Luuk de Ligt#
| Membership Number: | 4309 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/luuk-de-ligt |
Present and Previous Positions
- Aug. 2002 Professor of Ancient History and Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Leiden University
- Sept. 2001 Associate Professor of Ancient History, University of Utrecht
- Mei 1993 PhD, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ("Fairs and Markets in the Roman
- Empire") (cum laude)
- July 1992 University Lecturer History of Roman Law, University of Utrecht
- June1990 (postgraduate) Cambridge Diploma in Historical Studies
- 1988 MA Classics (cum laude)
Fields of Scholarship
- History of Roman Republic, Principate and Empire
- Social and Economic History
- Globalisation studies
- Urbanisation studies
- Roman Law
- Demography
Honours and Awards
- 2013 P.I., ERC Advanced Project ‘An Empire of 2000 Cities’ [ca. 2.5 million euros]
- 2010 P.I. Open Competition grant: ‘Migration and the Labour Market in Roman
- imperial Italy [ca. 800.000 euros]
- 2003 VICI-project ‘Peasants, Citizens and Soldiers’ [ca. 1.5 million euros]
