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Name and position

Contact information Languages Areas of expertise

Saana Svärd

Director of ANEE, leader of Team 1

Professor in Ancient Near Eastern Studies

+358 2941 22683

saana.svard@helsinki.fi

Finnish, English Akkadian, Sumerian, History of Mesopotamia, Gender studies, Digital Humanities approaches, Study of Emotions

Krister Lindén

Vice-leader of Team 1

Research Director in Department of Digital Humanities

+358 2941 29303

krister.linden@helsinki.fi

Swedish, Finnish, English Digital Humanities approaches, Language Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics

Jason Silverman

Leader of Team 2

University Researcher in Biblical Studies

+358 2941 23060

jason.silverman@helsinki.fi

English Orality and Literacy theory, Apocalyptic and prophetic literature of Hebrew Bible, Persian Empire and religion, Migration theory of Ancient Near East

Melanie Wasmuth

Vice-leader of Team 2

University researcher, Docent in Egyptology

melanie.wasmuth@helsinki.fi English, German Egyptology, Ancient Near Eastern studies, Ancient Cross-Area Studies, Cultural encounters, Cross-regional identity display, Cross-regional mobility and migration

Antti Lahelma

Vice director of ANEE, Leader of Team 3

University lecturer in Archaeology

+358 2941 23243

antti.lahelma@helsinki.fi

Finnish, English Archaeology of religion, Iconography, Archaeoacoustics, Conflict archaeology, Cosmology, Petra, Early Byzantine period

Marta Lorenzon

Vice-leader of Team 3

University researcher

+358 2941 23076

marta.lorenzon@helsinki.fi

English, Italian, Spanish, French Near Eastern architecture, Anthropology of architecture, Urban planning, Earthern architecture, Postcolonial theories, Community archeology, Architectural preservation

Alex Aissaoui

Doctoral student

+358 50 320 7720

alex.aissaoui@helsinki.fi

Finnish, French, English

Historical analysis in Great Power dynamics, Balance of power theory, International anarchy, State-formation process, Vassal-overlord relationships

Tero Alstola

Postdoctoral researcher

+358 2941 23122

tero.alstola@helsinki.fi

Finnish, English Ancient Near East, Babylonia, Assyria, Mesopotamia, Judah, Israel, Migration, Social history, Bible, Old Testament, Digital humanities

Kaisa Autere

Doctoral student

+358 2941 23423

kaisa.autere@helsinki.fi

Finnish, English Egyptology, Ancient Egyptian, Archaeological methods and fieldwork

Rotem Avneri Meir

Doctoral student

rotem.avnerimeir@helsinki.fi English, Hebrew Second temple Judaism, Dead Sea scrolls, classics, Hellenistic period, Seleucid, Ptolemaic kingdoms, Hebrew Bible, Kingship, Historiography, Memory studies

Ellie Bennett

Postdoctoral researcher

eleanor.bennett@helsinki.fi English Neo-Assyrian history, Pre-Islamic Arabian history, Gender Studies, Digital Humanities (Gephi, Python, LateX), royal ideology, Akkadian, Titles and Epithets

Rick Bonnie

University lecturer in museology

+358 2941 22507

rick.bonnie@helsinki.fi

English, Dutch Archaeology of the Greco-Roman Middle East, Illicit antiquities trafficking, Provenance research, Jewish material culture, Community archaeology, Archaeology of ritual and religion

Elisabeth Holmqvist-Sipilä

Docent

+358 2941 22198

elisabeth.holmqvist@helsinki.fi

Finnish, English Archaeology, Archaeological materials science

Heidi Jauhiainen

Postdoctoral researcher

heidi.jauhiainen@helsinki.fi Finnish, English Digital Humanities approaches, Gephi, FastText, Network Analysis, Databases, Ancient Egypt, Deir el-Medina, Feasts, Religion

Jutta Jokiranta

Professor in Hebrew Bible and Cogante Studies

+358 2941 24348

jutta.jokiranta@helsinki.fi

Finnish, English Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran texts, Second Temple Judaism, Rituals and ritual studies, Textual materiality, Cognitive study of religion, Social identity, Ethnicity, Sectarianism

Uine Kailamäki

Doctoral student

uine.kailamaki@helsinki.fi Finnish, English Archaeological science, Geoarchaeology, Uranium series dating, Rock art, Earthen architecture

Saimi Kautonen

Doctoral student

saimi.kautonen@helsinki.fi

Finnish, English History and Archaeology, Biblical Studies, Roman Palestine, Ancient water architecture

Raz Kletter

Docent in Near Eastern Archaeology

raz.kletter@helsinki.fi English, Hebrew Archaeology, History of archaeology, Archaeological theory, Politics of archaeology, Israel/Palestine, Economy (pre-monetary), Cultural heritage, Cult and figurines, Archaeological legislation

Heidi Kovanen

Doctoral student

heidi.kovanen@helsinki.fi Finnish, English Archaeology, Death and burial, Identities, Gender, Iron Age, Levant

Päivi Miettunen

Postdoctoral researcher

paivi.miettunen@helsinki.fi Finnish, English Arabic (Levantine dialects), Middle Eastern tribal identities, Modern society (Jordan, Lebanon, Syria), Anthropological field research methods

Nina Nikki

Postdoctoral researcher

nina.nikki@helsinki.fi Finnish, English Early Christianity, Paul, Social identity approach

Aleksi Sahala

Doctoral student

aleksi.sahala@helsinki.fi Finnish, English

Computational assyriology, Language technology, Digital language resources, Computational analysis of cuneiform texts, Sumerian language

Stefan Smith

Postdoctoral researcher

stefan.smith@helsinki.fi English, German, French Landscape archaeology, GIS, Prehistoric Ancient Near East, Nomadism and sedentism, Human adaptation to climatic variation

Adrianne Spunaugle

Postdoctoral researcher

adrianne.spunaugle@helsinki.fi English

Social history of deportation, First millennium BCE, Mesopotamia, Israel, Assyriology, Hebrew Bible

Lena Tambs

Postdoctoral researcher

lena.tambs@helsinki.fi English History and archaeology, Egyptology, Ptolemaic Egypt, Classics, Social history, Social network analysis

Joanna Töyräänvuori

Postdoctoral researcher

joanna.toyraanvuori@helsinki.fi Finnish, English Late Bronze Age, Flood story, Phoenician, Ugaritic, Hittite, Middle/Late Egyptian, Political mythology, Sea gods, Arameans, Hebrew Bible

Jonathan Valk

Postdoctoral researcher

jonathan.valk@helsinki.fi English, Dutch, Hebrew Ancient world, Assyria, Social history, Akkadian, Aramaization, Collective identity

Evelien Vanderstraeten

Doctoral student

+358 2941 23574

evelien.vanderstraeten@helsinki.fi

English, Dutch Ancient Near East, Babylonia, Women, Marriage