Editorial Team & Policy – KLEOS Amsterdam

Who are we?

Kleos is run by an interdisciplinary editorial team of volunteer post-graduate students. Each main field, Ancient History, Archaeology and Classics, is represented by multiple editors.

Aldo Accinelli (archaeology; Editor-in-chief)

Hi, I am Aldo, currently doing my PhD in Archaeology at the University of Amsterdam, where I also did my Research Master in Heritage, Memory and Archaeology. Before I came to the Netherlands, I did my BA in Archaeology at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. I have worked as the coordinator of the Site Museum Julio C. Tello of Paracas, I have done commercial archaeology on urban areas of the Peruvian coast and on the Amazonian Basin, I have been part of several research projects in the Andes and also co-directed one in the Nazca Highlands about warfare during the Late Intermediate Period of the Central Andes (1000-1470 CE). My main interests right now are about materiality and the political aspects of it, with a focus on the Andean region. I am looking forward to being a part of the multidisciplinary group of Kleos and helping fellow young researchers publish their work!

alessio Galli (Archaeology)

Hi, I am Alessio and I am a PhD candidate in Classics (Archaeology) at Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (Italy). I hold a BA and a MA degree in Classical Archaeology from La Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), after which I won a two-year scholarship at the Italian Archaeological School of Athens, where I specialized in the Archaeology of the Greek and Roman Mediterranean.
I have taken part in numerous excavation and survey campaigns in Italy (Agrigento, Palatine, Pyrgi, Dragona) and in Greece (Lemnos, Tenea, Megaris). My research interests include architectural decoration, ancient architecture, topography, and history of archaeology: I have contributed to the analysis of the Corinthian capitals of the Forum of Augustus in Rome and of the architectural elements of the Hierapolis theater (Phrygia), and I have studied the figure of Federico Halbherr. I am very excited to join KLEOS because I strongly value journals that provide young researchers with the chance to publish their work, as they play a key role in keeping our discipline current and open to fresh perspectives

Giulia Moiraghi (archaeology)

Hi everyone, my name is Giulia and I am an Italian researcher in petrography applied to archaeology from the University of Pavia. I studied Classics for my BA in Pavia, and then decided to focus more on materials and Archaeology in my MA, that I also completed in Pavia. My research is centered on the analysis of archaeological materials from Mediterranean contexts, like glass and pottery, in the attempt to provide a better understanding of how ancient societies produced and traded objects. I am also very passionate about fieldwork in the Mediterranean and since 2019 I have participated in projects in Italy and Cyprus. I am eager to make a positive contribution to Kleos, and I also hope this experience will enhance my skills in editing and publishing.

Raúl Palomino (archaeology)

Hello! My name is Raúl Palomino Berrocal and I am a PhD candidate in Anthropology at Texas A&M University, specializing in nautical and maritime archaeology. I completed my MA in Anthropology at Texas A&M and previously obtained a BA in Humanities with a specialization in Archaeology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. My research focuses on ship reconstruction, Iberian shipbuilding traditions, and the application of digital methodologies—such as photogrammetry and three-dimensional modeling—to the study and preservation of maritime cultural heritage. I have participated in archaeological fieldwork in Peru, Spain, and the United States, and I am currently involved in research projects that apply digital tools to the analysis and reconstruction of historical shipwrecks. I am also interested in quantitative and computational approaches in archaeology and in the broader study of maritime cultural landscapes. I am excited to join the Kleos editorial team and contribute to supporting early-career researchers while helping to promote innovative research in archaeology and ancient studies.

Peter Voller (Ancient History/archaeology)

Hi, I’m Peter, a final year PhD student in ancient history at Macquarie University. I also hold a MRes (Macquarie), M.A. and B.A. (both KCL), in the subject. I primarily specialise in Classical Greek history, particularly ancient Macedonia, and the Roman Republic, but have also taught modules focused the Hellenistic world for two years at Macquarie. My current work is particularly focused on challenging established narratives regarding Classical Macedonia, using a variety of sources of evidence, including literary, epigraphic, archaeological, comparative history, and interdisciplinary research. I am particularly interested in working with KLEOS to help give young researchers the chance to have their voices heard in order to bring new perspectives and ideas to the field.

Alessandro Moscone (Ancient history)

Hi everyone, my name is Alessandro and I am a PhD candidate in Philology and Ancient History at Sapienza University of Rome. I hold both a BA and an MA in Classics from the same institution, where I am also a student of the Sapienza School for Advanced Studies (SSAS). My doctoral research, which included a research stay at the Italian School of Archaeology at Athens, focuses on Cleisthenes and his reforms, aiming to re-examine the political history of Athens between 510 and 490 BC. My research interests include Delphic divination, oracular traditions, and the political history of Archaic and Classical Athens, with a particular focus on institutional development and the rise of democracy. I am delighted to join KLEOS and look forward to contributing to the publication of high-quality research by fellow young scholars.

Anne Sieberichs (Ancient history)

Hello! I’m Anne Sieberichs, a PhD candidate at Utrecht University. As part of the NWO-VIDI project ‘Lettercraft and Epistolary Performance in Early Medieval Europe, 476–751 CE,’ my research focuses on the role of letters and epistolary performance in shaping consensus during the Merovingian period. Previously, I completed a research master’s degree in Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies at Utrecht University. My work centered on female monastic rules in the Merovingian period, with a particular interest in the Latin terminology describing the enclosed spaces they inhabited. I also explored Aramaic Incantation Bowls, cornflake sized bowls in which the practitioners wrote down incantations often asking for protection of the household. Passionate about Late Antiquity and the early medieval world, I explore the transitions from ancient to Christian contexts and hope to contribute to Kleos and the fascinating Late Antique period.

