Teaching staff

  • Dr Floris van den Eijnde (Programme Coordinator)

    Dr Floris van den Eijnde is currently employed as Assistant Professor in Ancient History and Coordinator of the programme. His current research revolves around Early Iron Age and Archaic Athenian society. He teaches various courses in ancient greek history and archaeology. 

  • Prof. Leonard Rutgers

    Leonard Rutgers is Professor of Late Antiquity. He is particularly interested in questions of identity formation, migration, religion and violence in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Rutgers is currently directing two international projects, one entitled Reconfiguring Diaspora: The Transformation of the Jewish Diaspora in Late Antiquity and another focussing on the origins o Christianity inf Rome (excavation). 

  • Prof. Marco Mostert

    Marco Mostert is Professor of Medieval History in the Department of History. He directed a 'Pionier project' on Medieval Literacy. His research focuses on medieval written culture and communication, with attention for the relations between non-verbal, oral and written forms of communication. See also the website Medieval Literacy Platform. 

  • Dr Bart Besamusca

    Bart Besamusca is a Professor in Medieval Dutch Literature. His research focuses on medieval narrative literature. His research projects include Bibliothek mittelniederländischer Literatur (BIMILI), The Dynamics of the Medieval Manuscript: Text Collections from a European Perspective, and Arthurian Fiction in Medieval Europe: Narratives and Manuscripts. 

  • Dr Aaron Griffith

    Aaron Griffith is Assistant Professor in Linguistics. His areas of expertise include historical linguistics, early and high Middle Ages, Celtic languages and culture and language change.  

  • Prof. Arnoud Visser

    Arnoud Visser is Professor of Textual Culture in the Renaissance Low Countries. His research has focused on early modern intellectual culture, with particular attention to classical and patristic traditions in the Reformation period. He is the director of Annotated Books Online, and is currently setting up a new research project on the formation and impact of literary fame in early modern Europe.