CSPS is directed by world-leading researchers in the archaeology and history of Sparta and the Peloponnese. Our work is supported by significant contributions from our academic members of staff, research fellows and postgraduate research students.

We warmly welcome researchers from other institutions to join CSPS as Associate Members. We also welcome visiting scholars and postgraduate students who wish to pursue research on Sparta and the Peloponnese in a collegial context.

Academic members

Dr Chrysanthi Gallou (CSPS Director)

Professor Emeritus Bill Cavanagh (CSPS Emeritus Director)

Professor Emeritus Stephen Hodkinson (CSPS Emeritus Director)

Professor Emeritus Jim Roy

Dr Edmund Stewart

Student members

PhD students currently working under the auspices of CSPS

Charami Roumpini-Ioanna, The Lakedaimonion chora from the archaic to the Hellenistic period
Matt Thompson, Spartan victory monuments and graves
Thea Wolff, The Potnia Theron in ancient Greece

Past PhD and MA/MRes students

Christina, Aamodt, Priests and priestesses in Mycenaean Greece (PhD)
Philip Davies, Individuals and Institutions: Status in Spartan Society in the Classical Period (PhD; AHRC-funded)
Nikolaos Dimakis, Social identity and status in the Classical and Hellenistic Northern Peloponnese: the evidence from burials (PhD; Greek Archaeological Committee UK-funded)
Ioan Huw Espley, Recreating maritime trade in the Peloponnese during the Middle Helladic period (MA by Research)
Samuel Farnham, Purification and burial ritual in southern Greece (PhD; AHRC-funded)
Rosie Harman, Viewing Sparta, Viewing Asia: Vision and Greek Identity in Xenophon (PhD; AHRC-funded)
Kendell Heydon, Hegemonic masculinity in Sparta (PhD)
Amy Jolliffe, Warrior graves in post-palatial Achaia (MA by Research)
Joseph Jordan, A comparative analysis of regional feasting practices in Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Aegean (MA by Research)
Lydia Langerwelf (PhD), ‘No freer than the helots’: Messenian rebel behaviour in Pausanias’ Messeniaka in comparative perspective (PhD; School of Humanities funded)
Lena Nieves, Early Bronze Age harbour towns in the Peloponnese in their wider Aegean context (MA Archaeological Research)
Athanasia Panopoulou, Interpreting identical votive offerings from 8th c. BC Sparta and Tegea: the contribution of visual evidence (MA Classical Antiquity)
Petrus Scholten, Child burials in Middle Helladic Peloponnese (MA by Research)
Gerasimos Trasanis, Fortification and defence systems in classical and Hellenistic Elis, Greece: the case of Triphyllia (MA Archaeological Research)
Stephenie Tsoi, Spartan Women in comparative perspective: a view from China (MA Archaeology)

Associate members

The Centre boasts over 500 associated members from around the world. If you would like to join CSPS as an associate member, please email csps@nottingham.ac.uk.

Expand to see a short list of some of our esteemed associate members.

