Dr. Gerrie Van Rooijen

Dr. Gerrie van Rooijen obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Classics and a Master’s degree in Archaeology, specializing in Mediterranean Archaeology. She is fascinated by both the literature and the material culture of Antiquity, with a special interest in sculpture. In 2017 she published the first results of an archaeological experiment regarding the terracotta figurines from Akragas in an article titled 'Figuring out: coroplastic art and technè in Agrigento, Sicily: the results of a coroplastic experiment', published in Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia 47 (Van Rooijen et al. 2017, 151-161). Meanwhile she teaches Ancient Greek and Latin Languages and Culture at a high school.