Grace MacLachlan (Ancient History)

Hi, I’m Grace MacLachlan and I am currently doing my PhD at Radboud University in Roman history. My main focus is on imperial ideology, with a particular focus on numismatic evidence. In my PhD project, I focus on the ‘Gallic Emperor’ Postumus exploring the tensions between the local and the universal in his representation. More generally, I have a great interest in material culture and have worked on topics as diverse as hunting mosaics in Roman North Africa to Nilotic scenes in Pompeian wall paintings and representations of female barbarians on Trajan’s column. I am really looking forward to working on the editorial board of Kleos!

Kevin Hoogeveen (ancient History)

My name is Kevin Hoogeveen and I am a PhD Candidate in Ancient History at the University of Amsterdam. My research, which is funded by NWO PGW 2024 and supervised by Dr. Sofie Remijsen and Prof. Dr. Daniëlle Slootjes, aims to establish how, by their migratory behaviour the rural population of late-antique Egypt co-shaped economic and societal change. I have studied Ancient History at the universities of Leiden (BA, 2021) and Amsterdam (MA (research), 2023). My areas of expertise are: Roman Egypt, Greek papyrology, migration in and economy of the late-antique Mediterranean, fiscality, rural history, and Roman law.

Wojciech Mazur (Ancient History)

Hi, I am Wojciech and am currently studying a PhD in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Liverpool titled ‘Experiences of Worshipping in the Greek Temples of the Egyptian Gods’, which studies ancient lived religion at sanctuaries of the Egyptian and Isiac gods in Hellenistic and Roman period Greece, encompassing the artistic and intellectual workings of interpretatio Graeca of the Egyptian pantheon and the interaction between sacred spaces and artifacts in the creation of a poly-sensorial communication through ritual between the Greeks and these Egyptian gods. Before this, I became a Bachelor of Law at the University of Law in 2021 and completed an MA in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter in 2023 with a dissertation placing the Derveni Papyrus in the religious and intellectual environment of Late Classical Macedonia. Apart from a deep interest in the application of the ancient lived religion approach to Greek religion and its sacred spaces and the interactions between the Greeks, Egyptians and other ancient civilisations, I am also interested in ancient mystery cults, Homer, epic and hymnic poetry, Alexander the Great and ancient Macedonia and Greek papyrology.

Aron Ouwerkerk (Classics)

My name is Aron Ouwerkerk. I teach Ancient Greek and Latin at a high school in Utrecht and do part-time work as a proofreader and translator of postclassical Latin texts. I have studied at the Accademia Vivarium Novum (Frascati, Italy) and completed my Bachelor’s in Classics at the University of Amsterdam. After my Bachelor’s, I obtained my Master’s degree in Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies at Utrecht University, specializing in the intellectual history and Neo-Latin literature of the early modern Low Countries. My research is primarily focused on the lives and works of women authors who wrote in Latin. I thoroughly enjoy reading, studying, and writing about the reception of Greco-Roman antiquity in the postclassical world – a fascinating field in which much remains to be explored. I hope that my passion for Classics and Reception Studies will fruitfully contribute to the future work of emerging scholars.

Ben Broadbent (Classics)

Hello there! My name is Ben Broadbent, and I am a Phd student in Classical Studies at the University of Michigan, having moved over the pond from the UK. I studied for my undergraduate at Wadham College, University of Oxford, and then went down the road to Balliol College for my MPhil. My research focuses especially on the long history of Ancient Greek Epic Poetry, from our earliest Homeric attestations and the genre’s pre-literate history, through all of antiquity to Nonnus, and then beyond to the present day, with an especial interest on people who have written epics in Ancient Greek in modern times. The best and newest example, that I have also studied extensively, is Jan Křesadlo’s Astronautilia (1995), a 24-book epic poem of 6,600 Homeric hexameters about sci-fi and space travels. Beyond this, I keenly read through Latin epic, as well and am very interested in ancient wordplay and etymology, as well as historical linguistics and reception theory.

Evangelos Tsigaridas (Classics)

Hello! My name is Evangelos Tsigaridas and I am a PhD student at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. My research focuses on the construction and presentation of characters in literary texts. Specifically, I am interested in the interactions between characters in Ovid’s Metamorphoses and the nexus created among them by multiple narrative levels. Central to this work is the reader’s engagement with these characters and the ways stylistic devices manipulate the reader’s embodied experience of the narrative. I explore these dynamic relations by applying an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on Cognitive Narratology and Philosophy of Mind. Additionally, my work involves monitoring emerging trends and methodologies within the field of Cognitive Linguistics. I am excited to be part of the multidisciplinary KLEOS Editorial Team, as I highly value journals that provide early-career researchers with a reliable medium for disseminating their work.

Marije Derksen (Classics)

Hello, my name is Marije Derksen and I am a PhD candidate in Greek literature, based at Radboud University in Nijmegen. In my research, I am especially interested in questions of gender and sexuality. I am currently working on the characterization of women in Hellenistic poetry, as a part of the Anchoring Innovation research program. Other fields that I am interested in include (provincial) archaeology and its history in politics, as well as papyrology and Graeco-Roman Egypt.

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