**CSPS associate members**
CSPS associate member	Institution
Professor Georgia Alevra-Kokkorou, Professor Emerita of Classical Archaeology	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Dr Sophia Aneziri, Associate Professor of Ancient History	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Prof. Robert Arnott , Professor of the History and Archaeology of Medicine	University of Birmingham
Dr Eleni Asouti, Reader in Environmental Archaeology	University of Liverpool
Aimila Bakourou, Director Emerita of the 5th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities	Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports
Dr Jean-Sebastien Balzat, Research Assistant, Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, Stelios Ioannou School for Research in Classical and Byzantine Studies	University of Oxford
Anna Banaka, Deputy Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Argolid	Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports
Dr Emilia Banou, Assistant Professor	University of Peloponnese
Dr Agiatis Benardou, Senior Research Associate	EUROPEANA PRO
Prof. John Bennet, Professor of Aegean Archaeology and BSA Director	British School at Athens
Prof. Dr. John L. Bintliff, Professor Emeritus of Classical and Mediterranean Archaeology	Rijks Universiteit Leiden
Prof. David Braund, Emeritus Professor	University of Exeter
Prof. Alain Bresson, Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor	University of Chicago
Dr William Bubelis, Associate Professor and Curator of the Wulfing Coin Collection	Washington University in St. Louis
Dr Peta Bulmer, Honorary Research Fellow (Archaeology)	University of Liverpool
Prof. Paul Cartledge, FSA, FRSA	University of Cambridge
Dr Lucia Cecchet, Researcher in Ancient History	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Prof. Paul Christesen, William R. Kennan Professor of Ancient Greek History Chair	Dartmouth College
Dr Christy Constantakopoulou, Reader in Classics and Ancient History	Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Lindsay Coo, Lecturer in Ancient Greek Language and Literature	University of Bristol
Professor Joost Crouwel, Emeritus Professor	University of AMsterdam
Prof. Ephraim David, Emeritus Professor	University of Haifa
Prof. John K. Davies, Emeritus Professor and Honorary Senior Fellow	University of Liverpool
Dr Phil Davies, Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow	Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München
Dr Uta Degner, Assistant Professor	Universität Salzburg
Dr Katerina Dellaporta, Director of the Byzantine & Christian Museum	Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports
Dr Katie Demakopoulou, Director Emerita of the National Museum of Athens	Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports
Tamara Dijkstra, PhD candidate	University of Groningen
Prof. Adolfo J. Dominguez, Professor of Ancient History	Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Dr Eleni Drakaki, Programs Officer at The Heritage Management Organization	The Heritage Management Organization
Dr Rachele Dubbini, Researcher	Università degli Studi di Ferrara
Dr Alain Duplouy, Associate Professor in Archaeology	University of Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne)
Prof. Dorothy Figueira, Distinguished Research Professor	University of Georgia
Prof. Thomas J. Figueira, Distinguished Professor (II) of Classics and of Ancient History	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Professor Patrick Finglass, Henry Overton Wills Professor of Greek	University of Bristol
Dr Georgia Flouda, Archaeologist	Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports
Prof. Michael Flower, Professor of Classics	Princeton University
Dr Hamish Forbes, Honorary Research Fellow in Archaeology	University of Nottingham
Prof. César Fornis, Professor of Ancient History	Universidad de Sevilla
Dr Björn Forsén, Senior Lecturer at the University of Helsinki and former director of the Finnish Institute at Athens	University of Helsinki
Dr Jeannette Forsén, Professor Emerita	University of Gothenburg
Prof. Catherine Keane Gilhuly, Professor of Classical Studies	Wellesley College
Dr Olivier Gengler, Researcher	Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Prof. Catherine Grandjean, Professor in Ancient History	Université François-Rabelais, Tours
Dr Alan Greaves, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, National Teaching Fellow	University of Liverpool
Prof. Anthony Harding, Emeritus Professor in Archaeology	Department of Archaeology, University of Exeter
Dr Rosie Harman, Lecturer in Greek Historiography	UCL
David Hibler, Programme lead for Higher Education in Erasmus+	British Council
Dr Noreen Humble, Associate Professor	University of Calgary
Dr Georgia Kakourou-Chroni, Curator of the Coumantaros Art Gallery (Annex of the National Gallery in Sparti)	National Gallery of Greece
Dr Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos, Researcher	The Academy of Athens
Dr Anna Karapanagiotou, Director of the Ephoreia of Antiquities of Arcadia	Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports
Dr Nigel Kennell, Sessional Lecturer	University of British Columbia
Prof. Dr Ewald Kislinger	Universitaet Wien
Dr Eleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi, National Museum at Athens	Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports
Dr Demosthenes Kosmopoulos, Archaeologist	Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports
Dr Angeliki Kossyva, Archaeologist	Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports
Dr Dimitris Kourkoumelis, Underwater Archaeologist	Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports
Dr Sokrates Koursoumis, Archaeologist	Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Dr Lydia Langerwerf, Policy Officer	Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
Dr Georgios C. Liakopoulos, Research Associate	Royal Holloway, University of London
Dr Peter Liddel, Senior Lecturer in Ancient History	University of Manchester
Dr Christopher Lillington-Martin, Teacher of Classics, Summer Fields, Oxford; Tutor of Ancient History, Stanford University Centre in Oxford	Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity
James Lloyd, PhD student	University of Reading
Dr Matthew Lloyd	University of Oxford
Dr Thomas A. Loughlin, Senior Documentation Specialist, National Museum of Qatar	Qatar Museums Authority
Dr Jeffrey Maurice Lumb	Charles Stuart University, Australia
Dr Ian Macgregor Morris, Senior Lecturer	Universität Salzburg
Dr Andronike Makres	HERC - Hellenic Education & Research Center
Prof. Joseph Maran, Professor of Pre- and Protohistory	Universität Heidelberg
Dr Eleni Marantou, Archaeologist	Ionian University (alumna)
Prof. Ellen Millender, Professor of Classics	Reed College
Leda Moschou, Archaeologist (retired), National Archive of Archaeological Monuments	Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports
Dr Sarah Murray, Assistant Professor in Classics & Religious Studies	University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dr Gina Muskett, (former) curator of antiquities	National Museums Liverpool & University of Liverpool (alumna)
Prof. Daniel Ogden, Professor of Ancient History	University of Exeter
Prof. Erik Østby, Professor of Classical Archaeology	University of Bergen
Prof. Jari Pakkanen, Professor of Classical Archaeology	Royal Holloway, University of London
Prof. Olga Palagia, Professor of Classical Archaeology	The University of Athens
Anastasia Panagiotopoulou, Director emerita	Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports
Dr Metaxia Papapostolou	University of Peloponnese (alumna)
Dr Annalisa Paradiso, Researcher	Università degli Studi della Basilicata
Dr Nicolette Pavlides, (temporary) Lecturer in Greek History	Trinity College Dublin
Dr Marcin Pawlak	Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
Dr Angeliki Petropoulou, Associate Professor Emerita of Public and Private Life in Antiquity and Byzantium	Hellenic Open University (Patra-Greece)
Eleni Poimenidou	King's College London & British Museum
Dr Anton Powell	University of Wales Institute of Classics and Ancient History and The Classical Press of Wales
Prof. A.J.N.W. Prag, Professor Emeritus of Classics and Ancient History	The Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester
Dr Selene Psoma, Associate Professor of Ancient History	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Aikaterini-Iliana Rassia, Graduate Teaching Assistant	King's College London
Professor Josette Renard, Professor Emerita of Aegean Prehistory	Université Paul Valéry - Montpellier
Dr Tracey Rihll, Reader in Ancient History	Swansea University
Professor Athanasios Rizakis, Professor Emeritus and N.H.R.F. Emeritus Research Director	University of Nancy2 (France), National Hellenic Research Foundation (N.H.R.F.)
Prof. Jeremy Rutter, Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies & Sherman Fairchild Professor Emeritus in the Humanities	Dartmouth College
Yanis Saitas, Architect, Urban Designer & Ethnologist
Dr Gina Salapata, Associate Professor in Classical Studies	Massey University
Dr Guy Sanders, (former) Director of the Corinth Excavations	American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Dr hab. Nicholas Sekunda	Gdansk University
Prof. Graham Shipley, Professor of Ancient History	University of Leicester
Dr David Smith	University of Liverpool
Dr Tyler Jo Smith, Associate Professor of Mediterranean Art and Archaeology	University of Virginia
Prof. Tony Spawforth, Emeritus Professor of Ancient History	Newcastle University
Dr Georgios Steiris, Assistant Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Prof. Rebecca Sweetman, Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology	University of St Andrews
Dr Theotokis Theodoulou, Underwater Archaeologist	Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports
Dr Jonathan E. Tomlinson, CIG Assistant Director	Canadian Institute in Greece
Aris Tsaravopoulos, Director of Antikythera excavations	Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports
Dr Nicki Waugh	University of Edinburgh
Prof. Hans van Wees, Grote Professor of Ancient History	University College London
Dr Carlos R. Villafañe	University of Liverpool (alumnus)
Dr Ken Wardle, Senior Lecturer	University of Birmingham
Prof. Helène Whittaker, Professor of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History	University of Gothenburg
Jackie Whalen, PhD student	University of St Andrew's
Robert Woodward, PhD student	University of Sheffield
Prof. James C. Wright, William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair and Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Emeritus	Bryn Mawr College
Dr Ioannis Xydopoulos, Associate Professor in History	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Dr Zhu Hong-yun	Nanjing Normal University
Prof. Nikos Zacharias	University of Peloponnese
Dr Sophia Zoumbaki, Senior Researcher	National Hellenic Research Foundation (KEPA/EIE)

