Dr Silke Knippschild
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
Department of Classics & Ancient History
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Research interests
Dr Knippschild's main research interests lie in the field of intercultural relations and cross-cultural influences between Ancient Western Asia, Greece, and Rome. Her work is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing on written, art historical, and archaeological sources. She is also working on the reception of antiquity in the visual and performing arts.
Dr Knippschild teaches Ancient History, focussing on Greece from the times of the Homeric epics to the Hellenistic World, Achaemenid Persia, and material culture
Dr Knippschild welcomes applications from prospective research students planning to work on topics related to any of the abovementioned areas.
Projects and supervisions
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2019Diplomacy
Companion to the Achaemenid Persian Empire
Performing the Frontier: The Role of Art in the Graeco-Persian Conflicts
Iconoclasm and Text Destruction in the Ancient Near East and Beyond
Seduzione e Potere
Bollettino di Studi Latini