About me
My name is Troels Myrup Kristensen. I am a postgraduate student in the Department of Classical Archaeology at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. I’m also a member of the research project “Art and Social Identities in Late Antiquity“, funded by the Danish Research Council. As of 2008, I hold an “EliteForsk” Fellowship from the Danish Ministry of Science. For January to August 2009, I am a Visiting Graduate Student in the Faculty of Classics and a Visiting Member of King’s College, University of Cambridge.
Feel free to contact me at troelsmyrup AT gmail.com or leave a comment. Other ways of contacting me are listed here.
Xochimilco, Mexico, December 2007.
CV:
Education:
PhD candidate in Classical Archaeology, University of Aarhus. Expected time of completion: January 2010. Preliminary dissertation title: “Archaeologies of Response: Christian Destruction, Mutilation and Transformation of Pagan Sculpture in the Eastern Mediterranean from the 4th to the 6th century CE.” Advisors: Niels Hannestad, Lea Stirling.
MA (cand.mag.) in Classical Archaeology, University of Aarhus. Specialization: Roman archaeology. Completed: August 2006. Thesis: “Towards an Archaeology of Iconoclasm: The Destruction and Mutilation of Roman Sculpture in Late Antiquity.” Advisor: Niels Hannestad.
BA in Classical Archaeology (with minor stints in Landscape and Medieval Archaeology and Ancient History), University of Aarhus. Completed: June 2004.
Main academic interests: Roman archaeology, archaeological theory, landscapes, memory studies, Aphrodisias, late antiquity, Pompeii and surroundings, social aspects of architecture.
For publications, see here.
Awards & Fellowships:
2008 “EliteForsk” Fellowship, Danish Ministry of Science (DKK 250.000 for travel and research).
2007 Conference grant for “The Art of Destruction: Phenomenology, Fragmentation and Material Culture”, Danish PhD School in Archaeology, co-organized with Tim Flohr Sørensen and Mads Dengsø Jessen (DKK 30.000).
2007 Residential Fellowship, Danish Institute at Athens (March-April).
2007 PhD Studentship, Danish Research Council (3 years).
2007 Elisabeth Munksgaard Scholarship for participation in the AIA/APA Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA (January).
2006 Elisabeth Munksgaard Scholarship for travel to Turkey.
2006 University of Aarhus Graduate Travel Stipend for travel to Egypt (declined).
2006 Crown Princess Margrethe Fellow, Accademia di Danimarca, Rome with additional funding from Queen Ingrid’s Roman Fund (February-April).
2006 Carlsberg Scholarship in memory of Carl Jacobsen for the AIA/APA annual meeting in Montreal, Canada (January).
2005 Visiting student, Departments of Classics and Anthropology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (September-December).
2005 University of Aarhus Faculty of Humanities Travel Grant.
2005 Major grant from the Denmark-America Foundation for study in the US (declined).
2005 Svend G. Fiedler Archaeological Scholarship for conference in Naples, Italy (April).
2004 Svend G. Fiedler Archaeological Scholarship for excavation at Vindolanda, England.
2003-2004 Socrates Fellowship at the School of Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Leicester, England (2 semesters).