Appointment period: 1/5/2022 – 30/4/2025

Dr. Paula Rut Zajac earned her MA at the University of Hamburg in Classical Archaeology, Latin Philology and Ecclesiastical Studies. She completed her PhD (2021) at the Maritime Civilization Department at the University Haifa. Paula`s doctoral research focused on Hellenistic-and Roman harbors and anchorages along Israel`s coast, exploring their infrastructure and connectivity, both with the greater Mediterranean basin and their immediate hinterland. She is particularly interested in the history and archaeology of Late Hellenistic and Early Roman Israel, focusing on trade patterns, consumption behavior and interaction between the coastal and inland area. She is working at the Israel`s Antiquities Authorities as an archaeologist, and currently writing a book about Hellenistic and Early Roman harbors in Israel.

E-mail: paula.rut.zajac@gmail.com