Thea Sommerschield

Education

University of Oxford

Breaking boundaries: A study of socio-cultural identities in Archaic and Classical western Sicily

University of Oxford

The Divination Game: Assessing the 'diviner's problem' through the evidence of the oracle of Dodona

School of Advanced Study of Pavia (IUSS)

The significance of locality in the ritual
distinction between Greek heroes and gods

University of Pavia, Ghislieri College

Speaking the language of swallows:
The barbaros in Aristotle and Hippocrates

2021 - 2023 Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (awarded by the Leverhulme Trust)
2022 Ghislieri Prize for scientific merit (awarded by Ghislieri College)
2021 - 2023 MSCA European Postdoctoral Fellowship (awarded by the European Commission)
2021 “G. Nenci” Prize for best doctoral thesis on ancient Sicily (awarded by the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa)
2017 - 2019 Craven Committee Travel and Fieldwork Grants
2017 - 2019 Lorne Thyssen Research Fund for Ancient World Topics Bursary
2016 - 2019 Wolfson College Fieldwork & Travel Abroad Grants
2017 – 2019 Craven University Fellowship, for fieldwork in Sicily and Rome
2016 – 2019 Oxford - Wolfson full doctoral scholarship in Ancient History
2015 – 2016 St Hugh’s College MA full scholarship
2012 – 2016 School of Advanced Study (IUSS) Pavia BA scholarship