Dr. Kristine Clausen

Biography

Kristine Bülow Clausen is a part-time lecturer at the University of Copenhagen, specifically at the Saxo Institute. Her current research focuses on the visual and material cultural interactions within the Hellenistic and Roman worlds, particularly the relations between Egypt and Rome during the Roman imperial period. Clausen's work emphasizes central concepts such as materiality, object biographies, cultural contact, and identity formation. A significant aspect of her research involves excavations at a Roman villa near Lake Nemi in the Alban Hills. She is proficient in several languages including Danish, English, French, German, and Italian. In her teaching, she supervises bachelor’s and master’s students in courses like Introduction to Archaeology, Roman Archaeology, and Greek Archaeology, particularly during the Classical-Hellenistic period, while also focusing on European connections in these subjects. Clausen's primary fields of research include Egypt, with a strong emphasis on Roman villas and architecture, as well as Classical Archaeology and its traditions.

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