Dr. Noga Erez-Yodfat, 2026-2027
Noga Erez-Yodfat is a historian of ancient Greek religion, with a particular interest in mystery cults, sensory experience, and ancient beliefs about death and the afterlife. Noga received her PhD…
Dr. Lorenzo Mercuri 2026-2027
Lorenzo Mercuri received his PhD from Sapienza University of Rome in 2024, with a dissertation on the Templar headquarters in Paris. He has held visiting fellowships and research appointments in…
Dr. Ilil Baum 2023-2024
Dr. Ilil Baum 2023-2024 Ilil.baum@mail.huji.ac.il Ilil Baum is a cultural historian, focusing on the interplay of language and identity among the Jews of Iberia; and on the emergence of Sephardic…
Dr. Marios Anastasiadis 2024-2025
Dr. Marios Anastasiadis 2023-2024 manastai@campus.haifa.ac.il Marios is an ancient historian with research interests in Greek slavery, economic history, ethnography, and ancient medicine. His time at HCMH will be devoted to…
Dr. Shulamit Miller 2022-2025
Dr. Shulamit Miller 2022-2025 shulamit.miller@mail.huji.ac.il Shulamit Miller is an archaeologist of the Roman and Late Antique periods who holds a PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her work engages…
Dr. Beatrice Pestarino 2022-2024
Dr. Beatrice Pestarino 2022-2024 b.pestarino.16@ucl.ac.uk beatrice.pestarino@gmail.com Beatrice Pestarino holds a PhD in Ancient Greek History from UCL (University College London). She is interested in the politico-administrative and economic systems of…
Dr. Davide Trentacoste 2022-2025
Dr. Davide Trentacoste 2022-2025 dtrentacoste05@gmail.com Davide Trentacoste (Dual PhD 2021, Modern History, University of Teramo, Italy / Oriental Languages and Civilisations-Iranian Studies, New Sorbonne University, France) is a historian of…
Dr. Walter Beers 2022-2023
Dr. Walter Beers 2022-2023 wbeers@campus.haifa.ac.il Walter Beers is a social historian of the late antique eastern Mediterranean, with a focus on Syriac literature and rural Christianity. His PhD research, conducted…
Dr. Sarina Kürsteiner 2021-2022
Dr. Sarina Kürsteiner 2021-2022 sarina.kuersteiner@gmail.com Sarina Kuersteiner’s (PhD Columbia University, ’21) research interests include the cultural, religious, legal, and economic history of the medieval Mediterranean. At the Haifa Center for…
Dr. Dylan James 2021-2023
Dr. Dylan James 2021-2023 dylan.s.james@gmail.com I’m an ancient Greek historian, working at the intersection of historiography, identity, geography, and cultural interaction. My time at HCMH will be spent primarily on a new…