Dr. Milinda Hoo
Akademische Rätin a. Z.
Raum: 1290
Telefon: 0761/203-3396
Research interests:
- The ancient history, archaeology, and cultures of the Near East, Iran, and Central Asia
- Globalization theory, postcolonial studies, identity theories
- Cross-cultural interactions, East-West relations
- Borderlands, frontier zones, marginality
- Geography and place
- Ancient ethnography
- Ancient nomadism
- Alexander the Great
- Hellenism and Hellenization
- Memory studies, reception, temporality
Project: Shifting frontiers, imagined geographies. A global mnemohistory of the North-East, sixth century BCE – second century CE
Engaging with globalization theories while adopting a long-term mnemohistorical approach, this project explores diachronic negotiations and transformations of the imagined geography of ‘the North-East’ – ranging from the Iranian highlands to the Eurasian steppes – from perspectives of the Persians, Greeks, Macedonians, and Romans, aiming to disentangle the ways in which the past and present interacted in light of increasing Eurasian connectivity. Combining novel theoretical insights with research on a broad range of ancient material and textual remains, the study hopes to contribute to a deeper understanding of the impact of global connectivities on structures of place and identity in antiquity.
Keywords: global history, globalization, geography, ethnography, Eurasia, Central Asia, Parthia, Scythia, identity