Dr. Luuk Huitink

Biography

Luuk Huitink is an Associate Professor and the MA Programme Director at the University of Amsterdam's Faculty of Humanities. He received his Master's degree from the University of Amsterdam and furthered his education at Worcester College, University of Oxford, where he completed his Master of Studies and DPhil. Returning to his alma mater in 2020, Huitink previously served as a Leventis Research Fellow in Ancient Greek at Merton College, University of Oxford, from 2009 to 2013, and worked as a Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at Heidelberg University from 2013 to 2018. He was also a Spinoza Visiting Fellow and postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University from 2016 to 2020. Huitink's research focuses on linguistic and narratological cognitive approaches to Greek literature, with particular interests in historiography, especially regarding Xenophon and Flavius Josephus, and the ancient rhetorical tradition. He aims to combine innovative theoretical frameworks with traditional philological practices. He is a member of the Amsterdam Centre for Ancient Studies & Archaeology (ACASA) and is involved in projects supported by the Netherlands National Research School Classical Studies (OIKOS). Huitink sits on the board of Anchoring Innovation and is part of the executive committee of the International Xenophon Society, as well as the editorial board of the peer-reviewed online journal Histos.

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