Olivier Hekster#
| Membership Number: | 5038 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.ru.nl/english/people/hekster-o |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
- 2020 - 2021 WWU Fellow, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster
- 2015 - 2019 Director of the Institute for Historical, Cultural and Literary Studies (HLCS), Radboud University Nijmegen (RU)
- 2012 - 2013 Humboldt Fellow, Kommission Für Alte Geschichte und Epigrafik, München
- 2010 - 2012 Head of Department, History, RU
- 2005 - 2010 Member of the Young Academy (KNAW)
- 2004 - present Professor in Ancient History, RU
- 2002 - 2004 Fellow and Tutor for Ancient History, Merton College, Oxford
- 2001 - 2002 Lecturer in Ancient History, Wadham College, Oxford
Fields of Scholarship
- Roman history
- Dynastic power and selfrepresentation
- Roman emperorship
- Late Antiquity
- City of Rome
- Roman numismatics
Honours and Awards
- 2017 Ammodo KNAW Award for Humanities
- 2017 GRAVITATION grant from the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science for the program Anchoring Innovation (one of twelve co-applicants; principal applicant Prof. I. Sluiter)
- 2016 - 2021 VICI grant from NWO (The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research)
- 2012 - 2013 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for experienced researchers
- 2009 - 2014 NWO Open competition Humanities grant (principal applicant; co-applicant: Dr N. de Haan)
- 2004 - 2008 NWO Open competition Humanities grant (co-applicant; principal applicant Prof. L. de Blois)
- 2004 - 2007 NWO Van der Leeuw professorship (occupant of the chair)
- 2003 Keetje Hodshon Prize (History), Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen
