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

Università di Pavia

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

2022 - 2023 Google Cloud Champion Innovator (awarded by Google)

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 Pisa SNS)

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 Graduate (doctoral) Scholarship in Ancient History

2015 – 2016 St Hugh’s College MSt Scholarship

2012 – 2016 School of Advanced Study (IUSS) Pavia MA Scholarship

2012 – 2015 Ghislieri College BA Scholarship