Network members: Kerstin Droß-Krüpe

Kerstin Droß-Krüpe

Kerstin Droß-Krüpe is an ancient historian, currently employed at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany). Before she held positions at the universities of Marburg, Kassel and Innsbruck. She studied Classical Archaeology, Ancient History, and Business Administration at Philipps-University Marburg. She gained her PhD in 2010 with a thesis about textile production in the Roman province of Egypt, which was published as Wolle – Weber – Wirtschaft: Die Textilproduktion der römischen Kaiserzeit im Spiegel der papyrologischen Überlieferung (Wiesbaden 2011). Her habilitation dealt with the reception of the Babylonian queen Semiramis from antiquity to Baroque opera and was published as a monograph (Semiramis, de qua innumerabilia narrantur. Rezeption und Verargumentierung der Königin von Babylon von der Antike bis in die opera seria des Barock [Wiesbaden 2020]). Her main research interests are ancient economic history, historical papyrology, ancient textiles studies, and the reception of antiquity. She is co-editor of the internationally renowned journal „Marburger Beiträge zur antiken Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte (MBAH)“ and co-edits two book series, "Muziris - Historical papyrology, epigraphy and neighbouring fields in ancient cultures" (Zaphon) and "Oeconomica - Studien zur Wirtschaftsgeschichte der griechisch-römischen Welt“ (Nomos). Go to web profile