Laura Marini dissertation deals with "Galen als Philologe: Zitate, antike Komödie und Attizismus". Lisa Martingano is researching the topic "From Mistra to Italy. Scholarly Practices and Cultural Transfer in Light of Signs and Texts". The title of Sherouk Shehada's project is "A Palaeographical Study of Egyptian Inscriptions in Serabit el-Khadim during the Middle and New Kingdoms". Sebastian Zellner researches "Geschichte und Geschichtsschreibung in Pseudo-Longinos’ Über das Erhabene". The topic of Andreas Leventis dissertation "Exploring Funerary Landscapes and Material Culture: The Study of Hellenistic and Roman Burial Assemblages in Kos". Nathan Azar conducts research on "Facing the Mountain. Performing archaeological surveys in the Lebanese Mountain Range with innovative methods". Blanca Kupke's research project is entitled "Wohnen im Heiligtum. Eine Fallstudie zu den Kladeos-Gästehäusern im Heiligtum von Olympia". And Hakon Rückemann examines "The Frankonisi-Necropolis near Olympia. A case study in Researching the Surrounding Area of the extra urban Sanctuary of Zeus" in his doctoral thesis.

We warmly welcome the newly enrolled doctoral students and wish them an interesting, successful and enjoyable stay at BerGSAS.