Linnaeus University
My research background is in the politics of Roman archaeology in East-Central Europe; I managed an international volunteer excavation programme, ‘Archaeology at Halmyris’, on the Lower Danube frontier in Romania for many years. We recently published an Open Access edited volume, The Roman Lower Danube Frontier, with Archaeopress which was awesome.
Emily is currently a researcher in Sweden, affiliated with the UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures, which has led her to work on critical cultural heritage and the politics of the Roman past more broadly. She has also been developing multidisciplinary digital humanities collaborations, aiming towards a project that considers the long-term impact of the Roman frontier on modern bordering practices. In 2024 she became the Editor of the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal, which always welcomes submissions from Roman Frontier ECRs!
Keywords: Critical cultural heritage, borders, identity, politics, Lower Danube, digital humanities
Personal Website: https://lnu.se/en/staff/emily.hanscam/