Jessica van 't Westeinde

Dr. Jessica van 't Westeinde is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (University of Bonn), focusing on the digitization of the Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire and social networks in Roman and post-Roman Britain. Her work integrates prosopography, spatial analysis, and religious conflict studies. She holds a PhD in Religious Studies from Durham University (2017) and degrees from KU Leuven.

Research Interests

• Late Antique social networks and patronage systems
• Forced migration and slavery in antiquity
• Jewish diaspora identity and urban spatiality
• Jerome of Stridon’s epistolary networks
• Ecumenical councils and conflict management

Key Projects

• Leading digitization of PLRE volumes IIIA/IIIB for the AHRC-DFG 'Connecting Late Antiquities' project
• Analysis of sacred spaces in Roman Dura-Europos and late antique urban environments

Awards

• SNF Grant (2021): Conflict Management in Late Antique Councils
• DAAD Conference Grant (2019)
• Tübingen Excellence Fellowship (2018–2020)

Teaching & Leadership

• Organized conferences on religious conflict and urbanity (e.g., Bern 2020)
• Edited journal issues on Jews and the City (2022) and New Paradigms in the Study of Jerome

Labs/Teams

Core member of the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams on migration histories and religious economies.