Telephone number:	+31 (0)71 527 2906
E-Mail:	j.h.m.de.jong@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department:	Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Institute for Area Studies, SMES APT
Office Address:	Universiteitsbibliotheek Witte Singel 26-27 2311 BG Leiden Room number 1.08

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Fields of interest

Roman history; Greek papyrology; Roman Egypt; Early Islamic Egypt; Representation of power

CV

Education 
PhD in Ancient History (2006)
Visiting student, Brasenose College, University of Oxford (2001)
Teacher’s degree (2001)
MA in Classics (1999)

Employment
Postdoc researcher, Leiden University (since 2010)
Lecturer, Ancient History, Utrecht University (2008-2010)
Lecturer, Ancient History, University of Amsterdam (2007-2008)
Lecturer, Ancient History, Utrecht University (2007)
Lecturer, Ancient History, University of Nijmegen (2007)
Postdoc researcher, Westfälische Wilhelmsuniversität Münster (2007)
Lecturer, Ancient History, University of Nijmegen (2006)
Lecturer, Ancient History, University of Nijmegen (2003-2004)

Key publications

2009: ‘Celebrating Supermen. Divine honours for Roman emperors in Greek papyri from Egypt’, P.P. Iossif, A.D Chankowski and C.C. Lorber (eds.), More than Men, Less than Gods. Studies in Royal Cult and Imperial Worship. Proceedings of the International Colloquium Organized by the Belgian School at Athens (1-2 November 2007), Studia Hellenistica 51 (Leuven-Paris-Walpole MA: Peeters).

2008: ‘Damnation, Deification, Commemoration’, (met O.J. Hekster) in: S. Benoist – A. Daguet-Gagey, Un discourse en Images de la Condamnation de Mémoire. Centre Régional Universitaire Lorrain d’Histoire. Site de Metz 34 (Metz 2008), 79-96.

2007: ‘Propaganda or Pragmatism? Damnatio memoriae in third-century papyri and imperial representation’, in: S. Benoist (ed.), Cahiers du Centre Gustave-Glotz, ‘Mémoire et Histoire II.Condamnation des Identités du Principat á l’Empire chrétien’ (Metz 2007), 95-111. 

2007: ‘The Employment of Epithets in the Struggle for Power. A Case Study’, in: O.J. Hekster, G. de Kleijn, D. Slootjes (eds), The Representation and Perception of Roman Imperial Power. Proceedings of the Seventh Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Roman Empire, 200 BC – AD 476), Nijmegen, 20-24 juni 2006 (Leiden-Boston 2007), 311-326. 

2006: ‘Egyptian Papyri and ‘Divinity’ of the Roman Emperor’, in: L. de Blois, P. Funke, J. Hahn (eds), The Representation and Perception of Roman Imperial Power. Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Roman Empire, 200 BC – AD 476), Münster, 30 June-3 July 2004 (Leiden 2006), 239-252. 

2006: Emperors in Egypt. The Representation and Perception of Roman Imperial Power in Greek Papyrus Texts from Egypt, AD 193-284 (Dissertation). 

Reviews:
2010: Flower, H.I., The Art of Forgetting. Disgrace and Oblivion in Roman Political Culture (The University of North Carolina Press 2006). In: Tyche 25, 254-258.

2010: Adams, C., Land Transport in Roman Egypt. A Study of Economics and Administration in a Roman Province (Oxford University Press 2007). In: The Classical Review 60.1, 241-243.

2005: Varner, E. R., Mutilation and Transformation. Damnatio Memoriae and Roman Imperial Portraiture. (Monumenta Graeca et Romana 10.) (Leiden-Boston 2004). In: The Classical Review 55.2, 680-681.

Teaching

-   Introduction in Ancient History
-   Representation of power in the Roman Empire
-   Introduction in Papyrology
-   Religions of Rome from Republic to Empire
-   Who’s who in the Bible
-   Introduction in Medieval History

Grants and awards

-   Grant by Niels Stensen Stichting for postdoc research at Westfälische Wilhelmsuniversität Münster (2006-2007)
-   Grant by Nederlands Instituut Rome (NIR) for two months research visit (2002)
-   PhD position at the Radboud University Nijmegen, funded by NWO (2001-2006)
-   Grant by Stichting Fonds Doctor Catharina van Tussenbroek, for academic visit to Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2001)
-   Grant by VSB Fonds, Stichting Dr. Hendrik Muller’s Vaderlandsch Fonds, Fundatie van de Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude, for academic stay (visiting student) at Oxford (2001)