My research focuses on pregnancy as a transhistorical female experience that occupies a contested place within society as a response to recent restrictions on reproductive rights and increased governance over the female body. I use evidence of material objects and religious spaces, such as the Sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron to investigate the embodied experiences of pregnancy and fertility in the lives of ancient Greek women. My work investigates women’s experiences in the ancient Mediterranean, including menstruation, fertility cults, parturition, abortion, and contraception, focusing on female agency and embodiment and challenging andro-centric explorations of ancient history and archaeology.
I completed a BA in Classics at Oxford and my undergraduate thesis focused on grave stelai and lekythoi as evidence to explore how the death of the pregnant woman created a rift in Athenian society, representing her failure to successfully fulfil her civic duty. I have participated in excavations in Sicily and N. Macedonia and am a volunteer at the British Museum and Ashmolean Museum.
