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Sophie Helas is part of the DFG-funded research project "baureka.online". In an interview with RWTH's research data management blog, she answers questions about her role as a data stewardess in the aforementioned project.

 

Curriculum Vitae

1989-1997 Studies in Classical Archaeology, Italian Romance Studies and Ancient History in Cologne and Heidelberg | since 1989 Regular excavation work in Germany and Italy, especially in Selinunte with Prof. Dieter Mertens | 1997 Magistra Artium in Classical Archaeology | 1997-1999 PhD fellow of the Gerda Henkel Stiftung | 1999 PhD in Classical Archaeology at the University of Cologne under Prof. Henner von Hesberg | 2000-2001 Research assistant at the University of Giessen with excavation work in Perge, Turkey with Prof. Wolfram Martini | 2000-2001 One-year travel fellowship of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut in Europe, North Africa and the Near East | 2002-2008 General lecturer at the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Department of Rome, Italy | 2010-2016 Research assistant at the University of Bonn, own position in the DFG project on Gabii, Italy | since 2010 Regular lectures at the University of Bonn including examination activities | 2017-2019 Research fellow of the Gerda Henkel Stiftung at the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Department of Rome with Prof. Ortwin Dally with excavation activities in Selinunte, Italy | 2020 and 2021 Short fellowships of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut on Selinunte | since 2021 Research assistant at the Chair of Architectural History at RWTH Aachen University with Univ.- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anke Naujokat

Member of the Deutscher Archäologen-Verband e.V. (German Association of Archaeologists).

 

Research

Current Research Project

baureka.online (DFG-funding 2021-2024)

Research Interests

Methods: Reconstruction of Archaeological Formation Processes | Scientific Research Methods in Archaeology | Data Structuring and Research Data Management

Main Research Areas

Topics: Phoenician-Punic Architecture and Culture | Urbanization and Urbanization Processes | Ancient Sacrificial Acts and Ritual Depositions

 

Main Publications

The publications of Sophie Helas on RWTH Publications can be found here.

Books

Sophie Helas (with contributions from Jürgen Schumann, Antje Werner, Oliver Hofmeister, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, Giuseppina Mammina): Selinus II. Die punische Stadt auf der Akropolis, Diss., Wiesbaden 2011 (= Sonderschriften des DAI Rom, Band 15).

Editorships

Paul Fontaine, Sophie Helas (eds.): Fortificazioni archaiche del Latium vetus e dell’Etruria meridionale, Congress files, conference held in Rome September 19-20, 2013, Rom 2016.

Sophie Helas (Partial Editorship): Nordafrika, Phönizier im Westen, in: Anne-Maria Wittke (ed.): Der Neue Pauly, Supplemente, Volume 10, Frühgeschichte der Mittelmeerkulturen, Heidelberg 2015.

Sophie Helas, Dirce Marzoli (eds.): Phönizisches und Punisches Städtewesen – Urbanistica fenicia e punica, Congress files, conference held in Rome February 21-23, 2007, Madrid 2009.

Articles (Selection)

Sophie Helas, Lucia Lecce, Eva Träder: Gabii. I fossati difensivi delle mura meridionali. Risultati degli scavi 2011-2014, in: Alfonsina Russo Tagliente, Giuseppina Ghini, Zaccaria Mari (eds.): 12. Incontro di Studi sul Lazio e la Sabina, Congress files, conference held in Rome June 8-9, 2015, Rom 2019, p. 191-204 (= Lazio e Sabina, Band 12).

Sophie Helas: The Iron Age Fortifications of Gabii/Latium (Italy), in: Ariane Ballmer, Manuel Fernández-Götz, Dirk Paul Mielke (eds.): Understanding Ancient Fortifications: Between Regionality and Connectivity, Oxford 2018, p. 123-133.

Sophie Helas: Polygonalmauern in Mittelitalien und ihre Rezeption in mittel- und spätrepublikanischer Zeit, in: Rune Frederiksen, Silke Müth, Peter I. Schneider, Mike Schnelle (eds.): Fokus Fortifikation, Congress files, conference held in Athens December 6-9 2012, Oxford 2016, p. 581-594.

Sophie Helas, Holger Baitinger: Metallrelikte im Kontext. Zu einem Fundkomplex innerhalb eines archaischen Wohnhauses in Selinunt/Sizilien, in: Römische Mitteilungen 121 (2015), p. 13-39.

Sophie Helas: Punische Heiligtümer in Selinunt. Architektonische Gestaltung und religiöse Rituale, in: Iris Gerlach, Dietrich Raue (eds.): Sanktuar und Ritual. Heilige Plätze im archäologischen Befund, Rahden/Westfalen 2013, p. 185-196.

Sophie Helas: Prospezioni geofisiche a Gabii. Interpretazioni e prospettivi per uno studio delle mura, in: Giuseppina Ghini: 6. Incontro di Studi sul Lazio e la Sabina, Congress files, conference held March 4-6, 2009, Rom 2010 (= Lazio e Sabina, Band 6).