Sarah Siegenthaler
Assistant / PhD candidateAssistant / PhD candidate
Petersgraben 51
4051
Basel
Schweiz
Research Interests
Social History of the Ancient Greek and Roman World, Poverty, Marginalised Groups, Urbanism, Intersectionality, Mapping
Projekte
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2022–present | Doctorate in Classical Archaeology | University of Basel Doc.CH Research Grant, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2023–2027 Member of the Graduate School of Social Sciences (G3S) |
2020–2022 | Master's Degree Classical Archaeology (Major) and Ancient History (Minor) |
2015–2020 | Bachelor's Degree | University of Basel Ancient Civilizations (Specialization: Classical Archaeology) and Art History |
Professional Background
2021–2022 | Student Assistant | University of Basel, SNF-Project “The Roman Egypt Laboratory: Climate Change, Societal Transformations, and the Transition to Late Antiquity” (2021–25) – PI: Prof. Dr. Sabine Huebner, Institute of Ancient History, Department of Ancient Civilizations
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2019–2020 | Student Assistant | University of Basel, Research fund project “Nomismation: Measuring Monetary Integration in the Late Roman Empire” (2019–20) – PI: Dr. Irene Soto Marín, Institute of Ancient History, Department of Ancient Civilizations
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2018–2018 | Tutor | University of Basel, Proseminar “Architecture”, Department of Art History |
Approved Research Projects
2023 | Dissertation Project: “Life and Death at the Margins of Society. Investigating Manifestations of Poverty within Roman Urban Spaces.” with a Doc.CH research grant by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), 2023–2027 |
Active Memberships in Scientific Societies
2021–present | European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) |
2020–present | Schweizer Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Klassische Archäologie (SAKA-ASAC) |
Organisation of Conferences
2023 | “Exploring Digital Tools and Platforms for Individual Research of History and Antiquity” (09.03.2023), Digital Humanities in the Nordic & Baltic Countries (DHNB) Conference, “Sustainability – Environment, Community, Data” (Online: Oslo/Bergen/Stavanger, 08.–10.03.2023). Co-Organised with Victoria G. D. Landau |
Prizes, Awards, Fellowships
2023 | Nominated for the Teaching Excellency Awards 2023 of the University of Basel within the category “Service to Teaching” |
2023 | PhD Scholarship, Doc.CH, SNSF, for the PhD project “Live and Death at the Margins of Society. Investigating Manifestations of Poverty in Roman Urban Spaces” |
2022 | PhD Starting Scholarship, Department of Ancient Civilizations, University of Basel |
2022 | Research grant, Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft Basel (FAG) for the Master's thesis “A Beggars' Banquet. Lives and Movements of the Marginalised Poor in the Ancient Roman City” (2021/2022) |
Presentations
04/2023 | “Profiling Street-Beggars. Intersecting Discriminations Against the Poor in Ancient Roman Cities”, Conference: “Poverty and Vulnerability in Classical Antiquity. Gendered and Life-Cycle Approaches” (Manchester 27.–28.04.2023), Manchester Centre for Youth Studies/History Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University |
05/2022 | "Begging in the Streets of Pompeii. New Approaches to Social Stratigraphy and Spatial Contexts in the Roman Cityscape”, Round-Table Conference for junior researchers “Neue Forschungen in den Vesuvstädten (Basel 27.–28.05.2022)”, eikones - Centre for Theory and History of the Image, University of Basel |
11/2021 | “A Beggars' Banquet. Lives and Movements of the Marginalised Poor in the Ancient Roman City”, Presentation of the Master's thesis in the Colloquium “Zur neueren Forschung in der Alten Geschichte” (HS 2021), Institute of Ancient History, University of Basel |
09/2021 | “The Effects of Social Class in Archaeological Research”, European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) Annual Meeting, “Widening Horizons” (Kiel, 6.–11.09.2021). Session: “On Class, Elitism, and Poverty: Archaeology and Social Class” |