Dr Kristian Göransson presents the history of Greeks living in the colonies in Cyrenaica from the 7th century BC onwards who came into close contact with their Libyan neighbours. These interactions were sometimes but not always peaceful, and this lecture seeks to explore the relationship between the Greeks and the Libyans in the Archaic and Classical periods.
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About the Speaker
Dr Göransson is Senior Lecturer in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His research interests focuses on the Greeks in Cyrenaica and Sicily but also on ancient pottery, in particular transport amphorae. For several years he was part of the Society for Libyan Studies Euesperides project and wrote his doctoral thesis on the amphorae from the site (Lund University, 2007). He is currently working on a monograph on the ancient Greeks in Cyrenaica. He was previously Director of the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome (2013–2019) and before then Curator of Greece and Rome at the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm.