Visiting scholars and postgraduate students

The Centre acts as a focus for international academics, researchers and postgraduate students working on our area of expertise and we are committed to hosting visiting scholars from all around the world. During their research stay, visitors have access to our excellent resources and become full members of our vibrant research community.

If you wish to join the Centre as a visiting scholar or a visiting postgraduate student, please e-mail Dr Chysanthi Gallou.

Example visit:

From September 2017 to February 2018 the Centre hosted Dr Barbara Caré (University of Turin) whose research stay was funded by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in partnership with the British Academy.

Barbara produced her Nottingham-based project “Bones of contention: astragali from the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia, Sparta. A contribution in studying the role of faunal materials in ancient ritual practices”. This formed part of her interdisciplinary post-doctoral project on ritual behaviours and symbolic meanings related to astragaloi in the ancient Mediterranean.

Previous CSPS visiting scholars

Gabriel Cabral Bernardo (visiting MA student; University of Sao Paolo)
Maciej Daszuta (visiting PhD student; University of Wroclaw)
Professor César Fornis (University of Seville; Spanish government grant)
Professor Masato Furuyama (Kokugakuin University)
Dr Socrates Korsoumis (Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports; BSA Centenary Bursary)
Dr Anna Karapanagiotou (Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports)
Dr Nick Kontogiannis (Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports)
Claudia V. Alonso Moreno (visiting PhD student; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Anastasia Panagiotopoulou (Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Sports)
Dr Metaxia Papapostolou (University of Peloponnese)
Dr Annalisa Paradiso (University of Basilicata)
Sofia Paraskevopoulou (Erasmus UG; University of Peloponnese)
Eleni Toska (Erasmus UG; University of Peloponnese)
Dr Yannis Xydopoulos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Dr Hong-yun Zhu (Nanjing Normal University)

Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies

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