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Peder Flemestad is a Researcher at Lund University, affiliated with the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History and part of the Faculty of Humanities and Theology. He also holds a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ancient and Byzantine Greek at the Centre for Languages and Literature. Dr. Flemestad earned his PhD in 2022 from Lund University with the dissertation Order and Adornment: The Role of Dress in Plutarch, supervised by Prof. Henrik Gerding and Prof. Karin Blomqvist. He previously held academic roles at the University of Copenhagen, including lecturer in ancient Greek, epigraphy, and research assistant at the Centre for Textile Research.
- Research Focus: Ancient dress and its philosophical/historical significance, epigraphical squeeze collections, ancient medical cosmetics, and digital humanities applications in classical studies.
- Key Projects: CLUES (Lund University epigraphical squeezes), RE-OSTRAKON (3D artifact scanning), and Ars cosmetica (Galen's medical writings).
His recent peer-reviewed publications (2023-2024) address interdisciplinary textile origins, Cicero's correspondence, and ancient dress symbolism. In 2024, he was elected to the Platonsällskapet (Plato Society). Dr. Flemestad contributes to academic editorial work as a peer reviewer for Opuscula and participates in international conferences on classical archaeology and textual research.
