Giulia Frigerio

Giulia Frigerio is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oslo's Department of Philosophy, History of Ideas and Art, and Classical Languages. Her research focuses on cognitive archaeological approaches to ancient Greek rituals, particularly Apolline divination practices and women's agency in sacred spaces. She holds a PhD from the University of Kent (2022) and has published extensively on divination, religious symbolism, and cognitive methodologies in archaeology.

Education:

• PhD in Classical and Archaeological Studies, University of Kent, 2022
• MSt in Archaeology, University of Oxford, 2018
• BA in Classical Studies, University of Pavia, 2017

Research Interests:

• Cognitive Archaeology of ritual practices
• Gender dynamics in ancient religious spaces
• Interdisciplinary methods merging neuroscience and archaeology
• Oracular traditions in Classical Greece

Current Project: Leads the FemBod project re-evaluating women's agency in Greek sacred spaces through cognitive archaeology. Co-organizes conferences on classical archaeology with Prof. Silvio Bär.

Publications: Her work bridges archaeology and cognitive sciences, with recent focus on laurel's role in divination and architectural influences on ritual experiences. Recent articles appear in Journal of Cognition and Culture and Time & Mind.

Awards: None explicitly listed.