A resource for the study of ancient baths

Core team members

Sadi Maréchal

BATH coordinator

Assistant Professor, Ghent University

Bio

Ma in Archaeology (2010, Ghent University), PhD in Archaeology (2016, Ghent University). Research focus on bath architecture and its social implications. Full bio here

Publications

Konogan Beaufay

BATH coordinator

Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Cambridge

Bio

MA/MSt (2011, Free University of Brussels; 2012, University of Oxford) and DPhil in Classical Archaeology (2020, University of Oxford). Focus on bath design, construction, technology, and funding patterns, mainly in Italy.

Publications

Arleta Kowalewska

Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Haifa

Bio

MA in Archaeology (2014, University of Wroclaw), PhD in Archaeology (2020, University of Haifa). Research focus: baths and bathing of Classical periods in the Southern Levant.

Publications

Craig A. Harvey

Assistant Professor, University of Alberta

Bio

MA in Greek and Roman Studies (2013, University of Victoria), PhD in Classical Art and Archaeology (2020, University of Michigan). Research focus on ceramic building materials and the construction of Roman baths in the eastern provinces. Full bio here

Publications

    Paola
    Santospagnuolo

    Freie Universität Berlin

    Bio

    BA/MA in Archaeology (2014/2017, Sapienza University of Rome), ongoing PhD in Classical Archaeology (2019–, Freie Universität Berlin). Research focus on bathing culture in Roman Sicily.

    Giacomo Savani

    Visiting Fellow / MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow, University of St Andrews / Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

    Bio

    Ma in Archaeology (2010, University of Bologna), PhD in Roman Archaeology (2017, University of Leicester). Research focus on Roman baths, Roman social and cultural history, ancient senses, ancient environments, and the reception of antiquity in early modern Europe. Full bio here.

    Publications

    Allison Smith

    Visiting Assistant Professor in Classical Archaeology, Indiana University Bloomington

    Bio

    MPhil in Archaeological Heritage and Museums (2012, University of Cambridge), MA in Classical Archaeology (2013, Florida State University), PhD in Classics (2022, Florida State University). Research focus on people in construction industries and the construction of Roman public and private baths in Central Italy. Full bio here.

    Publications