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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Classical Archaeology |
| Keywords | Cultural heritage studies, Urban archaeology, Historiography of archaeology, Palmyra, Iconography and portraiture |
| Honours and awards | 2021: Hendes Majestæt Dronning Margrethes Romerske Pris (Her Majesty Queen Margrethe’s Roman Prize), awarded by the Carlsberg Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark 2019: Dansk Magisterforenings Forskningspris (Research Award of the Danish Union for Academics for outstanding research in the humanities and social sciences), awarded by the Danish Union for Academics, Copenhagen, Denmark 2018: Kershaw Lecturership, awarded by the Archaeological Institute of America, USA 2018: L’Orange annual lecture, awarded by the Norwegian Institute of Rome, Italy 2015: Distinguished Lecturer in the Human Sciences, awarded by the Max Planck Society, Berlin/Munich, Germany 2015: Elite Research Prize, awarded by the Danish Council for Independent Research and the Ministry for Higher Education and Science 2015: Tagea Brandts award for female researchers, Copenhagen, Denmark 2014: Silver medal for most outstanding research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, awarded by The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Current contact address
| Country | Denmark |
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| City | Hoejbjerg |
| Institution | Aarhus University |
| Institute | Department of Classical Archaeology |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jörg Rüpke | Max Weber-Kolleg für Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Studien, Universität Erfurt, Erfurt |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/06/2023 |
Programme(s)
| 2022 | Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Raja is internationally renowned as one of the leading field archaeologists. She is an expert on cities of the Roman Near East as well as Palmyra and Gerasa, and has developed innovative approaches to the study of urban phenomena on a global scale and in comparative perspective. In Germany, she will develop a concept and approach to the study of “religion in urban landscapes” combining perspectives of lived ancient religion and inter-urban networks. |