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Kathryn Lomas serves as an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Classics and Ancient History, specializing in Mediterranean archaeology and epigraphic studies. Her institutional affiliation appears connected to University of London entities through publications with UCL Press and the Institute of Classical Studies, though the specific university is not explicitly stated in the source material.
Her research centers on Ancient Literacy, Epigraphy, Greek settlement and colonisation in the western Mediterranean, Roman Italy, and Urbanisation. Lomas examines cultural interactions through material evidence, particularly focusing on how Greek colonies interfaced with indigenous populations in Italy, Sicily, and the broader Mediterranean. Her work reveals intricate patterns of identity negotiation, social network formation, and state development in pre-Roman and Roman contexts.
Analysis of her publications demonstrates consistent thematic focus across three decades: the role of epigraphy in reconstructing social structures (e.g., tomb inscriptions revealing gender identities), cross-cultural dynamics in colonial settings (especially Magna Graecia), and urbanization processes in Republican Italy. Recent works increasingly integrate network theory and spatial analysis to explore neighborhood formations and ethnic boundary maintenance.
