Gunnel Ekroth#
| Membership Number: | 6478 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.arkeologi.uu.se/staff/Presentations/gunnel-ekroth-en/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-3179-941X |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2011 to date Professor and chair of Classical archaeology and ancient history, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University
- 2007 - 2010 Researcher, externally funded, Department of Archaeology and Classical studies, Stockholm University, Project: Greek sacrificial ritual in practice, belief and theory
- 2009 Professeur invité, Université de Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2009-02-01 - 2009-02-28
- 2004 Docent/Habilitation, Stockholm University, Department of Classical archaeology and ancient history
- 2002 - 2007 Research fellow, Department of Archaeology and Classical studies, Stockholm University
- 2000 - 2002 Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Archaeology and Classical studies, Stockholm University, Project: The archaeology of Greek hero-cult sacrifices
- 1999 Temporary lecturer, Department of Archaeology and Classical studies, Stockholm University
Fields of Scholarship
- Anthropology of food
- Ancient Greek religion
- Greek sanctuaries
- Greek landscape
- Animal sacrifice
- Classical archaeology
- Hero cults
Honours and Awards
- 2012 - 2020 Swedish Research Institute at Istanbul, board member, vice-chairman
- 2018 Working member, Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities,
- 2016 Royal society of sciences at Uppsala
- 2014 European Network for the Study of Ancient Greek History (ENSAGH)
- 2012 Editorial committee of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome, chairman 2012 - 2020
- 2012 Initiator and chairman, Swedish Labraunda committee
- 2012 Royal Society of Humanities and Science, Uppsala
- 2007 Centre ANHIMA (former Centre Louis Gernet), Paris, membre associé
- 2006 Nathan Söderblom Society, Uppsala
- 2003 Swedish Institute at Athens, member of the board since 2003, secretary 2005 - 2014, vice-chairman since 2015
- 1996 Centre international d’étude de la religion grecque antique (C.I.E.R.G.A), Liège
- 1994 Swedish Archaeological Society
- 1999 Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, award for distinguished academic work for PhD dissertation The sacrificial rituals of Greek hero-cults in the Archaic to the early Hellenistic periods
